Porsche Might Have Just Smashed Lamborghini's Nurburgring Lap Record

Spectators at a Porsche lap-timing evening at the Nurburgring are reporting that the insanely quick 911 GT2 RS lapped the circuit in under seven minutes... on the first attempt
Porsche Might Have Just Smashed Lamborghini's Nurburgring Lap Record

Porsche might have just broken the production petrol car Nurburgring lap record with the bonkers 911 GT2 RS, but agonisingly we probably won’t know for sure for weeks – or even months.

Dale Lomas, a well-known figure at and around the ‘Ring, and operator of Bridge to Gantry, was trackside during a session that Porsche had booked out for lap timing, and he says that EXIF data on two photographs taken of the GT2 on the same part of the track, shortly after the start/finish line, suggests a lap time of under seven minutes.

Porsche Might Have Just Smashed Lamborghini's Nurburgring Lap Record

His suggestion of a 6m54s lap ‘or less’ could beat the Lamborghini Huracan Performante’s much-disputed 6m52s effort. It has to be said that Porsche is taking it every bit as seriously as we know the Germans can. That was only the first effort of a whole evening session, and Lomas reports that the entire Touristenfahrten car park was filled with Porsche Sport tents and personnel.

Apparently this was a near-motorsport spec deal, even boasting proper tyre warmers for the Michelin Pilot Cup 2s that the bright yellow test mule was using. But we won’t know whether the record truly has been broken, and if so by how much, until Porsche decides to issue a release. You kind of feel for them – it almost feels like the Internet has stolen the company’s thunder a bit, but we’d expect there to be plenty of video footage to prepare before Porsche actually lets the news slip. Watch this space!

Comments

Tomislav Celić

But the lap record was broken by the EP9, and the P1 LM

09/21/2017 - 10:22 |
5 | 2

My apology, I didn’t see petrol-only in the article

09/21/2017 - 10:23 |
10 | 1

Is the P1LM road legal?

09/21/2017 - 10:28 |
0 | 0

P1 LM isn’t really a production car I think. I’m not sure if enough were made. Same for the Radical SR8 LM.

09/21/2017 - 12:54 |
1 | 0

The NIO is so far the only EV I truly respect

09/21/2017 - 16:00 |
0 | 0

P1 LM is just a conversion kit for the P1 GTR, so it’s not a production car.

09/25/2017 - 00:09 |
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Roadster / Tail Red

That record is still in hands of Volkswagen tho…

09/21/2017 - 10:23 |
4 | 1

Until the Twingo GT goes round the ring

09/21/2017 - 11:25 |
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Nishant Dash

A beetle beat a bull… NICE!!

09/21/2017 - 10:27 |
117 | 1

that beetle is the owner of the farm of bulls lol

09/21/2017 - 10:55 |
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ayy lmao 1

Porshe laptime machine broke understanable have a great day

09/21/2017 - 11:09 |
1 | 3

Porsche understandable

09/21/2017 - 11:14 |
4 | 1
Sudip Suresh

Meaanwhile in fm7 i understeer to the walll

09/21/2017 - 11:31 |
33 | 2

Meanwhile someone needs to learn how to play forza

09/21/2017 - 13:57 |
17 | 5

If anything, it’s the new “sim-cam” mode which in my opinion just ruins the whole feel of the game.

09/21/2017 - 21:45 |
0 | 0
Fouck hahaha

My dream car… And right now i can’t buy it… If you are in the same situation give me your like!

09/21/2017 - 11:41 |
2 | 8
eXoZGaming

oh man, i really wanted lamborghini to keep the record…..oh whale

09/21/2017 - 12:15 |
1 | 0
TheMindGarage

So now a 911 is faster than a 918. Well done Porsche for scr3wing over 918 rich customers.

09/21/2017 - 12:53 |
10 | 1

‘Porsche might have just broken “the production petrol car” Nurburgring lap record with the bonkers 911 GT2 RS’
It is the production petrol car record, not the overall record.

09/21/2017 - 15:57 |
6 | 0

No surprises here. The 997 GT2 RS also destroyed the Carrera GT.
And also the 918 is already 4 years old.

09/21/2017 - 18:17 |
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Comfused Miata

A VW-Group car beat another VW-group car?

09/21/2017 - 13:18 |
1 | 0
Anonymous

When two VW group members fight for supremacy.

09/21/2017 - 13:31 |
4 | 0

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