“Put engine in the rear for better handling and performance” Myth Busted

Just to give you a comparison between the AMG GT BS Nurb record and Laurens Vanthoor in a Porsche GT3 R race car with 500hp, slicks 1200kg(dry weight) at the Nurb i calculated the Porsche could do 6:29-6:30 over 20.6km. It highlights two things, one you don't need massive amounts of power to go fast on track and two the cars you can buy off the showroom floor are bloody fast.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RwbRTXN45E&t=151s

Decent lap time

Interesting, you can't hear any noise from the tires in the video. I don't know much about tires but they definitely used sticky ones.

When your tire noise is louder than your V8 engine..bzzzzzzttttt

Now I'm confused, the SVJ's lap is 6:45, isn't it?

edit: Oh, it's the longer configuration.

There's no BS when it's about the new Mercedes AMG GT BS :))

They finally showed it
Congrats to Merc and fans
And I like that they included the extra 200 meters as well

"The amusing part about this lap record is the very unconvincing 1 second margin - the Aventador SVJ lap record is just 1.4 seconds slower, which is negligible over a 20 kilometer, 7 minute lap."
Yes as i've said on a number of occasions the difference between the GT2RS,SVJ,Pista and now the AMG GT BS on track is rather insignificant in the hands of the top GT3 racing drivers(Kern,Mapelli,Engel etc) because they're able to extract the most the car can deliver which journo drivers simply don't come close to. I've got a sneaking suspicion that the Huracan STO is going to be even faster than the AMG at the Nurb.

This is their peak, let's enjoy it and don't think too much on next C63's 4-sh!tpot engine :D