Zonda R sets 6:47 Nurburgring time...
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Zonda R sets 6:47 Nurburgring time...
A Pagani Zonda R has this morning set a new Nurburgring Nordschleife lap record, completing the 13-mile circuit in 6mins 47secs. The previous record for a 'road-based car' was 6mins 58secs recently set in April by the Ferrari 599XX.
With just fifteen examples of the 1.5 million-euro track car being built, the Zonda R is one of the most exclusive Italian sportscars ever. It weighs 1070kg, and is powered by a 6.0L V12 producing 740bhp and 524lb ft of torque. That's enough to propel it to 62mph in less than 2.7secs and on to 218mph.
Wow...
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What exactly constitutes a "road-based car"? There's a lot of cars out there you can modify that are still "road-based" that will run ridiculous times. Obviously that car is really a race car, not a street car by any means.
#6
exactly and remember Stefan Bellof run the Ring already in 6:11,13
in 1983 on his Porsche 956:
Last edited by catchmyshadow; 07-01-2010 at 07:31 AM.
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#8
Exactly.
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Yep, nobody was faster than Bellof and his 956 Qualifying lap but he paid the price for being that damned fast shortly after that, RIP.
#14
R.I.P Steffan .....and this is correct it is the fastest time for a road based car. There is no such thing as a " Ring " record however! The 599 XX had just broken the previous fastest time. It easy to explain a road based car is something like a Ferrari 430 Challenge, 599 XX or ACR-X Viper or GT3 RSR. Basically a race car based on a street car chassis, but with modifications that no longer make it road legal. As such the Zonda R is a road based car.
The 956 not so much so, that is a race car. Something else to consider it was only faster than the SR8 LM by a second or so. And that is in its home market a production car that is road legal.
The 956 not so much so, that is a race car. Something else to consider it was only faster than the SR8 LM by a second or so. And that is in its home market a production car that is road legal.