DaneGT3

Hallo from scandinavia,

I now the GT3 GENII/MKII has a record of 7:40:00 on Nurburgring but it was driven by Horst von Saurma, who nearly live at the track :-)

I was wondering if anyone in here has ever done a lap at the same track in there GT3, and if so, what was your time? And was in on a turistday (Not a full lap) or by private event etc?

DaneGT3

997 GT3 RS owners are welcome to post also :-)

TRAKCAR

Welcome!
Not many of us have been lucky enough to drive the RIng, let alone master it enough to post a decent lap.

I only have a few laps in a rental car and I think anyone going for a fast lap within the first 100 laps is suicidal ;-)

Larry Cable?
Carreras Jim?
Northschleife?

911SLOW

Not on a 997 GT3, but I've done a few 9ish min laps. Can't help you much.


On the other hand I always finish my steaks under the 7:30 mark. Yes I am pretty consistent.
My Pistenklause record can only be threatened by Larry.

TRAKCAR

I can't challenge your 9 minute laptime, I was to scared and overwhelmed to time myself in the 120! from rentracecar.de ;-)
Your Pistenklause times however are pathetic, not even a challenge.
I'll go up against Larry anytime with beer and steak for time and quantity. Perhaps I can be a winner at the Ring after all.

Nugget

I've never timed any of my laps at the ring.

Larry Cable

fastest I timed (courtesy sport chrono wart) during a touristfarhren day was 8:01 BtoG in my 7.1 GT3... back in '07 ... 8:15'-30's in E92 M3 and 997 C2Ses ...

I was very very lucky that day and had very little traffic, that which I did I was able to overtake ... on the tourist days all it takes is one car to trash your times if you are not in a position to blast past them ...

I think the best tourist BtoG I have heard of is around 7:45-50 or so ... GT3 ...

Larry Cable

I suggest scuderia hanseat, manthey customer day or BMW Intl fahrer school, that's the only way you may get a full flying lap time... but you can estimate your flying lap from a BtoG since the difference is the 1.7km straight from the gantry to the bridge, its about an extra 20 secs...

TRAKCAR

I'm impressed
For those who have not driven the Ring; You must. Or you will never understand.
Does not matter what you bring for at least the first 30 laps, you must drive it.

Larry Cable

+1, once you have "ring-worm" (as JC called it) you will want to keep coming back ... I'm into my 11th year now!!!

"there is no subsitute"

TRAKCAR

I went once.

6 laps and it's the closest I have ever been to concider becoming single again, so I could have kept going.
1 day Ring was about equal to one night room with big terras (There's only one) at Hotel Villa Cipriani in Asolo Italy; Our next stop.

Larry Cable

I should also say that was after 4 consecutive days tracking there; 1 manthey day and 3 tourist days ... really concentrating on the line, and working on the "slow" parts, mine not the track ... I think I also had a passenger ...

Larry Cable

I have singularly avoided wedlock, and I now work for a german s/w company!!! ... trips to HQ

Larry Cable

... and get to do it without tourists ... flying laps!!!

TRAKCAR

You are clearly a genius.