Admittedly, the field in 2014 wasnt as stacked as some other iterations (2011 and the previously mentioned 2018 come to mind) of BDC, but, still, anytime the beloved Porsche 911 (the rear-engined German has won BDC four times and its Cayman stablemate earned another nod, giving Porsche more wins than any combination of TWO other manufacturers) gets involved in a magazine test, competitors should count themselves extremely fortunate if their name is the one called after the bell! The Senna also makes nearly 100 extra hp (789 vs. 691) and weighs about 340 pounds less (3,011 vs. 3,355). There's only two laptimes of the ZL1, the Nordschleife and Inde ranch, and the last one is where it was tested against the Boss, the other time you saw of the ZL1 being several seconds slower was on Laguna Seca where someone wrongly put the Inde rach laptimes as if they've been done there. When I was a sophomore in high school, our football team didn't lose a game. The crazy part? Randy will start Day 1 with the all-wheel-drive cars and lower-powered contenders. And the MX-5 did what Miatas have always done best: offer one of the purest driving experiences you can get, at any price. It's also faster than any published time recorded by a prototype Lucid Air, an electric sedan that ought to compete with Tesla's best once it actually goes on sale. Randy Pobst did a lap time at Leguna Seca. This is price vs Laguna Seca performance plot created by @ilias. Congrats to Mercedes; you are now the quickest four-door. MGs, Austin-Healeys, and Morris, which is all British Motor Companyhad a total of 23 of them. He'd spent too much time fighting the car. "Seven hundred horsepower is the new 500 horsepower," Chris Walton muses as he eyes this 2,786-horsepower quartet. The C7 ZR1 is an anima! Route 198 taught us that brakes aren't an issue for the Senna, but Randy had complained about oversteer when exiting corners. MotorTrend will be announcing the Best Driver's Car for 2020 on Wednesday, December 30th. In the LT1-powered 1LE Motor Trends testing guru, Kim Reynolds, achieved Camaro records (this was before the 6th Gen ZL1 variants hit the block) in braking with a 94-foot stop from 60, road holding at 1.09 gs of lateral acceleration, and MT figure eight (23.3 seconds), while Randy put up a staggering 1:37.78, dethroning the 580-HP Gen-V ZL1 and the previous object of my affection, the 2014 Z/28 as the fastest Camaro ever hot lap Laguna Seca. Next lap is better, a 1:32.46, downforce from the big wing allowing Randy to hold the Corvette flat over the crest at Turn 1, hitting 141 mph, according to our Vbox data. "They have more horsepower," he shrugs. It also kept some serious in-house hardware off of this list. I'll be heading up there to view the test. What goes up must come down (the hangman's drop of the notorious Corkscrew); the most tentative descent was the Challenger's, perhaps suggesting a lack of driver confidence in the grip of a particularly heavy car as it suddenly got very light. Each time MT heads north to the legendary 2.2-mile circuit, the only variable is the weather, and you know what they say about rain in California. Maybe the Porsche Taycan? Well, we're glad you asked. Plus, how much cheating could be done in full view of 60 MotorTrend staffers that wouldn't be painfully obvious? Each time on this list tells a story about the capabilities of a single car. Over the years we've relied on the talents of our in-house Gyro Gearloose, testing director Kim Reynolds, to create and build a multitiered Racelogic Vbox system that captures not only lap times but also key data points that help us understand exactly how a BDC contender behaves during the lap, which enables us to correlate objective information with Randy's subjective commentary. Isn't that cheating, the more conspiratorial among you might be asking? Randy's feedback will be crucial. The exotica left in this Maros rim-less rearview mirror includes the Nismo GT-R, Lamborghini Aventador, and SLS AMG Black Series. Who else can break 1:30 with a roomy four door family sedan that gets 100 MPGe? Electric Car Prototype Laps Laguna Seca Faster Than Mustang Boss 302 "Laguna Seca" The Lucid Air, a 1000-horsepower electric sedan, just beat a Laguna Seca lap time set by a. For most of us living on this side of the world, the three letters G, T, and R can only be worn by one car. However, a better representation of cornering grip happens in Turn 11, which is very flat, while their highest braking g's happen while approaching it (the Senna's peak of 1.55 g's is amazing). The evolution of performance can be tracked right here. In addition, we've spotlighted some of the more telling data at various locations. E81 / E82 / E87 / E88Model Year: 2004 - 2011. Several manufacturers have sent support teams to advise optimum settings for suspension, transmission, and stability control and to monitor tires and tire pressures. Now, he's powering the 911 GT2 RS down the infamous Corkscrew, the echoes of the Porsche's barrel-chested bellow, so much like the iconic 935 racer, cascading through the surrounding hills. Randy Pobst's time of 1:33.70. 