Porsche Carrera GT lap time at Nürburgring Nordschleife

Just as fast as a brand new Carrera GTS. Interesting

I had no idea these cars all did 7:12, interesting 🧐

Aventador SVJ - 7:12.00
812 Superfast - 7:12.00
McLaren 675LT - 7:12.00
Viper SRT-10 ACR - 7:12.13

Jörg 🐐

On the same tires, I predict:
2003 to 2011 Mercedes-Benz E-Class AMG sedan (either powertrain/generation) = 7:53
2004 to 2010 BMW M5 sedan = 7:36
2002 to 2010 Audi RS6 sedan (either powertrain/generation) = 7:48

Who da fouk is talking shid about me?

We will never forget

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Horst von Saurma was never a successful racing driver, so it is not surprising that his time on ring can be beaten by 20 seconds. In 1983, Bellof beat Mass in qualifying by 16 seconds.

Great lap time!
Bravo to Sport Auto for doing such things, but there is still a slight tang of bitterness from the likely shenanigans common to Porsche.
If we look at the peak speeds on the straights in the available runs, the picture is following, kph (Sport Auto HvS / Evo Basseng / Sport Auto Bergmeister):
Schwedenkreuz - 256 / 271 / 276
Fuchsrohre - 240 / 256 / 266
Kesselchen - 237 / 242 / 260
Dottinger Hohe - 294 / 295 / 303
I don't know the fate of this particular Porsche, but apparently it has noticeably increased in power over 20 years)
I can still explain the increase in speed on the Fuchsrohre, Kesselchen sections partly by increased corner exit speed due to more tire grip, but the Schwedenkreuz and Dottinger can't be that much faster due to that.
This is reminiscent of the 959 test, when they hit 200 in 11.4 seconds on a clearly modified car, and they cited that 2 seconds were cut by modern tires (total bullshit).
I'm still a big fan of Carrera GT and pretty sure, that even without the power increase, the time was probably still at least 7:15.

Faster than 918
Cayman GT4 RS Manthey
And even Taycan Turbo GT on Trofeo RS tires
Bruhh...

That's without TC, ABS, or ESC. Impressive. Yes, I think an Enzo and a McLaren F1 both would do a 7:11 on new tires.

Okay WOW, this came out of nowhere.
Not to mention it's one second faster than the C7 Z06 that was also a manual.

Crazy fast

What? Carrera GT in 1/2025 magazine?

If Gebhardt was driving it would be 7:40 XD

that's an astonishing lap and performance by a 20 year old car, and it wasn't even on cup 2R tires.