Not really, if you put proper slick tyres on these cars, then the times would tumble by several seconds. As an example, Rod Birley's Escort does 1.12s at Snetterton and 49s at Brands, with only 500bhp on tyres that offer more corner speed than the R888s . Warren's car which is an equivalent power / spec is 7s off that with R888s....

The BTCC cars are light-weight super grippy with HUGE corner speeds. The Time Attack cars rely on huge power engines and are limited to a two lap window before the tyres go off. They REALLY struggle for corner speed.

Even with the massive rear wing and aero that the RC car runs, the car was drifting around Corum on the verge of a HUGE accident to do his 1.09 (I've never seen anything like it! ). I have NO idea how he held the car at these speeds . The 1.09 lap is an AVERAGE of 100+mph round Snetterton , which IMO with the corner grip he had, shows balls of steel . When he got out, he was sweating like a pig, as it had obviously been really hard work and he looked really emotional as he was hugging his brother and other members of the team - I don't know if this was relief from the fact that he didn't die around Corum, or because he was pleased he won .