Porsche 911 GT3 vs Ferrari 296 GTB

We don't know if GT3 will beat 296 or by how much

it bested it by 3 seconds because Porsche like Tesla and Lamborghini rely a lot on Nurburgring laptimes set by their personal drivers to make headlines… while Ferrari doesn’t care in the slightest and lets the journalist of Sportauto test the cars on the Ring… however when tested by Sportauto the Porsche got beated by the Ferrari on the Ring as well

while Ferrari doesn’t care in the slightest and lets the journalist of Sportauto test the cars on the Ring

Usually they do care a lot and even more than other manufacturers. Autocar / EVO usually get a whole team of Ferrari mechanics doing setup etc.

As well as questionable tyre upgrades that don't match the OEM tyres.

But regardless, kudos for letting Sport Auto test the car. Maybe Ferrari are changing their stance. Its not like these cars are slow or need any unfair advantage to post amazing lap times...

well they may have a team of mechanics to make sure that the test goes well, but at least they let the journalist drive the car… Porsche, Tesla and Lamborghini set their own laptimes with their own drivers and often the car is modified and they have the nerve to compare those laptimes with the laptimes set by a journalist with cars from other brands (which are usually 10/15 seconds slower than they would be if driven by a professional driver) to claim their “crown”… Ferrari and Mclaren never bothered to do this, they stay out of this rather cheap pissing contest. Also, on German magazines are the most likely to have an unfair advantage are Porsches due to sandbagging of the rivals and favouritism towards German cars… also Porsche and Tesla have a lot of hype due to Youtube channels focusing on 1/4 mile races on the street, which obviously favours AWD vehicles, leaving constructors like Ferrari or Mclaren that mostly produce RWD vehicles at disadvantage… so overall I’d say Ferrari is far from being over-hyped these days, Porsche and Tesla are having the most attention these days, with their Nurburgring laptime battles and youtube videos that focuses only on the sprint over a short distance from a standing still (which is only one of the many aspects that matter when evaluating acceleration)