0:00 / 1:45 A Lap Around WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Presented By Hagerty IMSA Official 226K subscribers Subscribe 433 17K views 2 years ago Take a lap around WeatherTech Raceway Laguna. It's a difficult car to go fast in," he says. What about absolute limits? For more information or membership related issues - Contact: gamembers@guildfordarts.com . 1:37.66 The Mustang GT350R did about 1:36.06 ("1.6 seconds faster") The Camaro SS 1 LE ($44,000) basically tied the M4 GTS. Just how much that lack of traction hampered the ZR1 is made plain when Randy hits a staggering 154.67 mph over the crest at Turn 1 on his first flying lap in the McLaren 720S. Any course with long straights the GT500 will do better and better. The thing about McLaren is, it can develop a bit of tunnel vision. First, there are two kinds of racers: cheaters and losers. See all 446 photos. But for 2018, Kim's triple-redundancy setup has been augmented with the brand-new Vantage CL1 data-logging system from Racepak. Not only did it beat the Viper GTS around Laguna Seca by just over two seconds, it set a new Laguna Seca lap record for a production car in the process. Jethro Bovingdon.. Post content redacted by Advanced BS Detector (ABSD). Click a car and you'll see our comments, the hot-shoe's take, and, when available, in-car video of the lap. The McLaren's first flying lap is a 1:30.62, and to prove it was no fluke, the next time around is just .07 second slower. "Motor Trend took these three cars out to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca with resident race car driver Randy Pobst to set some lap times. Laguna Seca is a tough circuit for a number of reasons. to the corkscrew, no car on this list will be safe! Even though both his race cars were not pushing all out (particularly the 919, as it still has the rest of the World Endurance Championship to pursue), Walliser calmly responded that the 919 could knock off 15 seconds from the lap times of the 911 RSR racer. "It would oversteer a little bit, but then it just stayed there, a confident power oversteer that I enjoyed. On 198, it's different but no less engaging. His only grumble: a lack of initial bite from the brakes. OO @fastestlaps, https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/czinger-21c-hypercar-smashes-lap-record-laguna-seca, Quote>"The 1233bhp hyper-hybrid was sent around the 2.24-mile course, with professional racer Joel Millar at the wheel, in just 1min 25.44secs, far outpacing the previous record of 1min 27.62secs set by the McLaren Senna in 2019. That doesn't solve the traction problem, but it tames the twitch a little, delivering a lap time identical to the Mustang's. Nearly all the manufacturers ask for a second shot. Imagine winning that lottery, every summer. But the suspension lacks travel and feels underdamped, leaving the little coupe bucking and bouncing its way up Route 198. Randy speaks for us all after hurling the shrieking Lambo up the hill and back: "This car makes you into a god. Speaking of progress, after being shown almost no love on Route 198, the Supra went to a dealer for a once-over. Amazingly, the PDE-equipped C6 ZR1 still wears the bronze medal two Corvette generations later! What about motorcycles? Split seconds separate fastest from first loser. Just wait till the C8 ZO6 comes out, I think this list will change. Let me reword that. Rounding out Legends of Laguna: GM Edition is the car that brought back the legendary Stingray moniker. felt much healthier when it was time for a lap. There are pleasant surprises, though, like the Aston Martin Vantage. At $35,595, it's the second-cheapest car in this year's shootout (just a couple hundred dollars more than the Miata), but the chassis feels like a million bucks on Route 198. Race 1: Streets of St. Petersburg. Laguna Seca is where Randy shines. The car is stock production and the video plus GPS are below. Let's just say the Supra's power numbers are comically underrated. Vittel, which we will assume is an alias, says the S Plaid was on a custom set of Michelin Sport Cup 2 tires that will be released along with the vehicle when it goes on sale in late 2021. For that, you'll have to go #15 on this year's list. One last time, out Randy went. Tremendous front-end grip is complemented by a rear end that tracks faithfully, regardless of throttle condition and road surface. Not even 0.2 second. Lightning Lap 2023: Hottest Cars, Toughest Track, Most Fuel-Efficient Gas Cars (That Aren't Hybrid), Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads. Now we understood how easily that could happen. Laguna Seca's classic road course (now known as WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for marketing reasons) winds its way around the hillsides on the Monterrey Peninsula and has long been considered one of America's best. The C7 GS fourth-place ranking was the biggest surprise of last weeks list for many readers (and Bloggers), we knew it was fast, but 2:47 at VIR is straight-up flying! Just as the cars have changed with time, so has our event. Much was on the line. Please check