NISSAN R90CK in 1990 LE MANS Qualify

definately a ballsy driver.

Now I definetively know why they banned Group C...as they did with Group B rally cars and Turbo F1...

"They" wanted pussies to have a chance in motorsport...Just check F1

LOL

How about they're all great and they all take crazy amount of skill (whether its being able to keep the car under control over bumps and braking for the Group C cars or being able to handle and push through the G-Forces of the LMP1) and they're all beautiful and fast.

That's fair enough in my book. :) Whether one class or the other is best... it's all subjective. One thing is for sure, they're all beautifully brutal and fast brutes.

OMG

The way he takes the first few corners on the flying lap are incredible.

actually, dont forget the tires in this case., if you compare LMP1 cars to group C cars. You can remove another 4 seconds to the laptimes from Group C cars, asmodern tire technology has improved a lot. I'd easily give the race to the Group C cars by quite a margin on the old layout.

Yep, but the modern diesel LMPs have gear ratios and aero setups optimized for the chicaned Mulsanne. Apparently, on full power and the longest possible gearing, they are capable of at least 370 kph.

Comparing the speeds of the turbocharged Group C cars and the current LMPs isn't really fair; a good comparison with the current LMPs might be given by the 1991-1992 3.5 l prototypes (basically F1 cars with bodywork and venturi tunnels).

Not really. Just compare the race laptimes of, let's say, the R90CK or a Jag XJR-12, which was around 3:40-3:50, to the race pace showed in the last few years, by which I mean even 3:19-3:20 laps, on a circuit layout which has changed very little. A Nissan, a Jag or a Merc would eat an Audi or a Peugeot on an un-chicaned Mulsanne, but the LMP would then simply drive around the outside of the Group C cars through the Porsche Curves.

Yeah the legit Circuit de la Sarthe!