Sport Auto supertest - Porsche 911 GT3 RS

[jorge]

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[TopGearNL]

Thanks very much!

I probably won't have to tell you I love that car :wink: :P

[twboy1999]

no idea what it says
but sure it is cool as usual

[sameerrao]

I thought it would be faster than the old car. :?

[yg60m]

Thanks mate :D indeed it's surprising to see it is slower than the 996 GT3 RS but different day means different conditions ... :wink: I think it would be faster on a side by side test.

[gangajas]

Thanks mate :D indeed it's surprising to see it is slower than the 996 GT3 RS but different day means different conditions ... :wink: I think it would be faster on a side by side test.

Also, at that level of performance it is very difficult to improve the times a lot.

[inso]

Thanks, I love all the supertests, even if I dont understand the language. I just look the numbers and try to understand what happened. (well my two majors are mathematics and physics)

[silentm]

excllent article, a really good read. it sounded like the person testing it knew really a lot about what he was doing :)

^ well - the newer GT3 has some extra power and better suspension, so in a long track like the Nordschleife, the 997 should be quite faster IMO

they repeatedly write that the laptime over the NS isn't very surprising since on such a long track the drivers daily form and other factors like temp ect are a bigger factor than on the shorter track. also you can see that it gained half a second on the GT3 on the Hockenheim ring. there the writer says that the higher downforce shows better results in the laptime.

[nthfinity]

excllent article, a really good read. it sounded like the person testing it knew really a lot about what he was doing :)

^ well - the newer GT3 has some extra power and better suspension, so in a long track like the Nordschleife, the 997 should be quite faster IMO

they repeatedly write that the laptime over the NS isn't very surprising since on such a long track the drivers daily form and other factors like temp ect are a bigger factor than on the shorter track. also you can see that it gained half a second on the GT3 on the Hockenheim ring. there the writer says that the higher downforce shows better results in the laptime.

Thats exactly what I was thinking. Think of all the times that Koenigsegg CCX did the NS... fist 7:39, then 7:34 when it was cold out... and SA suggesting the car would be able to do 7:28- 7:29 in optimum track conditions.

[martin100]

Thanks! Sport Auto supertests are always appreciated esp, cause they are German :wink:

[TopGearNL]

Isn't it also the fact that you can load the 997 GT3RS with stuff you couldn't get in the 996?

Or is that the normal 997 GT3?

[dutchmasterflex]

Thanks, but which one of you lovely German's are going to translate the article for us? :)

[TopGearNL]

Isn't it also the fact that you can load the 997 GT3RS with stuff you couldn't get in the 996?

Or is that the normal 997 GT3?

I think it¡s just the GT3 that you can load with BOSE sound system and navi - the RS comes with the rollcage... and anything else :wink:

Mm ok I see, I wasn't sure..

Well is the 997 GT3RS faster on paper then the 996? :bah: