StangLuver
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The literal definition of bench racing is what you're suggesting; have pros test the cars, doing times and using technique none of us will ever have. Therefore producing unrealistic and unachievable results.Im disagreeing that this is a worth while comparison. It does matter what driver is driving. The inconsistencies with an average driver's vary between them. The worst driver of the group could have gotten a better time depending on the time of day, track conditions ot different day in different weather. These articles are "supposed" to show which is the fastest period, not fastest with varied conditions and skills all over the place riddled with inconsistencies that come with average driver's. So yes, at the,very least you want pros not some guy who thinks he's good. Having roughly 500hrs of road course time myself, you and I will never agree I don't think, you're welcomed to your opinion though. These articles are for sub par drivers and bench racers in my opinion.
Some of these guys have done hundreds, if not thousands of laps of VIR over the last decade. Just because they're not sponsored as race drivers doesn't mean they can't get good times out of any/all cars. And again, regardless of what inconsistencies from lap to lap you suggest are the case, each driver does multiple laps and they only keep the best lap of all laps. So, again. Not the best times any car might be capability of, but comparable against each other.
We could put YOU in every car, have you do 20 laps in each, keeping the fastest, and I would argue that I could indeed compare the cars results against each other. That you think Car and Driver has wasted the last ten years doing Lightning Lap testing outs the onus on you to demonstrate why. Unless you know more about cars than all of them?
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