Could be traffic, and also the grid is very close this year irl too, any tiny slip up and you will see a giant getting kicked out of Q2 and a backmarker went into Q3, it's actually quite realistic.
I get your point, but the gaps are way too big because between p1 and p2 there are 0.6 sec and between the teammates there are sometimes over a second. I think at least they should investigate this issue
Yea this part is weird, I suspect it might have something to do with using the fast-forward feature during AI hotlaps, the simulate time (which is often faster) might be messing up with real-time laptimes
