Fastest Production Car Lap of the Nurburgring

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Parent Category: Nurburgring

Created on Friday, 18 March 2011 20:19

Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 October 2012 09:49

Published on Friday, 18 March 2011 20:19

Written by Dale

The King is Dead. All hail the new King. Dodge Viper ACR is Production King of the Ring

The truth is that there is NO STANDARDISED table and no overseeing committee or body for who has the fastest lap of the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Therefore, BTG is taking an axe to the bushes of bullsh*t that have overgrown the legend of the Nürburgring Nordschleife and the eternal question: which production car has the fastest lap of the Nurburgring Nordschleife?

Below is the table of truth. A claim is only judged as valid when we have unequivocal video proof and the car is undoubtedly a production-spec, road-legal car.

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PREVIOUS KINGS OF THE RING

The Lexus LFA Nürburgring Edition - ruler of the ring for nearly two whole weeks

The 2012 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (with optional Michelin Pilot Sport Cups)

Radical SR8-LM is a bespoke hand-built race car that's only just road-legal. Upcoming SR3-SL will be eligible for the table...

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#11 admin 2011-03-27 14:37

I agree that the best test would be control tyres, but that's just not possible really. Then you should also say all cars must run on control fuel too.

 

 

#12 Guest 2011-03-29 17:46

Just wondering, what guarantees that these cars are stock? For example, the GT-R has turbo's. What is stopping Nissan from pumping up the PSI to God knows where just for the lap.

 

 

+1 #13 Guest 2011-03-29 18:32

Stop complaining about the GT-R starting at the end of the blue wall and ending at the beginning of the blue wall. This is clearly a complaint from GT-R haters as you can clearly see the ZR1 does the same thing. Other things to point out is that the GT-R start from almost standstill while most others (like ZR1) are going as fast as they possibly can through that small straightaway.

Another thing to point out is that the only tests considered to be valid should be from independent test takers i.e. car magazines. The GT-R, like other cars, could of been running racing slicks, tuned for higher octane fuel, and could of had a stripped out interior (back seats, speakers, etc). I say this because no other driver was able to get even remotely close to Nissan's claimed laptime in a GT-R nor GM's laptime in a ZR1. Independent tests from Evo magazine, Motortrend, Sports Auto, etc. have absolutely no reason to lie and can provide a more valid laptime.

 

 

#14 admin 2011-03-29 19:22

We do have to trust the manufacturers in these cases, but in their defence some of these guys have pretty strong senses of honour. Also some teams have been accompanied by independent journos and video crews (GTR and ACR for example). Neither are guarantees, of course.

I do like sport-autos tests with Horst driving. It doesn't matter that he's not the fastest guy in the world, he's a good control driver. This page is purely about the fastest proddy cars and their vids.

 

 

+1 #15 Guest 2011-03-30 14:49

In defence of the manufacturers, I think it comes down to economics. Few other than they would ever have the financial freedom to drive these cars anywhere near the limit. Most others would experience the fear of driving a large hole into someone's bank balance.

If you owned a production GTR, you'd be unlikely to want it anywhere near the walls or kerbs of the ring - but BMW, Porsche, Nissan or GM can afford to break a dozen cars and bring a dozen more just to see how fast it can go.

It's not realistic to think that just because nobody else has done that time, that nobody else COULD do that time. Perhaps nobody else really wants to! ;)

 

 

+1 #16 admin 2011-03-31 19:15

From Radical Sportscars:

Hi Dale...good to see the 'production lap' argument is still alive and well. The debate is good for us...it keeps the SR8 LM in the public eye, no doubt we'll be back to set a faster lap soon as the Direzza road tyres we used last time were too hard, I think 5s a lap less is possible with a softer compound. Just wanted to give you a heads-up on all the countries we're road-legal and approved in:
United Kingdom
Ireland
France
Italy
Germany
Spain
Switzerland
Czech Republic
Slovak Republic
Portugal
Belgium
Netherlands
Australia
Japan
United Arab Emirates
Angola
Argentina

There may be many more...we just haven't got distributors in those countries yet.

Keep up the good work; it's a great site.

Kind regards
Will Brown
Marketing Executive
Radical Sportscars

 

 

#17 Guest 2011-06-10 10:04

The 2012 ZR1 has improved its time. Join Chevrolet's test driver in the cockpit of the 2012 Corvette ZR1 for a lap of the legendary Nordschleife in just 7min18.63 - that's more than six seconds faster than the previous best by a 'Vette, set in 2008. The 2012 ZR1 has a 476kW/818Nm, supercharged 6.2-litre V8 and the test car also has the PDE performance package, including a full-width rear spoiler and Michelin Pilot Sport Cup Zero Pressure tyres.

 

 

#18 admin 2011-06-11 10:56

Quoting Mike Sibs:

The 2012 ZR1 has improved its time. Join Chevrolet's test driver in the cockpit of the 2012 Corvette ZR1 for a lap of the legendary Nordschleife in just 7min18.63 - that's more than six seconds faster than the previous best by a 'Vette, set in 2008. The 2012 ZR1 has a 476kW/818Nm, supercharged 6.2-litre V8 and the test car also has the PDE performance package, including a full-width rear spoiler and Michelin Pilot Sport Cup Zero Pressure tyres.

Thanks for the tip Mike! That's a hell of a lap time

 

 

#19 MonsieurX 2011-10-13 10:16

Someone, please, take an Atom V8 there!

 

 

#20 blahblop123 2012-09-05 00:32

i think, in terms of nurburgring times, it should be be valid if it can be driven to the nurburgring and back to the hotel, or house or whatever (on german roads) to be considered a 'road legal' car because, lets be honest, i can name a few countries that a Viper ACR wouldn't be consider as 'road legal'. Not everyone lives in the USA right ? :)

so in that case, the gumpert, radical and the donkervoort should be considered 'valid'.. however, if this is a USA point of view list, then okay.. they (radical, donkervoort) would not be considered valid, but then neither would the zonda F because the huayra is the first USA-legal pagani.. this is very inconsistent BTG..

 

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