your inbox to confirm your subscription. It may have registered one of the only DNFs in BDC history (we told you that MT and the Crossed Flags had a rough go of it between 14 and 19! The lap time of the fastest carthe McLaren Sennahas been chopped into five equal segments. Most of the speed differential is down to the McLaren's superior drive out of the 90-degree left of Turn 11; although the 720S is 500 pounds lighter than the ZR1, the power-to-weight ratio of both cars is almost identical. The clock deconstructs the lap, by fractions of a second. But keep in mind the context of this context. But it feels clumsier and less composed than the Chevy Camaro SS 1LE that impressed us so much in 2016. Want more 2019 Best Driver's Car content on the Supra, Mustang Shelby GT350, Urus, and the rest of the BDC fleet? Follow your favorite team and driver's progress with daily updates McLaren had to go faster. Video is up on Motor Trend on Demand. There are two reasons I like the graphical technique we've created for depicting the performance of our dozen Best Driver's Car candidates around WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. That and, well, it's fun to nerd out on Excel calculations. - Kim Reynolds. When the upcoming successor to our listed Z06s touches its 345s(!) The culprit turns out to be the ultra-stiff sport setting for the shocks: It's calibrated purely for track work, and using it on bumpy Route 198 means the Porsche's front wheels can be in the air at a critical braking point, causing extreme ABS intervention. I'm going to say to McLaren what Coach Shotlift said to the team as we took a collective knee in the end zone after winning that final game: "Well, men, you did it. Along with the McLaren and Porsche, the big dogs of BDC 2018 include Chevy's refreshed Corvette ZR1 and Lamborghini's Huracan Performante. Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca doubles as our satellite office. Not a chance. "A tad disconcerting," Erick Ayapana notes. Laguna Seca was built in 60 days in 1957 for $1.5m on part of the US Army's Fort Ord, as the Pebble Beach Road Races that began in 1950 had become too dangerous. 1. Follow your favorite team and driver's progress with daily updates M4 GTS on Motor Trend's Ignition (Laguna Seca Lap Time Inside) Featured on BIMMERPOST.com. Call it undefeated-ish. Given enough market liquidity, there really is no such thing as "overpriced car". A total of 43,085 Z51 coupes rolled off the assembly line at Bowling Green during the C7s lifespan (just 3,705 in 2017, 716 in 18, and 1,728 in 19, respectively, if you are looking for a rare Vette at a reasonable price! Predictably, the Senna rockets upward the fastest, at 15.5 mph. If anything, Laguna Seca is where the 1LE should've shined. In truth, Best Drivers Car 2018 is a topic that can always get us fired up around here! If Randy's times fade on subsequent laps, it's because of tire degradation, brake fade, or a spike in intake temperatures causing the engine to pull power. What follows is the treasure that was unearthed: At first glance, the 92.46-second lap turned in by the Almighty Winged One seems exceptional. Most notable was the Senna. Last Edit: December 19, 2012, 11:49:35 pm by Sir Osis of Liver Logged On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be . Home. In 2018, Randy and the Porsche GT2 RS set the production car lap record around Laguna Seca: a blisteringly quick 1:28.30, beating a Porsche 918 Spyder by over a half-second. (That's a second quicker than a 2015 Subaru WRX STI, before you start hurling, "How come ?" As we arrive for Day 2 at Laguna Seca, the morning air is still and cool, with a hint of moistureperfect weather for big-lunged, big-horsepower engines. Competition is a beautiful thing! false false Insertion sort: Split the input into item 1 (which might not be the smallest) and all the rest of the list. Now do that 0-400-0km/h in the HEAVILY REVISED CAR! This was all achieved on a 200-treadwear Goodyear, making the SS 1LE the fastest General Motors vehicle wearing street tires at LS, which includes [smug voice] the mid-engine 2020 Corvette Z51! So when the V8 specialists at Affalterbach, Germany decided to . Reference: Motortrend - Motor Trend's 2016 Best Driver's Car Week! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WsjrKhQbXBZ9vlKehv81CnXk-6bZUYGU/view?usp=sharing, Huayra BC did 1:28.5 with Randy himself driving, C8 Corvette Hot Lap by Motor Trend and professional driver Randy Pobst1:37.83, https://www.motortrend.com/cars/chevrolet/corvette/2020/2020-chevrolet-corvette-pros-cons-review-best-drivers-car-video/. Get our daily recap of Corvette news delivered directly to your inbox. Although the big dogs would be the focus of attention, the Kia Stinger also gets its chance on the track today, and the lovely balance of its chassis would deeply impress Randy en route to a 1:46.16 lap time. For 2023, we adjusted our LL1 through LL5 price categories up by about 12 percent, to recognize the ever-increasing prices of today's vehicles. "Yes, I think that is possible.". 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