I know this game, played it before with some peeps for laughs. You will be faster on the corners with better lean angle, but I know that so I will over brake in the corners to slow you down, then unleash my 1700 cc's on the straights and kick your ass. Until you figure out what I am doing, then you will lay back so you can maintain your speed advantage in the corners and exit faster than me and with that head start you will do ok on the straights. But that won't be enough to pass me unless you do it on a corner.
So you would keep up just fine, if you lay back a bit. Or you would be right on my ass in the Dragon, not enough straights for me to pull away.