[Z OH 6]

Originally Posted by arpad_m

I just don't see another 8 seconds in the car using that configuration, no matter the driver. The aero held it back a lot in the back straight, it could barely get up to 170 mph, and Bill Wise was almost bored flooring it and just willing the car to go faster there... he drove flat out everywhere, the tires sounded as being on the brink of breaking traction in every corner, he even had to correct a few times in the first few.

1-2 seconds faster with a professional driver, maybe, but 8... the car was a bigger bottleneck IMO. If we can even say the word "bottleneck" after such an astoundingly great lap time, that is.

100% agree, I doubt there was much if any left in that lap time.