Originally Posted by _Nathan_ (Post 132336)

Just seen this - 1:16 was on a very damp track ;)

Same driver did a 1:05.8 in the dry in the dark for night qually, and went quicker still in the race, 1:05.5.

Trust me, no M3 short of an GTE Spec M3 GT will get near that Aston.

Originally Posted by _Nathan_ (Post 132364)

The in car of the 1:05 shows how awesome the current breed of gt3 cars are, just effortless. Would like to see what it could do without the tiny little restrictors in, has near enough another 200bhp to give uncorked!

Originally Posted by _Nathan_ (Post 132364)

The in car of the 1:05 shows how awesome the current breed of gt3 cars are, just effortless. Would like to see what it could do without the tiny little restrictors in, has near enough another 200bhp to give uncorked!

Originally Posted by _Nathan_ (Post 132371)

GT3 cars go through homologation, part of that process is BOP (Balance of performance) which aims to ensure a level playing field of cars.

For example Aston is running a 6L V12 with 2 small restrictors (from memory 32mm), BMW running a 4.4 V8 with no restrictors at all from what I've heard. Guess if a car didn't have much grip they'd allow it more grunt with the aim of the same laptimes but not 100% sure on the process.

Downside of the Aston is fuel consumption, it properly guzzles it!