For at least the last decade Porsche has been treating the Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit as its own private stomping grounds, and as of the 5th of October companies from Stuttgart, Germany hold the top three fastest production car laps of all time. Porsche still holds the outright fastest lap with the GT2 RS Manthey Racing edition, which set a …
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Porsche let Mercedes hold a Nordschleife lap record for a few months
Porsche has been playing games with other manufacturers at the Nurburgring for years, continually upping the ante within months of competitors "beating" them. It all started back in November of 2017 when Porsche set a scarcely believable time of 6:47.30 in a then-new 991 GT2 RS. That next summer Lamborghini took to the 'Ring with its incredibly …
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It wasn't even two months ago that Porsche's GT Department head, Andreas Preuninger, mentioned how he and his team were no longer focused on lap-times. "We are taking a lot of care about the driving emotion," said Preuninger, in an interview with Road & Track. "Not so much stubbornly, seriously, German-ly chasing lap time, lap time, lap time," …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Takes Us Behind The Scenes As The Panamera Sets The Fastest Nürburgring Lap For A Luxury Sedan
Imagine your the owner of a 2009 Porsche 911 GT3. You're as close to a Porsche purist as can be and you're excited to see how fast your purpose built sports car is around the Nürburgring. Now imagine as you're making your way around the Green Hell another Porsche appears in your rear view mirror. At this distance you can't quite make out what it …
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