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Old 07-31-2012, 02:27 PM   #129
A-little-perspective
 
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Originally Posted by Comrando View Post
Now that is awesome, one of the engineers actually driving the car. Like most buyers will.

I wonder if a pro driver could squeeze out a few more 10ths.

Thanks for the video slick rick
Actually no, most buyers cannot drive as well as the development engineer. Aaron Link, nurburgring, ring a bell?

LOL!!! If all buyers drove like that, then they could all be test drivers.

No, a random pro driver could not drive as well as the development engineer (who is a professional driver too). The development engineer knows the car like the back of his hand. They know its faults, they knows its weaknesses. They have spent countless hours test driving.(i.e. Aaron Link drove 40 laps, over 3 days, around the Nurburgring to get 7:41 in the ZL1).

Aaron Link is to GM, what Gene Martindal is to Ford, what Jules Bianchi is to Ferrari, and what Valentino Balboni was to Lamborghini.
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