modbaraban wrote:vasia wrote:A lot of beautiful Porsches and Audis in this race.
I must post a pic of this mysterious car, running in the SP8 class. It was achieving lap times very similar to the SP7 and SP9 class GT3 Cup, GT3 RSR and Audi R8 LMS cars.
But was beaten by a standard V12 Vantage roadcar with the company boss at the wheel
PS: what's so mysterious about the race prepared LF-A? The car's been driving round that 'ring for a few years non-stop it seems.
That is because both LF-A cars were out of the race for a few hours for different reasons. Doesn't change the fact these LF-A cars had faster lap times than the V12 Vantage. As I said, their lap times were in the same range as the SP7/SP9 cars.
By the way, the LF-A was in the same class as the Vantage, which means it's very close to production-based.
What's mysterious is that we don't fully know what it looks like, or have exact specs on it. If you look closely those are tacked-on body panels on those LF-A cars. They are not the production body. Also it's exciting to think that a close-to-production car like the LF-A can match the lap times of (highly modified) GT3 RSRs and R8 LMS cars.