What was the rolling start speed? Good performance from the GTI though
That's a high 2nd gear roll; you can read the starting speed on the low-right corner; it's around 80Kph. You can notice the GTI really pulling on the R after 200Kph, but funny how the R caught and slowly reeled in the GTI around 245Kph
I imagine that pulls at lower speed or in 1st gear would show the same outcome but with a much smaller gap, with the R taking advantage of its AWD.
Anyway that's quite impressive from a stage1 GTI, looking forward to the seeing the stage1 R
Of course an identical stage is always going to show the R ahead, but the stage-to-stage pattern is likely to be quite different than for the MK6 era; reason being that for the first time the GTI and R share the same new-gen engine [save for internals, intercooler and turbo].