Nurburgring lap record

np · Post by np » 07 May 2005, 04:23

I know this may seem a bit childish,but,does anyone know the offical lap record for a road car at the Nurburgring?
I now have GT4 on the Playstation,totally hooked on it,hence lack of posts[:D].The full 13 odd mile circuit is on there.Just wanted the record time as a benchmark[:I][:o)][:D].Currently laping about 9 mins.
Cant find anything offical on the net.
Silly post i spose,but i dont know untill i ask.
Thanks(a very happy 30 y/o[:I])[:)]

Kowalski · Post by **Kowalski** » 07 May 2005, 05:58

Jeremy Clarkson managed just under 10 minutes in a diesel Jaguar (2.7 litre S type) and some racing instructor managed a time something like 9:20 with the same car.
The Nissan Skyline was the first production car to lap in under 8 minutes...

Homer · Post by **Homer** » 07 May 2005, 07:27

A bit of Googling came up with this page.
<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">We want to break the production car lap record for the famous old 12.95-mile Nurburgring. Currently it stands at 7min 59sec, set by a Nissan Skyline GTR in 1995.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Kowalski · Post by **Kowalski** » 07 May 2005, 19:48

A bit more googling comes up with this...
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here are the official times of cars that cracked the 8 minute mark
996 Turbo 7:56
360 stradale 7:56 (sport tyres)
GT3 (381hp) 7:52
lambo gallardo 7:52
lambo murcielao 7:52
Mercedes SLR mclaren 7:52
M3 CSL (sport tyres) 7:50
Gt3 RS 7:47 (sport tyres) 7:47
Gt2 (462 hp) 7:46
Zonda 7:44
Cgt 7:40
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The absolute lap record for any car 6 mins 11 sec in 1983
Stefan Bellof (D) Porsche 956
1983-05-28, 1000km Rennen 20.832 km 202.073 km/h 6 11 13
http://www.nurburgring.de/?rubrik=rekorde&lang=eng

tomsheppard · Post by **tomsheppard** » 07 May 2005, 20:07

Bellof was the bravest driver of the lot, it is often said. That he tamed the Nordschleife is not a surprise. The third fastest lap was recorded for the camera by Porsche. Driver, Derek Bell, Porsche's most successful driver. Now that's a movie I'd like to see!

gardenpeas · Post by **gardenpeas** » 07 May 2005, 20:39

on GT4 i have heard of five minute laps i've had a porche go round in high 6 minute marks god it's a bumpy track audi r8 seems one of best cars in game for quick times

born2die · Post by **born2die** » 07 May 2005, 20:44

some good vids here of the ring http://uk.search.yahoo.com/search/video ... fl=0&x=wrt
I just looked at a couple of the vids and boy does that look scary the bike one in particular.

paranoid · Post by **paranoid** » 07 May 2005, 23:27

Tom, the Derek Bell lap is on a video called ticket to ride that you used to be able to get on amazon, used to have it but got chewed up years ago.
Well worth getting its an absolute flyer.

tomsheppard · Post by **tomsheppard** » 07 May 2005, 23:52

Thanks paranoid. I'll make suitable hints around December!

paranoid · Post by **paranoid** » 08 May 2005, 00:10

It's from about 1984 and was when in-car cameras were starting to get clear!
You could definetley get it about 18 months ago

np · Post by np » 09 May 2005, 01:40

Thanks alot you guys.[:)]
BMW M5,V10 5 ltr,every thing tuned on it,pushing out 650bhp,lap time of 7m52.2secs.
Very scary on the back straight at 206mph[:0].On the limit the whole lap.I dont think i want to try anything faster![}:)][:D]
Shall go through the links later.
Thanks.[:)]

ssray · Post by **ssray** » 09 May 2005, 02:34

evo mag had a test of gt4 they got under 6 mins, if you look in this months fairly near the front they have a league table with a screen shot showing a readers time of a lot quicker than that.
if i rember i`ll grab evo from the loo and post the fastest times.
i`m jealouse i`m not allowed a ps2, some one thinks her snagging lists wont get done.

np · Post by np » 09 May 2005, 02:40

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by ssray

some one thinks her snagging lists wont get done.
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Join the club!She made me wait untill my birthday last weekend to get GT4.[}:)][:D]Then moans at me because i was on it till 4 in the morning the 1st time i played it[:I][:D].
Women!
Reckon i`ll have to go the 4X4 route on the `Ring,as RWD is to scary.[:o)]

Stinkwheel · Post by **Stinkwheel** » 09 May 2005, 03:57

born2die, i just downloaded and watched the bike nurburgring video.
Doesnt look that scary to me, to be honest those guys are not really trying that hard, they are obviously quick road riders with experiance of the track. A really quick road rider or racer would be moving a lot quicker and faffing about a lot less.
Its a good vid

born2die · Post by **born2die** » 09 May 2005, 13:24

sorry my fault I was on about a vid on my computer here I cant remember where I got it from it shows a bike on the back straight at 211 and some of the corneres lean angle etc are just lunacy. A lot like church corner on the IOM was much better before they put padding on the wall.