This is very likely. There's also the chance they're taking advantage of some portion of the ground effect ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_effect_(aerody

This is very likely. There's also the chance they're taking advantage of some portion of the ground effect ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_effect_(aerodynamics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_effect_(aerodynamics) ), thereby allowing themselves to increase their speed even further.