New time spent on the Nürburgring – Satisfies a fantastic record

Never before has a car that could be registered for road use was driving so fast on the northern slope of the legendary Nürburgring circuit in Germany. The previous record for recordable cars

The new magic time is 6 minutes and 40.33 seconds.

The record tour can be seen below:

The previous record was an SVJ of Lamborghini Aventador that contained. He had time 6: 44.97. Aventador's record is still unchanged if you exclude modified series cars, like the Porsche record.

Porsche also holds the record for long unregistrable cars. The amazing time of 6: 11.13, directed by Stefan Bellof in a Porsche 956 at a competition contested in May 1983, was finally reduced to powder 35 years later, in July of this year. Then, a modified Porsche 919 (Le Mans prototype LMP1-h) traveled 20.6 kilometers in 5: 19.55.

Special 911 GT2

It is in partnership with Manthey-Racing that the Stuttgart-based sports car manufacturer has achieved a spectacular record on Thursday 25 October with a Porsche GT2 RS MR, specially prepared for driving on Nürburgring.

700 horses

The maximum power of the six-cylinder engine of the 911, quite special, is 700 horsepower. This car was specially designed by the engineers of Porsche and Manthey-Racing, a company of 160 employees owning the properties of Porsche and specialized in racing with great experience, WEC (World Endurance Championship).

The driver of the car during the successful record attempt was Lars Kern. By the way, he has already completed the course in the excellent time of 6: 47.25 in September 2017 with a Porsche GT2 RS series.

One chance

It was on the hair that the record attempt could be made that day. "We watched the weather all day and wondered if such a record was possible," said Dr. Frank-Steffen Walliser, head of motorsports and GT cars at Porsche.

"We would not have taken a chance if there had been rain or if the course had been the least humid.

The record car was equipped with a new performance kit developed by Manthey-Racing and the car was specially designed to cope with the special topography and topography of Nürburgring-Norschleife.

"During this test, the goal was only to evaluate and measure the vehicle's potential again," Walliser said.

– The result is quite impressive. It's just a wonderful time. This shows once again the exciting possibilities of this sports car.

Modification specialists

The GT2 RS was launched on the market in 2017 as the 911's most powerful and fastest to date. Over the past few months, Porsche engineers have used the knowledge of the development of the 911 RSR and 911 GT3 R race cars, combined with the experience gained by Manthey-Racing in many successful races on the North Slope. .

Targeted changes included chassis and aerodynamics. The technicians focused on driving ability at all times. "It was very fun to drive," says Lars Kern, development engineer.

The 31-year-old is familiar with the "ring", both in test and record driving, as well as for a range of VLN races.

– The balance of the car is also very good with the new package. I did not take the big chances of being fast. But I had only one try as it was already getting dark.

Porsche GT2 RS

It's in June 2017 that Porsche launched its most powerful 911 on the occasion of Googwood's success. The 3.8-liter box engine produces 700 horsepower and a torque of 750 newton meters.

The maximum speed is 340 km / h and the tandem weighs only 1470 kilos. With ratios as favorable, it is from 0 to 100 in 2.8 seconds the best sports car. The Porsche 935 is based on the GT2 RS.