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Cover for Ferrari takes the Nordschleife record. Not.

Ferrari have announced today that they have broken the 7 minute barrier at Nurburgring Nordschleife or "Green Paradise", as I would rather call it.

They say their Ferrari 599 XX has lapped the Ring in 6 minutes and 58 seconds and no other road car derivative has ever done it quicker.

Ahh... If only the 599 XX was no "road car derivative" but a real road car...

Just to clarify things - we include laptimes only for road legal cars and 599 isn't even close. Still - if you wonder how a sub 7 minute lap looks like from drivers perspective, visit the ferrari.com for in-car footage. And crank up your audio! That V12 sound is sensational.

15y ago by FastestLaps
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Ferrari driver  12y ago

@bobo
Edo Competition did not built a street legal FXX.
It is only a tuned Enzo that looks like a FXX.


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Mental  13y ago

@bobo
Not so fast! Tuned cars aren't allowed to this site, like your Edo 599. If there would be a road legal concept made by Ferrari, please don't add it to a list, LOL!


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bobo  13y ago

Now I think it's time to put this one in the list! .motorauthority.com/news/1029861_edo-competition-modifies-the-ferrari-fxx-to-be-street-legal
Street Legal Ferrari FXX by Edo Competition


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remengo  13y ago

if you can afford one and get it YOURS (away from ferrari's FXX program...not easy anyway)you can FOR SURE make it street legal in the RIGHT COUNTRY!! (if you can do it with a radical you can do it with a diesel motorized wheelbarrow......)


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YoungSinatra  15y ago

I agree. The 599XX is NOT street legal so who cares. It only counts in a street legal car.


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Luque  15y ago

Dario 911 ci fai o ci sei ?
Se non capisci l'inglese te lo spiego in italiano. Ogni team del GT1 ha una partnership con il costruttore delle vetture che fa correre. Cosa significa Fully supported ? Perchè i team Corvette olandesi e belgi non sono 'Fully Supported' dalla Corvette Motorsport Europe che guarda caso ha sede in Belgio ? Lo sono ma comunque sono teams indipendenti con capitale indipendente. La discussione è nata quando è stato fatto l'esempio del team Corvette Racing in ALMS che è il Factory racing team della GM che gareggia (e oggi in GT2 perde) contro team privati come RISI competizione (storicamente legato a Ferrari) o il Flying Lizard motorsport (storicamente legato a Porsche). I Factory team sono vietati in GT1.
E chi se tu per dire il contrario ? E che cosa avrebbe sviluppato la Vitaphone racing per Maserati ? Guarda che io frequento Balocco e Fiorano quindi non scrivere cazzate a vanvera su sviluppi di GT4 o Trofeo visto che diversi componenti li ha sviluppati la Magneti Marelli per adattarli alla versione gara. La Vitaphone non ha risorse nè capacità di sviluppare alcunchè come qualsiasi team che basa la sua redditività sulle corse. Da questa ultima affermazione capisco che non sai di cosa stai parlando.


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Dario911  15y ago

@Luque: don't joke about Vitaphone. It was reported several times on Autosprint Vitaphone is fully supported by Maserati. Vitaphone is the official racing team for Maserati in GT1, and if you work or not for Magneti Marelli, doesn't change the things. I know many drivers and team manager involved in GT class, and I talked about Vitaphone with them. The answer was always the same: works team. Vitaphone has been incharged to develope Granturismo Trophy and GT4 version. Is this typical of a works team, don't you?


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barto1022  15y ago

True. I'm courious of 599GTO time...


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Shark  15y ago

Whats the point. This car isnt even raod leagal


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man1  15y ago

Luque: thanks for the info!


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Luque  15y ago

No my friend, Michelotto didn't partecipate to Maserati mc12 project. They are very smart to develope competition car derived from production car. The case of Maserati mc12 was different. Ferrari CEO Montezemolo wanted to relance Maserati name. Ferrari developed the car on Enzo basis, (if you want some photo of the Enzo GT1 prototype contact me by e-mail) than whan Racing car project was completed they realized 25 sellable street cars for GT homologation (+ other 25 in 2005)


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man1  15y ago

hadn't the mc12 gt1 been race- modified by michelotto, just like the f430 gt2?


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Luque  15y ago

@Kevin
Again. My english is not so good but I think you could understand. Compare Radical lap performance to those of porsche ferrari or Corvette means like organize a race between an LMP1 and GT1 or GT2. Do you get the point or not ?
If talk about radical as a road car well we can stop to discuss now. You are hopeless...
GT1 2010 has began with new rules and waivers (Ford GT run all 2009 in this configuration my dear) We will see and win the best.


