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Originally Posted by Speed-King
And another note on the Grand Tour laps. They ran all cars on the same (road legal) tire, with Clarkson claiming that the McLaren could have gone a lot faster on its original tires. So it's reasonable to asume that fitting proper racing slicks probably would have closed the gap by a considerable degree as well,.
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The P1 is almost 2 seconds faster on the Pirelli Trofeo R tire around Portimao than it is on the Pirelli Corsa tire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3YPTkBRaOk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh48FhOAb50
One thing to note is that the TGT laps were standing start laps, while racing/qualifying laps in GT3, GT4 and the Harris laps have flying starts.