I needed to get this done myself, and it intrigued me a little.
I tried the 2D, with my oldest level 40 Bob, near fully cool (is that zero or 100 Fonzarellis?). He drew the McF1 and Zonda. He pulled precisely the idiot move described, over three races, multiple times per race, in at least two corners - not all of them were his own fault (imagine a little digital fist shaking in anger!).
I did a little test coaching; my feeling was that you would need a fully hot Bob (100 Eva Greens) to respond to the pace downs fast enough, but the pass opportunities would then be few and far between. I believe I saw the F1 doing only 1'43ish laps when cold out front, so lap
pace isn't the problem, even for the 2D - it's just schlepping past the plebs without getting shunted repeatedly.
However, some clever fellow suggested the Furai (I read it over in
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?p=7044205#post7044205, so, curiosity piqued again, I had the same Bob test it for me while I did the dishes.
He drew the Camaro LM this time, so good possibilities there. 16'34s later, he had the gold, lapping two back markers in lap 10, having passed the entire field without incident (uncoached) before the hairpin in lap 4. Best lap was 1'35.224, with some coaching at the end to test how fast he might be able to run down the F1, should that be desired.
You could put it down to luck (again, if you count the other's experiences) - and the poor field - but it's probably worth a try. That Bob is also not my best - he's suffered stats damage along with being cold and not the best built.
I would tend to say the Furai (and no doubt the trollfanmobile) would do well here due to passing very well in the braking zones - the Furai did it so brilliantly he was clear of the slower cars under braking
before he could get squeezed.
No, the car wasn't stock (a stock Furai with full DF runs to 672pp), but I thought the difference was interesting.