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De Cadenet told me that when he was driving an original C-type at Monaco he was overtaken by the race winning car as he was coming out of a corner and it just disappeared off into the distance down the straight.
As he said, that has nothing to do with a driver's skill and just shows that the other car had far more power than original.
Assuming the race winning car was the right capacity (and there is no reason to doubt that) it shows that modern pistons, camshafts and many other components can make a huge difference, as do the fuel and oil.
The problem is how can you control such components, at least capacity is relatively simple to measure.
It would be easier if people were more realistic about what they are 'winning', why would anyone sensible spend quarter of a million on a Jag engine when all they 'win' is a worthless trophy and see their name on a results sheet.
Didn't they used to have historic races in the States where the trophies weren't necessarily given for track position? Maybe that wasn't such a daft idea...
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