What am I missing?   In the Ferrari Faceoff  - the F12 Berlinetta TT - I have a fully upgraded car, yet when I race the ghost of the top time - he is ahead of me by .2 sec before I even brake for the first turn.  How is that possible?

I don't want to start anything here, but are there hacks out there that actually boosts the car performance?  I'm not interested in hacking, just want to understand what is going on.