“The torque vectoring is so effective, it feels like traction control. It ain’t. That’s what sticking 553 lb-ft of torque to pavement feels like.”
The McLaren’s Laguna lap record lasted less than an hour before this Porsche shaved a whopping 1.48 seconds off of it with a drama-free, no-sweat textbook lap. That this heavier (especially in back), less powerful, less torquey car averaged 1.5 mph faster here (and 1.7 mph faster across our tiny figure eight, where it also set a record) suggests that Weissach has defeated Woking in the chassis-development world cup.
Randy Pobst was utterly beside himself. “Somebody pinch me,” he said. “That was like nothing I’ve driven here ever before. My definition of a great-handling car is that it practically drives itself. It’s not a bloody wrestling match. It’s…
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