Long recognized as one of the holy grails of motorsport, being the fastest around the daunting Nurburgring Nordschleife is not just a claim to fame - it’s a claim to superiority. The Porsche Carrera GT supercar last held the title of fastest production car around the Green Hell, but no longer.

The Pagani Zonda F Clubsport has shaved nearly two tenths of a second off the Carrera GT’s time to post a sizzling lap in 7:27:82. It may not sound like much of a margin, but when you’re in the stratosphere, every inch counts.


If you’re not familiar with the Zonda (shame on you!) you can catch a video of it here. Comprised of more carbon fiber than just about anything this side of a Formula 1 car, the Zonda F has proven it’s the ultimate race car for the street. Statistics like 1.5G lateral acceleration - thanks to its massive downforce generation, a 7.3L V12, and 2700 man-hours to complete construction help back up that claim. We are of the opinion that the lap time speaks for itself, as do the 20.6km and 73 turns of the North Course. And they’re all saying:

The king is dead. Long live the king.

So...where's that upcoming Porsche GT1? Or do we have to wait for the 998 GT2 for a response? Love Pagani though.

 

Apparently a model called C9 is coming to North America in 2009 or something.

 

Who was the driver?

 

Whats this source?

 

more info please

 

WoW Zeus are you a writer? Great post. love the pagani, I hope to drive one someday, What are they going for now $ $ $ ??? What are the specs for this amazing car...
Porsche will retaliate soon.

 

Woops, sorry guys. Here is a link to the source: http://www.motorauthority.com/news/c...w-ring-record/

Can anyone translate from the original Italian source? http://www.autoblog.it/post/10785/pa...al-nurburgring
I would like to know the driver as well.

Can't wait to see what Pagani does with the C9!

 

wow thanks for the info

 

Why 998 GT2? Isnt the 997 GT2 faster than the CGT?

 

Damn, I love that car. I've said it before, if I could only have 1 car, that's the one. Zonda FTMFW.

 

+1

And make mine the Clubsport version please. Simply awesome.

 

one of my top5 cars of all time!~

 

Im in total awe, The car is just sick I like the Zonda and the Weisenmann also they are very exclusive.

 

2 tenth's faster than a CGT around the ring...Big deal. One or two less nose picks by the driver of the CGT and he has the title again...lmao

 

The Zonda R should be coming out early next year. That is gonna be a serious car...