McLaren 12C Spider lap time at Rockingham National

bare in mind, when i said "honda" i meant the car, not the bike oops.

I meant 2 - 3 second. Motor trend in a recent test show Viper TA lapping in 1.33 with corsa tires and 1.30 with slick tires. So i thought 2 - 3 seconds are the right gap. The real point is: honda is a race bike, McLaren is a stock car. We have to keep in mind that superbike is a monster. It could do 0-200 in less than 6 seconds and it could lap, for example, Misano circuit in 1.35 - 1.36. I stock bike with a professional driver and corsa tires lap the same circuit in 1.42,7 (BMW HP 4). Another example: stock Bmw hp 4 in Mireval circuit lap in 1.27.7 while MP 4 in 1.30.7. So it's difficult for car even when we face stock bike. It depend on the circuit.

With slick tires it could gain about 2 - seconds

i think the whole point why the honda pwned the 12c was because it's a very windy track, and hence I think slicks would have given the 12c more than just 2 seconds, but certainly not 6

The correct time for McLaren is 1.17.2, but in the article they report even 1.16.9. This is the time with professional driver. It's just impossible for MP 4 stay with a superbike like that with british champion. With slick tires it could gain about 2 - seconds, so 1.14.5. I think a stock bike like BMW S 1000 could be just as fast or little faster, but superbike is in another legue. They need MP 4 GT 3 to compare with.

the bike is quite a bit faster than the BMW SR1000, which raced against the Ariel Atom V8. It being faster than the mp4 was a given. The BTCC was impressive for just 360hp

I am surprised the bike was faster than the MP4 and the BTTC...

1:17.2