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Originally Posted by LeonOfTheDead

in a private test in a small circuit in italy, Franciacorta, the lapped a bmw 320si with standard tires (which are already sportier than standard ones) with the same car but equipped with the slick tires of the WTCC cars. considering the road car is setted specifically for those "standard" tires so it wasn't tunned to fit slicks, they managed to cut the lap time by almost 10 seconds, on a track which is long something like 2,8 km. i am wondering what a semislick can cut from the time on the Nordshleife, almost 21 km long.
opinions?

Very interesting point.

If sticky tires can improve time by 10 seconds on just 2.8km, then 21.6km would cut time considerably.

But seeing that Nissan claims wet sections on the track on their 7:38 time, and seeing how long the 'Ring is, it may not be all that implausible to shave 10 seconds off. Had they used any stickier tires...I think it would've gained way too much time to be of any credibility at all.

Heck, there is a huge, and I mean HUGE internet war over the Nissan GT-R. There are people who believe that everything Nissan did is a lie and then there those who believe the GT-R is the Godzilla that will crush and revolutionize the world as we know it....

On a related note, I'm still waiting for the absolute street-legal car record of 6:55 set by the Radical SR8 to be bested by the Caparo T1