[svandamme]

sub 10 already requires quite a bit of speed and effort.
the video above was a 9m36, barely any traffic, no yellow zones

Any traffic you need to yield for, or get around or yellow, is 10+

I might have gotten to 9 minutes, but with only 4 laps done, ever.. I was still keeping a big margin for safety on the long straights, I was not getting the maximum speed possible.. and it's really on the big straights you win and loose a lot of time
Also keep in mind if you go 200+ there..
It's not a highway, the long straight is not as straight, it's bumpy and the entry of the next corner , the brake zones. They are blind and come REALLY fast.
its all starts to get really dodgy..

most of the crashes at Adenaur Forst is from people who come in way to hot from the faster straight before it.. they follows somebody more capable, and miss the brake zone.. get unsettled and wipe out.
Keep in mind at 200kph + you are going over crests and arrive at a corner that was previously blind.You have to be a fool to do that on a track like the Ring, unless you have 100 or so laps worth of experience..
at 100 you might start to become somewhat experienced.. but the real fast folks got thousands of laps..
If you try to chase others who are 100 laps ahead of you, in a fight against yourself and your own time.. You'll pay a hefty price.
I'm at 5 laps with my lap last week added and 9m36 was more then good enough for me.. There are no prizes for knocking time of your own record.. Just armco.
It felt busy and i wasn't in the flow.. had to many people coming up from behind, it seemed stupid to try and continue more laps like that, even if the track hadn't closed, I probably would have bailed..