The straightway top speed is not as good as the 585ps + big rear wing of AMG GT R Pro，why？
BMW M5 Competition lap time at Nürburgring Nordschleife
BMW M5 Competition completed a flying lap of Nürburgring Nordschleife in 7 minutes and 36 seconds.
| Track | Nürburgring Nordschleife |
| Type | flying start |
| Vehicle | BMW M5 Competition (F90) |
| Power / weight | 626 ps / 1901 kg |
| Driver | Christian Gebhardt |
| Time | 7:36.000 |
| Peak speed | 291 kph (181 mph) |
| Average speed | 163 kph (101 mph) |
| Air temperature | 14 C (57 F) |
| Track temperature | 20 C (68 F) |
| Air pressure | 1022 mbar |
| Submitted | 25.06.2019 by FastestLaps |
| Source | Sport Auto magazine (Germany) |
| Views | 822 |
Reference:
Sport Auto - 7/2019 - "Bayrisch Racing Green" - BMW M5 Competition supertest
| XE SV Project 8 | 7:21.23 | -14.8 |
| AMG GT 63 S | 7:25.41 | -10.6 |
| Alfa Romeo Giulia QV | 7:32.00 | -4.0 |
| BMW M5 Competition | 7:36.00 | |
| Charger SRT Hellcat | 7:39.00 | +3.0 |
| Panamera Turbo | 7:38.00 | +2.0 |
| BMW M5 (F90) | 7:38.92 | +2.9 |
| Alfa Romeo Giulia QV | 7:39.00 | +3.0 |
| McLaren 600LT | 303 | +12.0 |
| Huracan LP 610-4 | 298 | +7.0 |
| BMW M8 Competition | 296 | +5.0 |
| AMG GT R Pro | 294 | +3.0 |
| BMW M5 Competition | 291 kph | |
| Panamera 4S Sport Tur.. | 269 | -22.0 |
| CLS 53 AMG | 269 | -22.0 |
| Opel Insignia GSI | 269 | -22.0 |
| E 53 AMG 4MATIC+ | 269 | -22.0 |
benni275 1y ago @Hans
the 7:38 was a factory time as far as I remember, these are always quicker than the magazine times, especially for Porsche
latvietis96 1y ago @benni275
Yup Sport Auto magazine times are always around 10sec slower than factory times.
BMW could easily achieve 7:25 with a factory test car and factory driver.
