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Video: McLaren 675LT Refuses To Let BMW 135i Pass At Sonoma

By Tommy Parry January 23, 2020It’s happened to every skilled Miata driver running a track day on a tight course. Getting stuck behind a supercar with a slightly oblivious driver is just part of the learning process and should be expected. Still, it’s a little irritating when it happens in the advanced group without many passing rules.

In this case, it’s a skilled track-day driver, Milkywave, in his mildly-tuned BMW 135i at Sonoma Raceway. Stuck behind a McLaren 675LT, Milkywave had to string together a series of faultless laps to get within striking distance of the orange McLaren, which should streak away given its distinct power advantage.

As Milkywave mentions, “At the beginning of this session, the McLaren was further ahead by at least six to seven seconds as I take the first lap easy. The video starts after I caught up, which took four to five laps.” In these laps, the BMW laps roughly 1-2 seconds per lap faster, and the gains are all from braking, entry, and mid-corner speeds.
Did the McLaren’s driver see the flag or not (0:25)? Hard to say.