2011 Ford GT500 spanks last year's model
05-19-2010, 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Luke 813,May 19 2010, 07:53 AM
So it only takes it 114 HP more to match the corvette grandsport's time around VIR, LOL. That said, solid improvement over the 2010 model. Probably would have been even faster if the driving was smoother, some of it was fairly sloppy...
Look at the weight differences too!!! For once a similarly priced Mustang can keep up with a Corvette!
05-19-2010, 09:16 AM
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Here's Car & Driver's 2009 Lightning Lap report, which was done on the same Grand Course configuration of VIR.
http://www.caranddriver.com/features/09q4/...ap_2009-feature
So a GT500 laptime of 2:58 puts it pretty close to Corvette, GTR, and R8 laptimes. C&D got a 3:05.9 and 3:07.4 for their older-model GT500s. They got a 3:15.0 for the S2000 CR.
http://www.caranddriver.com/features/09q4/...ap_2009-feature
So a GT500 laptime of 2:58 puts it pretty close to Corvette, GTR, and R8 laptimes. C&D got a 3:05.9 and 3:07.4 for their older-model GT500s. They got a 3:15.0 for the S2000 CR.
05-19-2010, 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Elistan,May 19 2010, 12:16 PM
So a GT500 laptime of 2:58 puts it pretty close to Corvette, GTR, and R8 laptimes. C&D got a 3:05.9 and 3:07.4 for their older-model GT500s. They got a 3:15.0 for the S2000 CR.
05-19-2010, 10:12 AM
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Not taking anything away from the Mustang, it's a great car and i'm sure very fast, but comparing it to the list above is way to subjective. just look how all over the board those laptimes are. An elise SC is 7 seconds slower in 08' than a base elise was in 06'? C'mon that's ridiculous and the conditions/drivers make such a big difference in tests like this.
05-19-2010, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by dav9515,May 19 2010, 10:12 AM
Not taking anything away from the Mustang, it's a great car and i'm sure very fast, but comparing it to the list above is way to subjective. just look how all over the board those laptimes are. An elise SC is 7 seconds slower in 08' than a base elise was in 06'? C'mon that's ridiculous and the conditions/drivers make such a big difference in tests like this.
05-21-2010, 04:56 AM
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Originally Posted by ElTianti,May 20 2010, 08:35 AM
So the CR is slower around VIR than a Genesis 3.8?!