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For some reason, I don’t care that it didn’t quite match the GT-R’s time.
Lapping the Nurburgring under 8-minutes in a road car is as much about unplugging your sense of self-preservation as the cars outright pace.
There’s no doubt that the changes Porsche have made to this new GT3 RS have made it a far more capable machine than its predecessor, and there are very few production cars at any price that can lap a circuit so quickly.
When we tested Nissan’s GT-R against the 997 GT2 last year, it was the Porsche that had the upper hand, but much of the GT2’s advantage over the GT-R was on the longer straights.
The new GT3 RS is unlikely to hold such an advantage, so it would be interesting to compare their telemetry data and see where the relative strengths of each now lie.
As we said at the time, it doesn’t really matter which is quicker – anything that laps in the 7:30 – 7:45 range is definitely worthy of your attention.
For some reason, I don’t care that it didn’t quite match the GT-R’s time.
Lapping the Nurburgring under 8-minutes in a road car is as much about unplugging your sense of self-preservation as the cars outright pace.
There’s no doubt that the changes Porsche have made to this new GT3 RS have made it a far more capable machine than its predecessor, and there are very few production cars at any price that can lap a circuit so quickly.
When we tested Nissan’s GT-R against the 997 GT2 last year, it was the Porsche that had the upper hand, but much of the GT2’s advantage over the GT-R was on the longer straights.
The new GT3 RS is unlikely to hold such an advantage, so it would be interesting to compare their telemetry data and see where the relative strengths of each now lie.
As we said at the time, it doesn’t really matter which is quicker – anything that laps in the 7:30 – 7:45 range is definitely worthy of your attention.