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Originally Posted by dxk1
According to the timing, the top competitors are consistently running laps between 8:45 and 9:00 minutes. Just for comparison, the Chaparral qualified at 8:31.9 in 1967! Sure the course is a little different, but it's still interesting how technology has made GT cars of today as fast as the best protos there were back then.
DK
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"A little different" equals about 3km of F1 track longer. Meaning: Today's GT cars qualified with an average speed 20 km/h faster than the best protos back then.