With just fifteen examples of the 1.5 million-euro track car being built, the Zonda R is one of the most extreme and exclusive Italian supercars ever. It weighs just 1070kg, and its 6.0-litre competition-derived V12 develops 740bhp and 524lb ft of torque.
That's enough to propel it to 62mph in less than 2.7secs and on to 218mph. And a very quick Nurburgring time...
Fantastico and scorchio mamma mia bravo!! Ferrari eclipsed again but this time by a hometown boy. Now that Fernando Alonso is back on planet earth, hasn't Lewis got under his skin and in his mind. Of course Ferrari never cheat like Benneton and Renault and after all filming at Maranello is not having a free practice session with the new exhaust system is it?
...and isn't that as quick as / slightly quicker than the Radical SR8...which means that unlike Ferrari's claim, this one would actually be the legit record IF the Zonda-R was road-legal.
So...yet another so-called 'record' by a so-called 'road-car' that actually isn't...
"Production-based", what a load of rubbish. Even compared to the admittedly pretty extreme 'regular' road car, this has little to do with it. Just because it may look like a road car, doesn't mean it is one...
Well at least you get to buy it and take it home and not have to leave it at the factory like Ferrari FXX etc so on that basis it is a road car not a buy and store car (which most Ferrari's seem to be these days anyway. PS my 911 has done 175,000 miles in 20 years-that's a road car!
All great stuff, but how long before an incident at one of these events puts paid to a quest for ever faster speeds, when really the fastest time is almost of academic interest to most.
So what they're sying is that you can pay 1.5 mill for a ridiculously, purpose-built vehicle and stioll not lap twice as fast as a blonde in a Tranny Van.
The Radical SR8 lap time was 6'55", so the Zonda R has been 8 seconds quicker. BUT, the SR8 can be road legal (in UK and Germany at least), while the Zonda R can't. The 6'11" record is still in Bellof's hands.
6:47!!
