Yearly reminder to invest some money into driver's training

[EricE]

Here's a Koenigsegg test driver in a Mazda MX-5 NC that had a remap, exhaust, coilovers + arbs, brake pads/fluid, tyres and not much else.
I'd normally post this in the YouTube video topic but I thought it's better suited here in the light of some forum warriors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ3x462rlmg

[PorscheGT4]

he knows the track well.

[mollytherocker]

That Mazda is quick and he can drive a bit!

[griffter]

Great video. Could do with a rear view to see the look on the Porsche driver's face!
What's going on with its tail lights?

[pete a]

griffter said:

Great video. Could do with a rear view to see the look on the Porsche driver's face!
What's going on with its tail lights?

The led lights appear to flicker when filmed on cameras like that one, something to do with the refresh rate on the camera.

[EricE]

That car was for sale a few years ago

https://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&amp...

160000 SEK = 13000 GBP to pass a 997.2 GT3 RS on the outside... makes you think.

[iantr]

PorscheGT4 said:

he knows the track well.

EricE said:

...13000 GBP to pass a 997.2 GT3 RS on the outside...

This is making me laugh.

I don't think It's about the car, or the driver's knowledge of the track.

Talent, experience and balls of steel look the more likely factors to me! Sadly I have none of these.

I'm happy to recognise them in others though.

[iantr]

On reflection I think it just shows how over-geared those GT3's are.

[Mark A S]

Nothing surprising there, Good driver in well set up car on grippy tyres with great knowledge of the track, catches “Faster” car with average driver with probably not much knowledge of the track.

Put the Mazda driver in the Porsche on similar tyres and it would disappear off into the distance.

To be fair though, it is a lot easier for a reasonable driver to wring the neck of a lightish well set up lowly-ish powered front engine RWD car than a heavier powerful arse engined one, throw in lack of track knowledge and the difference will exaggerate more

[Mario149]

Mazda peddler is fantastic, but to my eye the difference in grip from the tyres on the Mazda compared to the GT3s looks massive. Either that, or the GT3 drivers are really taking it easy in the corners

[g7jhp]

The GT3 driver could have learnt a thing or two from the MX5 driver by easing off on the power in the straights and following the MX5's line.