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Awesome lap by Mike S, at least half a second or more he lost in turns 7 and 10, the car has allot more left in clearly.
Exactly what I thought. Lots of IMSA spec GT4 cars get under 2.10 at Sebring during tests. Barometric adjustments and other BOP changes affect their best lap times at the races. Also, fastest pros often don’t qualify the GT4 cars.
Exactly what I thought. Lots of IMSA spec GT4 cars get under 2.10 at Sebring during tests. Barometric adjustments and other BOP changes affect their best lap times at the races. Also, fastest pros often don’t qualify the GT4 cars.
2:10.885 Jan Heylen in IMSA legal trim…
Next closest was Max Root about half a second off…
I think people need to DO a time like that, in a car like that, before proffering an opinion.
Sure, we might wish the 718 GT4 CS RS is closer to the 992 GT3 and 992 GT3 Cup, but it looks pretty good.
Let’s see how the car improves with a little rubbing on it. Good run by Skeen and a great run by Joe in his 992 GT3.
I’ve never driven a cayman. But I’ve driven other much older cup cars with less favorable power / weight faster than this at Sebring. And I’m not even that good at Sebring - and certainly not at the level of Skeen.
So it was more of an observation around what appears to be lack of performance based purely on power/weight.
Does the added weight vs say a 992 cup really account for 7-8 seconds? It doesn’t. Pdk vs true racing box? Not much there. Tire size ? Not sure what the size difference is. Rear suspension? Hmmm.
Does the added weight vs say a 992 cup really account for 7-8 seconds? It doesn’t. Pdk vs true racing box? Not much there. Tire size ? Not sure what the size difference is. Rear suspension? Hmmm.
I somehow think the differences in front suspension between a 992 Cup and GT4 RS CS are as big or bigger influence on lap times than the difference in rear suspension.
^^Not sure exactly what time it started, but it's raining there now. It was in the 80's with a 10 mph wind. Not exactly fast conditions.
They’re long sessions. As you can see from my screenshot, most are in the pits right now. Here’s from the dry first session.
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I’ve never driven a cayman. But I’ve driven other much older cup cars with less favorable power / weight faster than this at Sebring. And I’m not even that good at Sebring - and certainly not at the level of Skeen.
So it was more of an observation around what appears to be lack of performance based purely on power/weight.
Does the added weight vs say a 992 cup really account for 7-8 seconds? It doesn’t. Pdk vs true racing box? Not much there. Tire size ? Not sure what the size difference is. Rear suspension? Hmmm.
This is somewhat speculative and silly because we don’t know if he was running stickers or what the fuel load was…I am just commenting because it’s fun to discuss race cars!
I know in GT4 qualifying, tire peak is usually the 3 rd lap. In any case, the 992 cup vs GT4CS difference is probably 5s+/- rather than 7 seconds. Bigger tires on the cup must account for higher cornering speeds especially corner entry. Speaking to pros who drive 992 cups and GT4 cars, the cups aero and tire package is closer to GT3 car. Speculative of course.
03-07-2022, 01:05 PM
