No aerodynamic body kit whatsoever, no professional driver behind the wheel, and yet the time is still under seven minutes. Let the petrolheads hate this car, but apparently, Ferrari has some good engineers working there these days.
Ferrari 296 GTB lap time at Nürburgring Nordschleife
Ferrari 296 GTB finished a lap of Nürburgring Nordschleife in 6 minutes and 58.7 seconds.
| Track | Nürburgring Nordschleife |
| Type | flying start |
| Vehicle | Ferrari 296 GTB |
| Power / weight | 830 ps / 1621 kg |
| Driver | Christian Gebhardt |
| Time | 6:58.700 |
| Peak speed | 326 kph (203 mph) |
| Average speed | 177 kph (110 mph) |
| Tyres | Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R |
| Submitted | 3 years ago by fakekillerfour |
| Source | Sport Auto magazine (Germany) |
| Views | 2.3k |
Reference:
Sport Auto - Ferrari 296 GTB / Nordschleife 6.58,70 min / First Sub 7 Ferrari / HOT LAP sport auto
geoffTheGOAT 1m ago
Just wondering whether Gebhardt used Quali mode or regular performance mode here because I'm not sure this car can survive the entire Nordschleife lap on Quali mode... maybe he primarily used it on straights?
wallenieswiftie 2y ago
Barely a track-focused car and it still managed to crack the 6-minute barrier. Ferrari did an unusually amazing job.
jeremyclarkson1 2y ago
@FastestLaps please add the peak speed, it was 326 kph shown at 08:21 in the video linked
Cocobe 3y ago
That was a very impressive lap. A few things to note.
The car easily did 200+mph on the back straight, which means the car never ran out of hybrid energy.
The car as cup 2R tires, yes, but they are 245 up at the front and 305 at the back. The car also has almost no aero. In comparison a GT black series has 285 fronts and 335 rears.
To set a sub 7 minute time under those circumstances is astonishing. It's even faster than the Pista. If the more track focused limited edition of this comes out, it's going to wipe the floor on other supercars.
benedekpuskas 3y ago
That's impressive for a magazine test. Would 6:45 be realistic if Ferrari did a lap time?
