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AUM said:
There is a reason that the standard test for sports cars is the Nordschleife.Flat racetracks do not put a car (and driver) through as many real-world performance measuring criteria as does the roller-coaster ride of the Nordschleife. But Ring knowledge takes time to acquire.
Short, flat tracks are much easier to learn than the 20 kmof the Nordschleifewith its wild off-camber corners and blind humps. Nevertheless, the Ring is the ultimate sports car test.
Driver skill and track knowledge are paramount at the Ring. I have seen hot hatches with good drivers eat supercars with more than twice their horsepower.
The Ring is difficult, not because it necessarily poses a challenge for the car but because it is like a public road...which in fast it is.
You even sometimes have the traffic of a public road, mixed traffic with motorcycles, fast cars, slow cars, crazy drivers, good drivers, bad drivers, all that at the same time on the same road. So yes, the driver is crucial on the Ring, not the car. This is why I don't quite understand your claim. I agree regarding the driver, I disagree regarding the car.
For evaluating a car's handling performance, the Hockenheim Ring (Kleiner Kurs) is much better. This is also the reason why SPORT AUTO does both, the Nordschleife AND the Kleiner Ring because the Ring favors high power cars.