McLaren MP4-12C lap time at Nürburgring Nordschleife

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McLaren MP4-12C finished a flying lap of Nürburgring Nordschleife in 7 minutes and 28 seconds.

Track Nürburgring Nordschleife
Type flying start
Vehicle McLaren MP4-12C
Power / weight 600 ps / 1458 kg
Driver Horst von Saurma
Time 7:28.000
Average speed 166 kph (103 mph)
Submitted 14 years ago by sportauto
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Reference:   Sport Auto 11/2011

Corvette Grand Spo..7:27.00-1.0
911 GT3 RS 4.07:27.00-1.0
BMW M3 CS7:27.19-0.8
812 Superfast7:27.48-0.5
McLaren MP4-12C7:28.00
M4 Competition xDri..7:28.57+0.6
Porsche Carrera GT7:28.71+0.7
Porsche 911 Turbo7:29.00+1.0
Chevrolet Camaro ZL17:29.60+1.6
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jeremyclarkson1  6m ago

it was definitely capable of a sub 7:20.000 lap

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myky  13y ago

ok. they test the car but not very much

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NIN  13y ago

mclaren didnt even test that car there!

Not true.

They did test (and crash) at the Nordschleife.

http://www.evo.co.uk/news/evonews/268216/mclaren_mp412c_crash_at_nurburgring.html

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myky  13y ago

mclaren owners dont like driving there. mclaren didnt even test that car there!

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Piorun  14y ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHcw-QJRIlU&feature=player_embedded

Short YT clip from that trial. Waiting for full video.

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Ehi!  14y ago

Porsche rules!

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Jeremy McGee  14y ago

If it ran another lap it could've broken down and the recovery had to show up to pull that fugly lotus out of the track

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Piorun  14y ago

I think even with the standard configuration it can go faster, Maybe around 7:20 with good McLaren driver.

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sfg1234  14y ago

sorry, but the GT3 RS 4.0 needs 7:30 (sportauto 11/2011) und the GT2 RS did it in 7:24

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Mike B  14y ago

Around 20 seconds faster for none Porsche cars :P

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Jeff B  14y ago

It's a Horst lap though, official laps are always faster.

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Viking  14y ago

Looks to me like F355 won the bet. I thought it would get a 7:25.0

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Jeff B  14y ago

Surprised GT2RS sport auto time is faster....it's good though because now Mclaren has to bring out an official laptime.

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Bnonymous  14y ago

Come on Mclaren, you can't let this be the only Ring-laptime...

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Mike B  14y ago

nope, 4 seconds slower than GT2 RS and Apollo Sport.

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annoying  14y ago

is this the best sport auto lap time?

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