Watch The Updated Porsche 911 GT3 RS Smash Out A Sub-7min 'Ring Lap
Clearly not content with snagging the fastest production car time at the Nurburgring with the 911 GT2 RS last year, Porsche has sent its updated GT3 RS around the track for Nordschleife glory. And my word, is the footage impressive to watch.
Via an utterly committed performance from works driver Kévin Estre, an incredible 6:56.4 was clocked. That’s 24 seconds faster than the 997 GT3 RS, over 12 seconds faster than Sport Auto managed to get the pre-facelift 991 RS around, and it’s also Porsche’s third car to dip below the seven-minute mark.
Porsche revealed the ‘991.2’ GT3 RS at the Geneva Motor Show last month. The bodywork has been slightly tweaked, and the massive ‘GT3 RS’ side decals are back as standard. With 520bhp from its 4.0-litre flat-six, it’s slightly more powerful than the car it replaces, and it revs higher than before too - there’s now a sonorous 9000rpm ceiling to enjoy, making the mad on-board footage at the top of this page all the more enjoyable to watch.
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Comments
Sport Auto needs to lap McLarens. I refuse to believe that it won’t beat this or the GT2 RS
True.
720S will probably match the GT3 RS lap time, but unlikely to beat the GT2 RS. Will have to wait for the new LT for that
Put a 918 on 2018 tires and it’ll do sub 6:50 surely.
man it looks like pure savagery
Why do i see a Chevrolet coming soon?
If performance tech keeps up this way (not for the combustion engine anyway) 6 minutes lap times will be considered normal among passenger cars.
Because no one noticed the Porsche is just barely off the ground in that picture.