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It may just be that Nissan's hotshoe is more talented or capable at the 'ring than GM's equivalent.

Thats rich.

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I'm saying that perhaps Nissan's test driver has a "home field" advantage over GM's. I have no idea who GM employs at the 'ring to lap the Vette, so I may well be wrong, but say its someone who has 500 laps in, wouldn't a driver with several thousand be more capable? I've done a lot of reading on the track and its history and most will state that its not until 100 laps that you get a general sense of whats around the next bend, and at 1,000 laps you can start to say you're "mastering" the track.

The Nurburgring is favored by manufacturers because its the most variable and challenging track on earth, that assumes real world conditions. I don't think you can rightly assume that two drivers, novice or pro, can show up and immediately find the best line around the track.