911 takes fastest production car record after giving the "Ring" another spanking at 6:47,3
Mark
911 takes fastest production car record after giving the "Ring" another spanking at 6:47,3
Mark
May be an ad prior to the recording
http://www.driven.co.nz/news/news/wa...rgring-record/
Mark
but how is it so fast?
http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars...ws&date=092917
Originally Posted by NZVW
'. . . Porsche has set a new road-legal, rear-wheel drive sports car record around the 20.6km Nurburgring Nordschleife, confirming the new GT2 RS as the fastest 911 ever built.
Unveiled in June, the new 515kW six-cylinder biturbo Porsche set a time of 6 minutes, 47.3 seconds, shattering the records set by Lamborghini's four-wheel drive Performate and rear-wheel drive Chevrolet Camaro earlier this year.
In fact, the new GT2 RS time is ten seconds faster than the all-wheel drive Porsche 918 Spyder hypercar, a time that was set four years ago.
The only road-legal car to ever set a faster time around the Nurbugring is the Chinese-built NIO EP9 electric hypercar, which bettered its previous time earlier this year with a 6 minutes, 45 seconds lap.
What makes the feat all the more impressive is that the GT2 RS actually broke the record more than once. Lars Kern from Germany and Nick Tandy from the UK broke the previous record for road-approved sports cars (Lamborghini Performante at 6 minutes, 52.01 seconds) in their first attempt and subsequently finished five laps in under 6 minutes, 50 seconds.
“It’s not just the record time achieved by the GT2 RS that demonstrates the vehicle’s class, but also its consistent performance in every lap," said Andreas Preuninger, Director of Porsche's GT Model Line.
"We’re particularly proud of the fact that this was achieved with two different vehicles and two different drivers, as this underlines the GT2 RS’s ability to reproduce this record result over and over again”
It was Lars Kern, a Porsche test driver who ultimately set the final record time. The record lap began at 7:11 pm and finished 6 minutes and 47.3 seconds later in ideal conditions. The GT2 RS was fitted with Michelin Pilot Cup 2 tyres (the same fitted to customers' cars on from the dealership) and averaged 184.11km/h on the record setting lap.
“At the start of the development process, we set ourselves a lap time target for the GT2 RS of less than 7 minutes and 5 seconds," said Frank-Steffen Walliser, Vice President Motorsport and GT Cars.
"The credit for beating this target by 17.7 seconds goes to our development engineers, mechanics and drivers, who demonstrated an exceptionally strong team performance. This result makes it official: The GT2 RS is not only the most powerful, but also the fastest 911 ever built”.
Road-legal Nurburging Lap Times
Nio EP9 - 6:45:90
Porsche GT2 RS - 6:47:3 (fastest RWD production car)
Lamborghini Huracan Performante - 6:52:01 (fastest AWD production car)
Porsche 918 Spider - 6:57:00
Lamborghini Aventador LP 750-4 Superveloce - 6:59:73 . . .'
Wonder what Porsche's 918 Guys are doing this week-end?
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As that article points out, aerodynamics and tires are two areas where development proceeds at a rapid pace, and there are, of course, many others. I also wonder if the track is just getting faster year on year? I know they make repairs every year...I wonder if the rate of repairs in some sections is greater than the rate of degradation in others and the track is simply becoming faster?
http://www.bridgetogantry.com/2/inde...g-this-weekend
-Scott
Last edited by smclaughlin; 10-02-2017 at 03:29 PM.
I would wonder what the 918 might have acheived had it had no hybrid handicap and a proper V10 engine naturally aspirated ?
Stinking hot,
Oils
Tyres
Brakes & Fluids ,,
Plenty of perfect "track" time always helps.
The time aside,,,, This is a very good car.
Mark
. . . Stefan Bellof's time is 6:11:13 . . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHPiiHDZUro
. . . set 34 years ago
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Bellof's time was achieved on a shortened track from what I can gather???
Mark
....and Bellof's time was set in a full race car, vs. a US spec street legal car with air conditioning, cruise control, airbags and a stereo
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