Motor trend reports 7:40 at the ring - Page 4 - 6SpeedOnline

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02-22-2006, 11:02 AM

Kevin D

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 05997S

I would love to see a 997TT or a GT2 etc... line up with a ZO6 at the ring on the same day, both with cup tires or PS2's and see how they shake out.

I would like to see an even comparison like this as well.

...and I 100% agree with 911m3s2k's statement and had been saying it for years* The traditional long course of the ring is the largest road course in the world that's so huge even on the same day the track conditions could be different at different sides of the course....rain & wet on one side and sunny and dry on the other. To add to that Nurenburg germany is a very temperal part of europe with drastically ever changing climate conditions. Also there is work and changes being constructed to the track every year. That's why if you examine the laundry-list of official nurenburgring lap times you'd see that many of them simply make NO sense. Like a stock s2000 getting roughly the same time as an NSX. Or a few Gemballa GT500 and 600HP 996 911's doing worst than stock 996 TT's...(during a rainy/wet tuner shootout that day...whereas the 996 TT's time represented planned perfect conditions) ..of course they don't tell you these things and all people see is the raw lap time.

--- Kevin

...having said all that, with the conditions and drivers being constant the Nurenburgring is the greatest test bed in the world for comparing sportscars IMO....and is STILL a great "general" litmus test for overall performance of a motorcar.

Last edited by Kevin D; 02-22-2006 at 11:07 AM.

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