AI times and behaviour in Rallycross freeplay - rubberband?

[WeamDreaver 12]

I did a freeplay championchip on all 5 circuits with 8 laps for every session and tough AI difficulty with supercars.
And I nopticed something like the AI was alway adjusting to my pace?

I was always 7 - 10 seconds faster in every first heat on every location. From the second heat and forward the AI got as fast or even faster than me. It was always like the AI was adjusting to my pace after the first heat. Like some sort of rubberband?
BTW, they become really fast in Hell, where I struggled to keep up with them. My usual laptimes are mid 0:35 sec., but they could go as fast as high or mid 0:34, which is only 2 seconds away from the fastest leaderboard times. Both times are quite fast, because even my time, with 2.5 sec off the fastest leaderboard times, is still at the top (probably the fastest 3 %).

And please devs, do something about the AI dive-bombing into me and destroying my race when they want to do the joker in Hell:

https://youtu.be/gWVdEzNmYxg