Watch The Mercedes-AMG GT R Smash Out An Incredible 7min 10sec 'Ring Time

Mercedes-AMG made a big deal about the new GT R’s Nurburgring development while marketing the car, but someone’s actually beaten the company to it with a hot lap time. The ‘someone’ is Sport Auto magazine, who sent the car around the Green Hell with ruthlessly quick driver Christian Gebhardt behind the wheel, who clocked an astonishing 7min 10.92sec.

That’s just over two seconds off the Nissan GT-R Nismo N Attack’s time, and just over 10 seconds off the Lamborghini Aventador SV. Not bad, right?

As a reminder, the AMG GT R is considerably more powerful than the ‘lesser’ GT S, with 577bhp from its 4.0-litre V8 courtesy of new turbochargers. The suspension and brakes have been considerably beefed up, and it’s littered with clever bits of active and passive aero.