Nordschleife road car lap times.

[JCE]

Porsche certainly does seem determined to use the 911 to make the Carrera GT obsolete, at least in terms of performance.

I'd still rather have the Carrera GT--just for the noise alone.

And on that new GT2 time--jesus h ****ing christ that thing is fast. Lets see the ZO6 touch THAT. Only with a good suspension. har har

 

[///M-Spec]

Holy crap, that's fast.

That's gotta be on Cup tires.


M

 

[Joey D]

Why would they even bother putting the Viper on the list?

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

Corsa OPC/VXR 8:47.99

Praise be to the crazy goons at Opel, who’ve been hooning around the ‘ring in the new Corsa OPC (VXR to us, mind) and have become record breakers.

The pint-sized manic mini broke the record for superminis around the famous track by lapping it in a (slightly scary) 8mins 47.99seconds.

The 192bhp hatch was piloted by Manuel Reuter, an ex-Opel works driver.

Is it us, or has that given the Corsa a little more credibility?

 

[Joey D]

Anyone know what car it beat out for the record?

 

[TheCracker]

Probably a Nissan Micra 1.1 or something.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

i think looking at the list we have now it was ether the clio v6 or the mini cooper s

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

update on the GT2

In an interview with Porsche and 911 World, Walter Rohl confirms he got 7:29 out of the 997 GT2 on an industry test session, despite nearly hitting an Audi at 310kph through Tiergarten

 

[forza2.0]

bloody hell thats fast. Porsche raised the game

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

Zonda F clubsport 7:27:82

This time of year is a particularly good one to visit the western reaches of Germany.

As the River Rhine weaves majestically along steeply-sloping valleys, ambling past vineyards growing Reisling grapes and forests where the autumn leaves are beginning to change colour, one could be forgiven for thinking that PH has completely lost the plot.

Not so, because this part of the world also features perhaps the most fabulous race track on the planet, and its from here that we have news of a new production car record.

To date, the best any production car could manage to lap the Nürburgring Nordschleife was Walter Röhrl’s 7 minutes 32.4 seconds which he achieved at the wheel of a Porsche Carrera GT.

Now, the boys from Pagani have cracked this with a Zonda F Clubsport, which stopped the clock at 7:27:82.

Although we don’t know who was at the wheel, we do know that the car used was actually that of a willing customer, who was up for allowing his car to attempt to make 'Ring history.

The Clubsport has carbon fibre everything, a reworked 641bhp 7.3-litre AMG Mercedes V12 and Pagani claims a 0-62mph time of 3.6sec and a top speed of almost 215mph.

However, while this time is properly quick, the record for a road-legal car is still held by Radical, when Michael Verger’s lapped the track in an SR8, in 6 minutes 55.

 

[Joey D]

Mercedes SLR 772

Mercedes' uber sports car, the McLaren SLR 722 GT, has been caught at the 'ring undergoing final testing for the 20-odd cars that are expected to be delivered to a very lucky few early next year. A pre-production model was spotted at the start of the month in Germany and this is likely to be the same car seen here.

According to Auto Motor und Sport, the new hyper-performance Mac Daddy managed to complete the notorious Nurburgring Nordschleife or 'Northern Loop' in a blistering 7m 38s, but apparently can go even faster. Driving on the test day was McLaren test pilot Chris Goodwin, who was forced to take it slower than usual because of problems with the transmission. Further tests will continue between the 20th and 24th of this month near the village of Le Castellet in France.

The car features the same 650hp supercharged V8 from the 'regular' SLR 722 but has been put through an extensive weight saving program, which sees almost 660 lbs. shed from the vehicle's curb weight. It's thought this new model has been developed as a homologation special for an upcoming FIA GT race car ,but no official word has been given.

 

[Tornado]

I'm sure the SLR 722 can do much better. And congrats to the Zonda taking the fastest production car. I'm confused, though, because the article says 7:32 and the leaderboard says 7:28.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

I'm sure the SLR 722 can do much better. And congrats to the Zonda taking the fastest production car. I'm confused, though, because the article says 7:32 and the leaderboard says 7:28.

this is the F clubsport not the standard F

 

[Tornado]

this is the F clubsport not the standard F

Ah, the Porsche Carrera GT F Clubsport and not the Porsche Carrera GT F? Thanks.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

Ah, the Porsche Carrera GT F Clubsport and not the Porsche Carrera GT F? Thanks.

no the zonda f and the zonda f clubsport