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Originally Posted by isynge
I seem to remember Sam Collins on a Midweek Motorsport (or other bit of coverage) opining that a JGTC car at its prime showing up at Le Mans or anywhere else against LMS / ALMS opposition would absolutely clean their clocks. If we could have that counterfactual I'd totally book tickets to see it.
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Quick correction - JGTC went up to 2004, before the Super GT rebrand and regulation update. Cars up to then would have been quick, but clearly behind the factory prototypes of the era.
The only real point of comparison are Fuji lap times when both series ran there in clear conditions. At their fastest, GT500 would have run the factory hybrids close. At Le Mans, I have my doubts that this would be directly replicated - GT500 run draggier than prototypes, even before taking low-downforce bodywork into contention.
If it were to happen with LMH/LMDh, I reckon GT500 would do the business, even taking into account a relative lack of top speed.