I don't feel quite so bad about my time, then.
Man, if I had any place to mount it, I'd have one of those Logitech GT4 wheels already. I do ok with a controller, but the range of motion on the thumbstick is too short to steer with any real accuracy. When I watch your replay, it's obviously much smoother than mine.
That's the main trouble I'm having with turns 2 and 3a - I know where I want to be going, but I can't make my thumbs do it.