I've tried this .. come to think of it, I did it last week with Appo / Walkingpie, we used AI pro - FOX on FE1 (Club) their lap times were having seconds shaved off after each race. I'll train them so much .. they do a split second lap
everytime the AI races you get a "AI driver's first time" when starting a combo.
The "ai driver saved knowledge" after one lap minimum was completed and race ended.
You get these messages during "shift+f8" (network debug).
And a nice feature for the new race-padawan's:
Turn on your warning blink-lights then the AI will grant you plenty of room, you'll have to get past them first, but still nice in a crowded combo