After beating Lewis Hamilton’s actual time on his time trial on Gran Turismo, I have decided to try for a racing career. This is what else I have achieved before stepping into a racing car (I used to do go-karts):

7th January 2017

Time of 45.165 on Phillip Island Kart track, 0.005 off (lap record (all time) beating by 0.429 seconds, 2019 Super2 champion Bryce Fullwood, (one of Zak Brown‘s former employees) who placed on podium at The Bend 1 Race in Australian supercars championship.

21st November 2017

Took Phillip Island kart circuit record with lap time of 45.137 by margin of 0.126 seconds

25th December 2020

Beat Lewis Hamilton on Gran Turismo Sport By 0.115 seconds at Monza

23rd June 2021

Got within 0. 048 seconds within Lewis Hamilton on the fictional Dragon Trail-Seaside circuit. At peak, had margin of 0.341 second lead on Gran Turismo Sport 

10th July 2021

Got within 1.005 seconds of Lewis Hamilton on Gran Turismo Sport at Suzuka circuit

Lost out to Lewis Hamilton by 0.682 seconds on Brands Hatch circuit, but beat 3 time W series champion Jamie Chadwick by 0.215 seconds

23 October 2021

Red Bull Pro challenge :

(Gran Turismo sport, Suzuka, Honda NSX)

Max Verstappen 1'58. 872

Yuki Tsunoda

2'00.627

Myself

2'00.8

Sergio Perez

2'05.288

19th December 2021

Beat W series 2021 Austrian podium placer, Ira Sidorkova by 0.406 seconds, on Gran Turismo 6 Goodwood KTM X-Bow time trial (She did this Oct 25 2014)

29 December 2021

Lewis Hamilton Gran Turismo Nordschleiffe sector 1. Gain 0.195 seconds on him

6th February 2022

Lewis Hamilton Gran Turismo Interlagos 0.755 second slower.

29th of May 2022

Attended Indy 500. Went on the Sim there. got 38.480 second lap, 233.888 miles per hour.

Only polesitter Scott Dixon was faster (4 lap, qualifying average 38.454 seconds)

P.S. I am an ex-mechanical engineering student and I have been through such books as Formula One technology, Race Car Vehicle Dynamics, New Directions in Race Car Aerodynamics and I am currently on Internal combustion engine fundamentals (finishing off approximately 300 pages of definitions).