2022 VW GTI at LightningLap 2023:
Volkswagen's Golf GTI
back for a return appearance, owing to a VBox data-card handling error that made last year's alleged 3:10.6 lap inadmissible in court. We fell short of redemption but did improve on last year's official time of 3:12.1 with a lap that ultimately landed midway between the two after a fraught prelude. This year's chauffeur was facing VIR's Climbing Esses and the highly technical and surprisingly blind Infield of the Grand Course for the first time. The GTI came with just a single set of tires, so we let the car sit idle through the first day and a half while we used another to suss out the quick way around the place.
For the last day's money run, the brakes were back after an overnight bleed. But the snap-on shift-knob retainer was history. Upshifts would have to be delicate. In the end, your humble servant ran wide at the exit of Spiral and dipped the right-side tires into the grass, losing a couple of tenths. Welcome to Lightning Lap, brother.
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