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Originally Posted by Porsche
Mike would have done better still had he not been burdened with a passenger. Even a small passenger will markedly impair acceleration, braking, and handling.
While I'm not disagreeing with your basic point, what I took away from this video was further confirmation that Mike drives well. Mike exploits his car's potential better than either the Porsche or Boss 302 drivers do with their cars.
Put Mike at the wheel of either of those two cars, and I'm confident he'd turn times that easily eclipse the times he set in the BRZ/FR-S.
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I agree with this - looking at that video, that GT3 driver was not coming anywhere close to its full potential. If driven right, a GT3 should brake later, accelerate harder, and carry more speed through corners than the FR-S. In other words, it should be faster everywhere. This is assuming that they are running the stock tires (Pilot Sport Cup/P-Zero Corsa System). If they are running longer tread life tires, that could explain the FR-S's higher cornering speed (though the GT3 should still be much faster overall). For the most part though, that looks like a difference in driver ability.
I know everyone here likes to think of the BRZ/FR-S as god's gift to sports car handling, but against cars like the GT3, it really should lose everywhere assuming equal driver skill (and I have no doubt the GT3 feels just as stable as an FR-S with a few mods when doing 125mph through a corner).
Similarly, the Boss 302 should be much, much faster around a track than the BRZ is. However, a certain element of driver confidence does come into play with that one - it's not as easy to drive near the limit as the BRZ is, so that does change the equation somewhat. Still, if you put Mike (or another experienced driver) behind the wheel of the Mustang, I have little doubt that he would be faster than he is in the FR-S.