Our resident data type comments on Mid-Ohio GT best race laps:

• The fastest GT lap of the race was set by Patrick Long aboard the #45 Flying Lizard Porsche at 1:20.778.

• At an 80.77-second race lap, one percent equals 0.807 seconds. The top eight cars were within 0.630 seconds or 0.774 percent.

• The gap from fastest race lap (#45 FLM Porsche) to fifth (#02 ESM Ferrari) was 0.179 seconds or just 0.120 percent.

• The top (#45) Porsche lap and top (#3) Corvette lap were separated by 0.036 seconds or 0.045 percent.

• The difference between the #44 FLM Porsche and race winning #4 Corvette best laps was 0.001 second. On the 2.258 mile Mid-Ohio circuit that works out to approximately 1.769 inches.

• The #55 BMW Team RLL pole winning time of 1:19.298 was 1.48 seconds quicker than the fastest GT lap of the race.

Standing Tall:
The new Michelin tall front tires appear to have helped as the Flying Lizard Porsche, Corvette Racing and ESM Ferrari teams set the top six GT lap times.

Porsche –Three Tire Flavors
The three Porsche teams best laps were as follows :
#45 Flying Lizard (M) 1:20.778 —-
#44 Flying Lizard (M) 1:20: 874 +0.096
#48 Paul Miller (D) 1:21.960 +1.182
#17 Falken (F) 1:22.274 +1.496

New Kids on the Block:
The three new 2012 entries, the AJR Lotus Evora and the two STR Vipers ran within a 0.206.band from 1:22.791 to 1:22.997.

2012 ALMS MID-OHIO GT DATA