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Luque  15y ago

Dario, I work in Magneti Marelli Motorsport , do you what are you talking about or you are a simple motorsport ignorant ?
Vitaphone is a German private team total independent from any car manufacturer (they raced le mans with Aston Martin DBR9 in 2008) It’s a customer team. Exactly as Belgian and Nederland corvette’s teams (PK carsports, DKR engineering in primis) that are followed by Corvette motosport Europe based in Belgium. Doesn’t mean they are factory team, not allowed in FIA GT. In 2004 Maserati did and does not have any racing team, it was Ferrari, Maserati owner till 2005 to develope the Mc12 on Enzo basis. From 2005 Maserati is under control of Alfa Romeo. The fact that Bertolini is racing with Vitaphone doesn't mean nothing cos he raced in 2001 with Porsche 911 art engineering or in 2003 JMB racing Ferrari 360. MC 12 homologations. Ferrari developed the car for 2004 FIA specification, than rules changed in 2005 (for length and wide). MC12 length was shortened but it use a waiver (that means homologation with performance penalty ) because was wider and get fully homologation. So I don’t know which are all the exceptions you are talking about. To get ACO homologations it was enough to short the car from both side.
Mc12 won despite penalty weight, power limitation and so on BECAUSE WAS A SUPERIOR DESIGN. Stop


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man1  15y ago

oh man...there we go, we got a new italian superduper hero flashing by: dario911. he asks questions and give answers, at the same time "Have you ever been in Vitaphone Racing box? No, I suggest." what do you exactly suggest? folks, fasten your seatbelts...


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man1  15y ago

kevin: "A private party generally doesn't have to meet any emissions or crash tests to become street legal. A manufacturer does. It is easy for a person to register anything in Arizona for the street without doing anything."

I didn't know that TUV was administering Arizona's homologations. fxx and mc12 corsa homologation process has been made by edo and the exaust system of the cars has been completely revised (by capristo?) to meet tuv standards. crash tests have been passed already by enzo and mc12, which are the base stock cars (just like 599xx, the fxx and mc12corsa are just mildly modified stock cars, so no need to make a crash test). i am perfectly aware that in Arizona, UK, other places on earth you can make road legal dragsters and probably f1 cars, indeed they have done so with the radical. incidentally, it is still not clear to me whether radical is road legal in north america, and germany...


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Kevin  15y ago

@Luque
Comp slicks dropped the FXX 3 seconds in lap time. I am sure the switch from street tires to "customer" slicks is similar. Now on a track 5 times as long that is (3x5) 15 seconds faster. Now a standard Radical SR8 will lap it in 6:40. Who cares what the frame is "derived" from, it is about lap times when comparing track cars like this and the 599XX is slower and costs 5 times as much.

As for FIA GT1, what Dario911 said about factory support and car. And this year, well race 1 was dominated by Ford GT, then two Corvettes.


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Kevin  15y ago

@man1
A private party generally doesn't have to meet any emissions or crash tests to become street legal. A manufacturer does. It is easy for a person to register anything in Arizona for the street without doing anything.


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Dario911  15y ago

@Luque: you are wrong. You don't know Vitaphone is officially supported by Maserati. Bertolini is a factory driver, and technicians are from Maserati. Have you ever been in Vitaphone Racing box? No, I suggest. I've been there several times, and so, they often have a Maserati showroom, as for example in Spa 24 Hours. Vitaphone is a Maserati official team, so they have won FIA GT several years with an irregular car (FIA would not have admitted MC12 in GT1 class), and thanks to Maserati full help.
ACO didn't admit Maserati because it's irregular, and ACO doesn't accept all the "exceptions" to make MC12 eligible for GT1.
It's completely different from the street version, while Corvette and Aston are more similar to their street versions.
I'm italian, just like you.
Ma non per questo non guardo la realtà dei fatti.


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Dario911  15y ago

@ Luque: vi sbagliate. Tu non sai Vitaphone è ufficialmente supportato da Maserati. Bertolini è un driver di fabbrica, ei tecnici sono da Maserati. Sei mai stato in Vitaphone Racing Box? No, io suggerisco. Ci sono stato diverse volte, e così, spesso hanno uno showroom Maserati, come per esempio nel 24 Ore di Spa. Vitaphone è un team ufficiale Maserati, così hanno vinto FIA GT diversi anni con una vettura irregolare (FIA non avrebbe ammesso MC12 GT1 in classe), e grazie all'aiuto Maserati pieno.
ACO non ha ammesso Maserati perché è irregolare, e ACO non accetta tutte le "eccezioni" che rende ammissibili per la MC12 GT1.
E 'completamente diversa dalla versione strada, mentre Corvette e Aston sono più simili a loro versioni strada.
Io sono italiano, proprio come voi.
Ma non per questo non guardo la realtà dei fatti.