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jjr1 said:
You will never reach the times set by the magazines unless you are a sadist. I did my work experience with some road test magazines years ago and the way they launch a car is brutal.
On the road and if it is your car the best way is to use full power once the clutch is engaged and not before. Otherwise you will be looking at some expensive clutch bills.
One thing I have noticed is axle tramp is violent on these cars and I can never remember how to avoid that other than backing off the power or maybe increasing?
JJR1 is absolutely right,
But if you really wanna try Dillinger,
1- Drop the clutch
2- engage first
3- Accelerate
4- at about 3,000 rpm, release the clutch and off you go!
Bear in mind this is also the fastest way to burn your clutch.
Once you've done that about 10 times, you go and get your clutch replaced.

I do the same as JJR1, when I want to accelerate in first gear (which I almost never do, but some people enjoy doing this at red traffic lights) I wait that the clutch is fully disengaged, which means that by then, I'm probably doing about 20,30 kmh already anyway...