Porsche 997 GT2 Ring Times

[stimmers]

Can this be for real ?????

[Ir Baboon]

Must have had big balls to get a Viper round that quick

[Dr S]

I read a time of 07:37 which is already very strong. I doubt the 07:32 though, even if it was done on the stickiest of rubber.

Who do they say was the driver doing the 07:32 time?

[Conian]

I love the Porsche time....... i love the dodgy graph even more!

[amare32]

Why does everyone regard the Nurburgring time as so important? How many of us can do a 7:31? Unless our name start with Walter and end with Rohrl..

[Kaiser Soze]

Which mag/source is that taken from?

[bobdylan]

anything near 8:30 is impresive, i doubt most of them times. the endless german tunning companys who invest fortunes and amass 100s of extra porsche bhp would allso be upset to find the standard gt lapping quicker than there 650bhp efforts.

[AdamT]

It does say "based" on a dodge viper.....rubbish imho. I think the GT2 will do low 40s, high 30s....

[bobdylan]

its a bit like when the "standard" R33 skyline lapped faster than the 911 turbo of the time. funny i didnt see slicks and polly windows on the opptions list for a R33 ? and that was nissan doing the fibbing ! who can you trust :faint:

[stefan1]

That looks a page from an official Porsche brochure - the typeface is consistent with their corporate branding, and they use the "Respect Required" logo which is as used on the GT3 microsite.

I think the graph has obviously been set to start the y-axis at something just under 7.30min, giving the large graphical differentials.

Onto the time. If they really have achieved 7.32 that is incredibly impressive. I've no reason to doubt Porsche, but of the course the real issue is that these times are rarely comparable - different tyre compounds, different track conditions etc, unless these times were all taken on the same day.

IIRC the GT2 runs on the specially developed Michelin Pilot Sport Cup, which will offer a significant advantage (perhaps 10 seconds or more?) over "standard" rubber.

Despite that tyre advantage, to get down to the same time as Porsche officially quoted for the Carrera GT (which runs bespoke Pilot Sport 2s), a car which is more powerful, lighter, and has significantly more downforce (although we've yet to see the GT2 figures), is amazing.

Stimmer - could you confirm the source? And was there any small print about how and when the times were taken?

Kind regards

Steve

[Conian]

Walter Rohl... he likes it up the ring.
hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe

[Dr S]

stefan1 said:

That looks a page from an official Porsche brochure - the typeface is consistent with their corporate branding, and they use the "Respect Required" logo which is as used on the GT3 microsite.

I think the graph has obviously been set to start the y-axis at something just under 7.30min, giving the large graphical differentials.

Onto the time. If they really have achieved 7.32 that is incredibly impressive. I've no reason to doubt Porsche, but of the course the real issue is that these times are rarely comparable - different tyre compounds, different track conditions etc, unless these times were all taken on the same day.

IIRC the GT2 runs on the specially developed Michelin Pilot Sport Cup, which will offer a significant advantage (perhaps 10 seconds or more?) over "standard" rubber.

Despite that tyre advantage, to get down to the same time as Porsche officially quoted for the Carrera GT (which runs bespoke Pilot Sport 2s), a car which is more powerful, lighter, and has significantly more downforce (although we've yet to see the GT2 figures), is amazing.

Stimmer - could you confirm the source? And was there any small print about how and when the times were taken?

Kind regards

Steve

The GT ran on bespoke but non-cup rubber for the 07:32 von Saurma did. The 997GT2 has stickies, which makes quite a difference. Still, I don't think they got the time down to GT levels