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Best cars and lap times at Laguna Seca

How real driver pace is distributed at Laguna Seca 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 Laguna Seca: 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

4,367 drivers

Open setup

Qualifying · Field distributionbest lap, pooled across all race lengths, on open setup
p10 p25 p50 p75 p90 B3 S1 S2+ ≥+10%: 136+0%+2%+4%+6%+8%+10%

Median by driver rating Bronze 3 1:25.419 Silver 1 1:24.049 Silver 2+ 1:22.900

alien top 0.5% ≤ 1:21.756 gold top 10% ≤ 1:22.964 silver top 30% ≤ 1:23.795 bronze top 50% ≤ 1:24.522 rookie top 75% ≤ 1:25.622

4,367 drivers · p10 1:22.964 to p90 1:27.166 · σ 1.98s · pole 1:21.311

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.

McLaren 720S GT3 Evo
155 drv
1.47s
1.8%
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)
1,059 drv
1.58s
1.9%
Mercedes-AMG GT3
110 drv
1.62s
1.9%
Ford Mustang GT3
173 drv
1.76s
2.1%
Lexus RCF GT3
1,046 drv
1.79s
2.2%
BMW M4 GT3
622 drv
1.83s
2.2%
Ferrari 296 GT3
282 drv
1.86s
2.2%
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2
116 drv
1.96s
2.4%
Corvette Z06 GT3.R
1,283 drv
2.36s
2.9%
its own top 5% +8% slower
Race length
Race · Field distributionrace laps from 20 to 40 minute races, sustained median lap, on open setup
p10 p25 p50 p75 p90 B3 S1 S2+ ≥+10%: 40+0%+2%+4%+6%+8%+10%

Median by driver rating Bronze 3 1:26.288 Silver 1 1:25.136 Silver 2+ 1:23.962

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.

alien top 0.5% ≤ 1:22.775 gold top 10% ≤ 1:24.079 silver top 30% ≤ 1:24.921 bronze top 50% ≤ 1:25.502 rookie top 75% ≤ 1:26.505

3,083 drivers · p10 1:24.079 to p90 1:27.682 · σ 1.72s · quickest 1:22.327

Car Fastest setup-shop lap
Ferrari 296 GT3 1:21.347 GO↗
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 1:21.364 HY↗
Corvette Z06 GT3.R 1:21.453 HY↗

Hypercar

1,677 drivers

Open setup

Qualifying · Field distributionbest lap, pooled across all race lengths, on open setup
p10 p25 p50 p75 p90 B3 S1 S2+ ≥+10%: 87+0%+2%+4%+6%+8%+10%

Median by driver rating Bronze 3 1:16.407 Silver 1 1:15.220 Silver 2+ 1:13.981

alien top 0.5% ≤ 1:12.740 gold top 10% ≤ 1:13.761 silver top 30% ≤ 1:14.635 bronze top 50% ≤ 1:15.289 rookie top 75% ≤ 1:16.444

1,677 drivers · p10 1:13.761 to p90 1:18.042 · σ 2.28s · pole 1:12.301

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.

Porsche 963
165 drv
1.58s
2.1%
Ferrari 499P
199 drv
1.63s
2.2%
Lamborghini SC63
143 drv
1.64s
2.2%
Cadillac V-Series.R
213 drv
1.72s
2.3%
Toyota GR010 Hybrid
190 drv
1.88s
2.5%
BMW M Hybrid V8
500 drv
1.91s
2.6%
Peugeot 9X8 EVO
291 drv
1.92s
2.6%
its own top 5% +8% slower
Race length
Race · Field distributionrace laps from 20 to 40 minute races, sustained median lap, on open setup
p10 p25 p50 p75 p90 B3 S1 S2+ ≥+10%: 26+0%+2%+4%+6%+8%+10%

Median by driver rating Bronze 3 1:17.835 Silver 1 1:16.580 Silver 2+ 1:15.160

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.

alien top 0.5% ≤ 1:13.928 gold top 10% ≤ 1:14.919 silver top 30% ≤ 1:15.829 bronze top 50% ≤ 1:16.586 rookie top 75% ≤ 1:17.659

882 drivers · p10 1:14.919 to p90 1:18.712 · σ 2.23s · quickest 1:13.481

Car Fastest setup-shop lap
Lamborghini SC63 1:12.233 GO↗
Alpine A424 1:12.314 GO↗
Cadillac V-Series.R 1:12.371 GO↗

LMP2

891 drivers
Qualifying · Field distributionbest lap, pooled across all race lengths, on open setup
p10 p25 p50 p75 p90 B3 S1 S2+ ≥+10%: 26+0%+2%+4%+6%+8%+10%

Median by driver rating Bronze 3 1:16.008 Silver 1 1:14.583 Silver 2+ 1:13.428

alien top 0.5% ≤ 1:12.113 gold top 10% ≤ 1:13.018 silver top 30% ≤ 1:13.952 bronze top 50% ≤ 1:14.699 rookie top 75% ≤ 1:15.880

891 drivers · p10 1:13.018 to p90 1:17.087 · σ 1.93s · pole 1:11.916

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.

