RE: Ferrari 599XX Posts 6Min 58.16Sec 'Ring Time
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sjn2004 said:
I bit of research might not go a miss.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_24_Hours_of_Le_M...
GT2 1st,2nd,3rd,4th Ferrari........11th Porsche
When was the last factory, or even quasi-factory team?!? IIRC Prodrive was the last of those...all others have been privateer teams.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_24_Hours_of_Le_M...
GT2 1st,2nd,3rd,4th Ferrari........11th Porsche
Porkie said:
It was there all day on Monday as well... I did a trackday there and was lucky enough to be on track with it.
I have some AIM smartycam footage as well that I will download and post.
but I also grabbed this crap pic from in car
That's a great looking car, but way more importantly I think its time to change your wiper blades, the little yellow warning sticker says so.I have some AIM smartycam footage as well that I will download and post.
but I also grabbed this crap pic from in car
BTW, Any headline with the words "ferrari", "record" and "nurburgring" in the same sentence is marketing heaven.
sjn2004 said:
I bit of research might not go a miss.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_24_Hours_of_Le_M...
GT2 1st,2nd,3rd,4th Ferrari........11th Porsche
F430 GT2 like most of the Ferrari sports racers since the late 80's, was built not by Ferrari but under licence by Michelotto http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_24_Hours_of_Le_M...
GT2 1st,2nd,3rd,4th Ferrari........11th Porsche
As per many others, this "record" is nonesense, the FXX is as much a road car as the Ford Supervan or Renault / Williams F1 Espace, yet I've not heard that Ford has the record for a commercial vehicle or Renault for a people carrier
ZeeTacoe said:
Rocky Balboa said:
The Radical holds the record not this piece of s
t.
Nope the 956 does.t.ctallchris said:
Ferrari said:
despite being road legal the SR8 is basically a spaceframe racing car so it's time doesn't count
I don't see what being built around a spaceframe has to do with it Especially given the Ferrari 360 is built around a spaceframe.ZeeTacoe said:
Rocky Balboa said:
The Radical holds the record not this piece of st.
Nope the 956 does.t. You know what i mean 
'the production car record'The Ferrari was on slick tyres the Radical was not. Oh yeh and that has to be one of the ugliest cars Ferrari has ever made imo. A mess.
Rocky Balboa said:
ZeeTacoe said:
Rocky Balboa said:
The Radical holds the record not this piece of st.
Nope the 956 does.t. You know what i mean 'the production car record'The Ferrari was on slick tyres the Radical was not. Oh yeh and that has to be one of the ugliest cars Ferrari has ever made imo. A mess.
Scuffers said:
Rocky Balboa said:
ZeeTacoe said:
Rocky Balboa said:
The Radical holds the record not this piece of st.
Nope the 956 does.t. You know what i mean 'the production car record'The Ferrari was on slick tyres the Radical was not. Oh yeh and that has to be one of the ugliest cars Ferrari has ever made imo. A mess.
Rocky Balboa said:
Scuffers said:
Rocky Balboa said:
ZeeTacoe said:
Rocky Balboa said:
The Radical holds the record not this piece of st.
Nope the 956 does.t. You know what i mean 'the production car record'The Ferrari was on slick tyres the Radical was not. Oh yeh and that has to be one of the ugliest cars Ferrari has ever made imo. A mess.
Scuffers said:
Rocky Balboa said:
Scuffers said:
Rocky Balboa said:
ZeeTacoe said:
Rocky Balboa said:
The Radical holds the record not this piece of st.
Nope the 956 does.t. You know what i mean 'the production car record'The Ferrari was on slick tyres the Radical was not. Oh yeh and that has to be one of the ugliest cars Ferrari has ever made imo. A mess.
Verde said:
Find the marketing person or team who did this and dismiss them.
You are joking right? I think they're probably being promoted for making a such an amazing news headline albeit completely not true as discussed here. It's just Ferrari doing what they always do - be Italian.On a side note what's impressive is the Dodge Viper ACR at 7 minutes 22 seconds. In the states those can be had for under $100k usd.
DiscoColin said:
Though the later 962 has out-of-the-box street legal derivatives (with several examples made of each) and the earlier 917 has quite a lot of road registered examples. Rather urgent for cars which leave the production line with a synchromesh gearbox and an ignition key. Conversely - the F599XX doesn't even have a full set of lights and they are optional extras on the Radical...
Dauer Racing did the road legal 962's, they were done with official Porsche backing.two were then entered in Lemans as GT cars in 1993 (and won outright).
amare32 said:
Does the ring record matter? All of us would not be capable of 6mins 58.16secs even if we were given a 599XX to play with - probably most likely die in a ball of flames trying though..
Take your point, but it's probably more useful/relevant than 0-60 or top speed stats, and certainly more representative of a cars performance on road than Anglesey or Bedford tracks (as it has much faster sweeping bends more like real roads) Interesting one this. I reckon Ferrari marketing have been working up to this for a while now. I understand Schumacher has been working with a team of engineers to improve the performance of their cars around the ring. My opinion is that many ferrari road cars before this work had been done would really struggle on the ring. By struggle, I mean go home and try again struggle. All only my opinion of course.
Imagine a well respected brand of car that can't stick with a lowly bmw, not good for marketing...
Imagine a well respected brand of car that can't stick with a lowly bmw, not good for marketing...
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