When it comes to estimating the performance of its cars, Porsche is surprisingly conservative. C/D often beats the company’s published zero-to-60-mph times in our testing, and it turns out that Porsche is no different when spitballing Nürburgring lap times. With the new 911 GT2 RS, Porsche guessed it could pull off a lap in less than seven minutes and five seconds—close to the production-car lap record of 6:52.01 held by Lamborghini’s Huracán Performante. How wrong it was.
The GT2 RS, at the hands of Porsche factory driver Nick Tandy and test driver Lars Kern, “immediately” lapped the Nordschleife in under six minutes and 50 seconds. And then it kept lapping at under six minutes and 50 seconds for another four laps. When all was said and done, Porsche’s best lap time of 6:47.3 stood as the new production-car lap record at the ’Ring. (That is, depending on your opinion of electric-supercar startup Nio’s 6:45.90 lap time and its status as a manufacturer; the company hasn’t specifically claimed that mantle.) Either way, the 700-hp GT2 RS is ridiculously fast—it averaged more than 114 mph during its lap—and Porsche brought along a notary to certify the lap time. The run was made on the GT2 RS’s standard Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires.
Need some perspective on this achievement? The previous production-car lap-record holder, the Huracán, was newsworthy earlier this year for stealing that record from Porsche’s hybridized mid-engined, all-wheel-drive 918 Spyder hypercar. This rear-drive 911 beat the 918’s time by 11.1 seconds. It crushed the 911 GT3’s 7:12.7 performance, too. Watch the video below for an idea of what this sort of speed at the Green Hell looks like:
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