Oreca 07 Gibson ELMS
891 drv
1.98s
2.7%
its own top 5% +8% slower
Race length
Race · Field distributionrace laps from 40 to 60 minute races, sustained median lap, on open setup
p10 p25 p50 p75 p90 S1 ≥+10%: 5+0%+2%+4%+6%+8%+10%

Median by driver rating Silver 1 1:16.182

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.

alien top 0.5% ≤ 1:14.146 gold top 10% ≤ 1:14.902 silver top 30% ≤ 1:15.529 bronze top 50% ≤ 1:16.150 rookie top 75% ≤ 1:17.028

560 drivers · p10 1:14.902 to p90 1:18.157 · σ 1.50s · quickest 1:13.812

Car Fastest setup-shop lap
Oreca 07 Gibson ELMS 1:11.766 BE↗
Oreca 07 Gibson 1:13.912 GO↗

LMP3

111 drivers

Only 111 drivers recorded here so far, below the 200 needed to draw a reliable distribution. The tier cutoffs still hold; the curve appears once more races land.

alien top 0.5% ≤ 1:18.086 gold top 10% ≤ 1:18.806 silver top 30% ≤ 1:19.594 bronze top 50% ≤ 1:20.314 rookie top 75% ≤ 1:21.680

111 drivers · p10 1:18.806 to p90 1:23.468 · σ 2.22s · pole 1:18.000

Tier Cutoff
Alien 1:18.086
Gold 1:18.806
Silver 1:19.594
Bronze 1:20.314
Rookie 1:21.680
Offline slower than 1:21.680

Only 79 drivers recorded here so far, below the 200 needed to draw a reliable distribution. The tier cutoffs still hold; the curve appears once more races land.

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.

alien top 0.5% ≤ 1:19.276 gold top 10% ≤ 1:20.102 silver top 30% ≤ 1:20.575 bronze top 50% ≤ 1:21.196 rookie top 75% ≤ 1:22.122

79 drivers · p10 1:20.102 to p90 1:23.034 · σ 1.40s · quickest 1:19.170

Car Fastest setup-shop lap
Duqueine D09 1:17.003 HY↗
Ligier JS P325 1:17.146 HY↗
Ginetta G61-LT-P325 EVO 1:17.432 HY↗

Best Cars at Laguna Seca

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 Laguna Seca

open setup

The fastest GT3 setup lap at Laguna Seca is the Ferrari 296 GT3 (01:21.347, GO). By race win rate, the Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) leads at 36.3% over 169 races. On open setup, the most forgiving GT3 is the McLaren 720S GT3 Evo: a mid-pack driver gives up 1.47s to the quick drivers in it, against 2.36s in the Corvette Z06 GT3.R, over the 9 cars with enough drivers to measure.

Highest win rate

Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)

36.3% wins

over 169 races

Most picked

Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)

37.9% of entries

popularity, not results

Most podiums

Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)

78.5% podiums

over 169 races

Most forgiving

McLaren 720S GT3 Evo

1.47s from a mid-pack driver to the quick ones in the same car

Widest is the Corvette Z06 GT3.R at 2.36s. Measured on open setup, over the 9 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 Corvette Z06 GT3.R 01:21.311
2 BMW M4 GT3 01:21.343
3 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 01:21.499

Best race lap per car

1 BMW M4 GT3 01:21.746
2 Corvette Z06 GT3.R 01:21.748
3 Ferrari 296 GT3 01:22.030

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 Laguna Seca

open setup

The fastest Hypercar setup lap at Laguna Seca is the Lamborghini SC63 (01:12.233, GO). By race win rate, the Lamborghini SC63 leads at 26% over 154 races. The most-picked Hypercar is the BMW M Hybrid V8 (21.1%). On open setup, the Porsche 963, Ferrari 499P and Lamborghini SC63 are level as the most forgiving Hypercars: a mid-pack driver gives up about 1.58s to the quick drivers in the same car, against 1.92s in the Peugeot 9X8 EVO, over the 7 cars with enough drivers to measure.

Highest win rate

Lamborghini SC63

26.0% wins

over 154 races

Most picked

BMW M Hybrid V8

21.1% of entries

popularity, not results

Most podiums

BMW M Hybrid V8

46.2% podiums

over 154 races

Most forgiving

Porsche 963, Ferrari 499P, Lamborghini SC63

1.58s from a mid-pack driver to the quick ones in the same car

Widest is the Peugeot 9X8 EVO at 1.92s. 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 qualifying lap per car

1 Lamborghini SC63 01:12.301
2 Ferrari 499P 01:12.417
3 BMW M Hybrid V8 01:12.494

Best race lap per car

1 Lamborghini SC63 01:12.760
2 Ferrari 499P 01:12.866
3 Cadillac V-Series.R 01:13.212

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.