Lap Times
Best cars and lap times at COTA
How real driver pace is distributed at COTA in Le Mans Ultimate. Tiers are percentiles of the actual field, so a badge means the same thing on every circuit and nobody falls off the scale.
For which car to drive rather than how fast you are, jump to best cars at COTA: the fastest setup-shop lap, the race win, pick and podium leaders, and the car that gives up least between its mid-pack and its quick drivers.
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GT3
Open setup
Median by driver rating Bronze 1-2 2:15.326 Bronze 3 2:11.903 Silver 1 2:09.648 Silver 2+ 2:07.706
5,749 drivers · p10 2:08.124 to p90 2:14.959 · σ 3.26s · pole 2:05.343
Per-car driveability
How far a mid-pack driver falls behind the quick drivers in the same car. Narrow is forgiving, wide is demanding. Not a speed ranking: each car is measured against its own top 5%, because which drivers pick a car distorts its outright pace.
Median by driver rating Bronze 3 2:12.531 Silver 1 2:10.523 Silver 2+ 2:08.561
Each driver counts once, at the median lap of their best race here. Half that race's laps were quicker, so the figure reads as sustained pace rather than one low-fuel flyer. You will beat your own marker on individual laps. Everyone on the curve will too, which is why a handful of quick laps does not move you a tier up.
4,503 drivers · p10 2:09.256 to p90 2:15.204 · σ 2.83s · quickest 2:06.413
Median by driver rating Bronze 3 2:12.835 Silver 1 2:10.745
Each driver counts once, at the median lap of their best race here. Half that race's laps were quicker, so the figure reads as sustained pace rather than one low-fuel flyer. You will beat your own marker on individual laps. Everyone on the curve will too, which is why a handful of quick laps does not move you a tier up.
558 drivers · p10 2:09.077 to p90 2:14.116 · σ 2.22s · quickest 2:07.055
Median by driver rating Bronze 3 2:12.443 Silver 1 2:10.984
Each driver counts once, at the median lap of their best race here. Half that race's laps were quicker, so the figure reads as sustained pace rather than one low-fuel flyer. You will beat your own marker on individual laps. Everyone on the curve will too, which is why a handful of quick laps does not move you a tier up.
457 drivers · p10 2:09.493 to p90 2:13.647 · σ 1.88s · quickest 2:07.329
Hypercar
Open setup
Nobody has run this since the last BoP change yet, so the curve shows the BoP before it. It switches to the current one as soon as the new field is big enough.
Median by driver rating Bronze 3 1:57.508 Silver 1 1:55.404 Silver 2+ 1:53.520
1,861 drivers · p10 1:53.252 to p90 1:58.961 · σ 2.75s · pole 1:51.317
Per-car driveability
How far a mid-pack driver falls behind the quick drivers in the same car. Narrow is forgiving, wide is demanding. Not a speed ranking: each car is measured against its own top 5%, because which drivers pick a car distorts its outright pace.
Nobody has run this since the last BoP change yet, so the curve shows the BoP before it. It switches to the current one as soon as the new field is big enough.
Median by driver rating Bronze 3 1:59.196 Silver 1 1:57.248
Each driver counts once, at the median lap of their best race here. Half that race's laps were quicker, so the figure reads as sustained pace rather than one low-fuel flyer. You will beat your own marker on individual laps. Everyone on the curve will too, which is why a handful of quick laps does not move you a tier up.
404 drivers · p10 1:55.482 to p90 2:01.114 · σ 2.72s · quickest 1:53.342
Nobody has run this since the last BoP change yet, so the curve shows the BoP before it. It switches to the current one as soon as the new field is big enough.
Median by driver rating Bronze 3 1:59.058 Silver 1 1:57.343 Silver 2+ 1:55.509
Each driver counts once, at the median lap of their best race here. Half that race's laps were quicker, so the figure reads as sustained pace rather than one low-fuel flyer. You will beat your own marker on individual laps. Everyone on the curve will too, which is why a handful of quick laps does not move you a tier up.
894 drivers · p10 1:54.945 to p90 2:00.185 · σ 2.43s · quickest 1:53.012
Nobody has run this since the last BoP change yet, so the curve shows the BoP before it. It switches to the current one as soon as the new field is big enough.
Median by driver rating Silver 1 1:57.197 Silver 2+ 1:55.784
Each driver counts once, at the median lap of their best race here. Half that race's laps were quicker, so the figure reads as sustained pace rather than one low-fuel flyer. You will beat your own marker on individual laps. Everyone on the curve will too, which is why a handful of quick laps does not move you a tier up.
582 drivers · p10 1:55.173 to p90 1:59.684 · σ 1.91s · quickest 1:53.182
LMP2
Open setup
Median by driver rating Bronze 3 1:58.581 Silver 1 1:56.346
1,068 drivers · p10 1:54.576 to p90 2:01.763 · σ 3.76s · pole 1:51.784
Per-car driveability
How far a mid-pack driver falls behind the quick drivers in the same car. Narrow is forgiving, wide is demanding. Not a speed ranking: each car is measured against its own top 5%, because which drivers pick a car distorts its outright pace.
Median by driver rating Bronze 3 1:58.372 Silver 1 1:56.709
Each driver counts once, at the median lap of their best race here. Half that race's laps were quicker, so the figure reads as sustained pace rather than one low-fuel flyer. You will beat your own marker on individual laps. Everyone on the curve will too, which is why a handful of quick laps does not move you a tier up.
