Originally Posted by nthfinity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGe_fyhQazg
Notice at between 1:00 and 1:08 where the lap begins being timed... and where the lap stop's being timed. This is the 26,600 m NS lap time, and is not used by the major manufacturers when claiming a lap time.... not GM, BMW, Audi, Porsche, and supposedly not Sport Auto either.
The distance which is the true lap is 26,823 Meters, about 4-6 seconds longer then what is measured.
The lap is totally BALLS OUT.... but the timing is uncomparable to the 911 Turbo's 7:40, the C6 Z06's 7:43, the GT2's 7:32, etc. etc.
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Long time guys!
I have been doing "research"
, and like someone said earlier...sport auto doesnt not make the full 20.8 km run due to safety precaustions. The GTR ran the same distance as all the other cars.
Plus there is NO clarrification on the tires yet. I have seen other articles that state it was a language miscommunication and that the the engineer said "it could have done low 7:30's, but would have required "cut-slicks".....either way its still fast.
Also Nth.....there is no conclusive evidence on the 997 Turbo's 7:40 lap (the only thing i have found is a Motor trend estimate). No one knows what it was run on. The only thing that we know is sport auto ran a 7:54 in the Turbo on MPSC's.......there is also another times showing Walter running a 7:49 on MPSC's. .......MPSC's are not an option on the 997 Turbo
http://www.fastestlaps.com/track2.html
http://www.supercars.net/PitLane?vie...ID=0&tID=10073
So, we will have to wait for sport auto to get a real test number.
Top Gear also has the GTR against the Scuderia in the Jan issue !
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