To say that the plaid is only fast in a straight line is a bit of an exaggeration. It's top 50 (production cars) on Nurburgring, for example -https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_N%C3%BCrburgring_Nor...
[edit: better vid coz the other is all talk] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1r4ZotaY6U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NP7HWwxPbU
"Tesla Model S Shatters Nurburgring Record, Beats Porsche Taycan Turbo S"
The gist is that he originally thought his concerns about the plaid couldn't be addressed easily, but it turns out that they were all addressed through Tesla's (off-the-shelf) track package. Part of what surprised him is that his suspension concerns were alleviated solely through a software update.
I don't mean to move the goalposts, just pointing out it mostly hits that time by having an insane power to weight ratio and adequate brakes. or in other words, going really fast in a straight line.
Where the ICE is still cruising along, and the Tesla is in thermal shutdown...
Also, the Model S may be top 50...but the 50 ahead of it is basically every supercar made in the last 20 years and all of them have less HP to go faster.
That's a bit misleading considering there are very few 4d cars on that list. 'not very hard' but ~almost no one else is doing it. For consideration; on a 7+ minute lap it's within .1s of an Enzo Ferarri.(!!!!!). That's Impressive, even if the Enzo is a few years on now.