Explaining the Alfa

You may wonder, after viewing the results of the last race, how there could be such a discrepancy in the overall Lapped Against Drone [LAD] totals. Here's the results from the last race:

RESULTS [Race 11 of 20]:

Car                          Time                Offs                +/- LAD                    Points [w/bonus]

Alfa #2                   5:43.09               0                          14                             5         [19]                
Shell #8                  6:04.33               0                          7                               4         [11]
Gulf #11                 6:09.93               0                          6                               3          [9]              
Audi R18                6:17.83              0                           5                               1          [6]
Safety Car*             6:15.64              1                           2                               2          [4]

The Alfa doubled the LAD against the 2nd place Shell Ford, but only beat it by about 20 seconds. How is the possible?
In practically every race, the first LAD occurred about 19-20 laps in. The Alfa, however, turned its first LAD in 12 laps and ran a continuous string of those. As I was going, I was able to pick up even more speed, and was running very fast until it got completely loose in a far corner about halfway through the race. It went as far as it could before de-slotting, and lock-stopped. Thinking going into the turn that I was going to crash it, I let off and kept it in the slot. It then spun its wheels for a second or two before getting going again. If I were to touch it, it would have counted as an Off, and I didn't want that. Immediately following that scare, I laid off the gas and only registered a couple more LAD before finishing. So the Alfa essentially cruised to the finish from about lap 60 on.

The Fords never had the muscle in the corners to post a fast enough lap time, and the Alfa has a record of dominance at this track. Without the ability to rip through the corners, they go into the straights at a slower initial speed, don't get up the straight speed compared to the Alfa, and require more braking. This I attribute to the track itself and the Alfa's handling of it. Get the Fords on a track with wider radius curves and they will blow the Alfa away, I'm sure of it. If you look just at the totals of the two Fords, it's easier to see what the average is, and the two cars weren't too far away from each other.

The drone car kept things interesting, if only to keep the maximum speed up in the hopes of grabbing bonus points. I liked the idea of a Class B car running, as it felt a bit like a multi-class race, and although it wasn't particularly challenging, it did encourage faster lap times. It's almost like a look into what digital could potentially be like, and I'll bet having to get around slower cars would make it that much more interesting with lane change options.
The Carrera thumb sticks are the argument against this form of race, as there's just no comparison to the SCP-1, and it kills me to take all that great tech and make it a drone controller. I want to USE it, not set it and forget it.

Something tells me that if I got a standard toy train controller at the right voltage, I could probably wire it to my track and control a lane that way, effectively freeing up my SCP-1 controller. I'm going to ask around about that.