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Originally Posted by T Bone
I wish we had a data set full of cars piloted by magazines and then the same cars, same day piloted by F1 drivers.
In this case if the means of the 2 normal curves + 1 standard deviation gets a GTR to 7:30 then I would believe the time.....
I thought the internet had all the data mankind ever needed  |
We already have some idea of the spread due to drivers on the 'Ring. Not statistics, but a solid idea of the magnitude of the differences. I made a post on the topic and Bruce provided some additional data points some time ago. The numbers were in the range of 2-6 seconds. Now granted these were variations among elite drivers but not quite the elite of the elite, say F1 guys. The GT-R with 480 hp is overperforming the regression by about 33 seconds. There is no way the driver alone makes the difference. Just above Bruce echoed the fairly widely held conclusion:
- ~530hp
- Perfect car specimen
- Amazing tires (near race rubber)
- Ex F1 driver
- Massive Nissan effort (technical support and lap quantity)
- Excellent weather and track conditions
- Dirtied undergarments
- Etc.
- Viola: 7:29