Originally Posted by smooshietooshie

Because like I said, its comprable to a few tenths of a second, which while it is a "long time", its also the difference between two excellent laps, with one being slightly better than the other. Think of it as a ripple effect, one small tiny little mishap on turn 1 can cause the car to lose an entire 5 seconds by the end of the race since the course is sooo long.