Acura NSX, 2:50.2

From the first session on the first day, we suspected that this complicated new hybrid machine would be a difficult onion to peel, and it was. It took all three days, a second or two chipped away each day, to learn its layers and get it down to its ultimate lap time of 2:50.2. The attending Acura engineers pronounced themselves satisfied with our results, and the NSX proved to be the third-quickest car overall through the Climbing Esses, one of the circuit’s most daunting sections. We were never quite ­satisfied, though. When you’re this close to breaking into the 2:40s, such feelings are inevitable. READ MORE ››