786 drivers · p10 1:55.270 to p90 2:00.852 · σ 2.85s · quickest 1:52.779
LMP3
Open setup
Median by driver rating Bronze 3 2:07.016
296 drivers · p10 2:02.708 to p90 2:11.234 · σ 4.06s · pole 2:00.301
Per-car driveability
How far a mid-pack driver falls behind the quick drivers in the same car. Narrow is forgiving, wide is demanding. Not a speed ranking: each car is measured against its own top 5%, because which drivers pick a car distorts its outright pace.
Each driver counts once, at the median lap of their best race here. Half that race's laps were quicker, so the figure reads as sustained pace rather than one low-fuel flyer. You will beat your own marker on individual laps. Everyone on the curve will too, which is why a handful of quick laps does not move you a tier up.
201 drivers · p10 2:02.677 to p90 2:10.636 · σ 3.61s · quickest 2:01.038
Best Cars at COTA
Distributions answer "am I fast". This answers "what should I drive", from setup-shop pace, official win, pick and podium rates, and how much pace each car gives up between its quick and its mid-pack drivers.
No single car wins on all of them. How these rankings are built.
Best GT3 at COTA
open setupThe fastest GT3 setup lap at COTA is the Lexus RCF GT3 (02:05.123, HY). By race win rate, the Ford Mustang GT3 leads at 34% over 162 races. The most-picked GT3 is the BMW M4 GT3 (23.1%). On open setup, the most forgiving GT3 is the Ferrari 296 GT3: a mid-pack driver gives up 2.56s to the quick drivers in it, against 3.92s in the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2, over the 10 cars with enough drivers to measure.
Highest win rate
Ford Mustang GT3
34.0% wins
over 162 races
Most picked
BMW M4 GT3
23.1% of entries
popularity, not results
Most podiums
Ford Mustang GT3
53.6% podiums
over 162 races
Most forgiving
Ferrari 296 GT3
2.56s from a mid-pack driver to the quick ones in the same car
Widest is the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 at 3.92s. Measured on open setup, over the 10 cars with enough drivers. Not a speed ranking: each car is measured against its own quick drivers, so this says how hard a car is to extract pace from, not how fast it is.
Best qualifying lap per car
| 1 | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 02:05.343 |
| 2 | BMW M4 GT3 | 02:05.768 |
| 3 | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 02:05.783 |
Best race lap per car
| 1 | BMW M4 GT3 | 02:05.984 |
| 2 | Ford Mustang GT3 | 02:06.017 |
| 3 | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 02:06.093 |
| 1 | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 02:06.125 |
| 2 | BMW M4 GT3 | 02:06.543 |
| 3 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 02:08.161 |
| 1 | BMW M4 GT3 | 02:06.288 |
| 2 | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 02:06.427 |
| 3 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 02:08.079 |
The quickest lap anyone has reached in each car, sorted so you can find your own. It is a best-of, so it improves with how many people have raced the car: a car 2,000 drivers have run shows a better lap than an equally quick car 200 have run. Read it as a target, not as a ranking of the cars. Race figures are single laps, the quickest anyone has set in that car in a race of that length, so they sit quicker than the sustained pace on the curve above.
Best Hypercar at COTA
open setupThe fastest Hypercar setup lap at COTA is the Lamborghini SC63 (01:51.113, HY). On open setup, the most forgiving Hypercar is the Porsche 963: a mid-pack driver gives up 2.29s to the quick drivers in it, against 3.28s in the Ferrari 499P, over the 7 cars with enough drivers to measure.
Not enough official race results at this layout yet to rank win rate, pick rate or podiums. The setup-shop and per-car benchmarks below are still tracked.
Most forgiving
Porsche 963
2.29s from a mid-pack driver to the quick ones in the same car
Widest is the Ferrari 499P at 3.28s. Measured on open setup, over the 7 cars with enough drivers. Not a speed ranking: each car is measured against its own quick drivers, so this says how hard a car is to extract pace from, not how fast it is.
Best race lap per car
| 1 | Peugeot 9X8 EVO | 01:52.431 |
| 2 | BMW M Hybrid V8 | 01:52.444 |
| 3 | Ferrari 499P | 01:52.781 |
| 1 | BMW M Hybrid V8 | 01:51.827 |
| 2 | Cadillac V-Series.R | 01:52.476 |
| 3 | Ferrari 499P | 01:52.611 |
| 1 | BMW M Hybrid V8 | 01:52.091 |
| 2 | Cadillac V-Series.R | 01:52.541 |
| 3 | Peugeot 9X8 EVO | 01:52.681 |
The quickest lap anyone has reached in each car, sorted so you can find your own. It is a best-of, so it improves with how many people have raced the car: a car 2,000 drivers have run shows a better lap than an equally quick car 200 have run. Read it as a target, not as a ranking of the cars. Race figures are single laps, the quickest anyone has set in that car in a race of that length, so they sit quicker than the sustained pace on the curve above.
Setup laps are the fastest still-valid benchmark from GoSetups, BeAlien and Hymo. Per-car best laps come from official Le Mans Ultimate sessions. Win, pick and podium rates are from official race results on BoP-stable patches.