991.2 GT3rs faster than a 918!!

[Redracn]

2 hours ago, Raven said:

Just look at the Qualifying times for this years Melbourne GP .......there is very little difference from pole position to last on the grid around 2.5 Seconds ...

All times are in Eastern Australia Time

And most of that will be the team/car. Put the last driver in the best team and car and it will be much closer than that. 

[Raven]

1 hour ago, Redracn said:

And most of that will be the team/car. Put the last driver in the best team and car and it will be much closer than that. 

100% the drivers are all at that top level there is really nothing between them ..

[rego]

The quote about the times in the news articles about this says it all “All four lap times of both drivers were below seven minutes and only tenths of a second apart,” says Porsches GT model line director Andreas Preuninge

If they were driving recklessly to do a lap time you wouldn't have that much consistency and to have two drivers produce pretty much the same lap time it shows the difference in drivers isn't a big factor.

[DJM]

at least you can use it in Germany ?

Would be 

[edgy]

4 hours ago, DJM said:

at least you can use it in Germany ?

That is what impresses me in Germany, the driving culture is much better (and they are educated), they see you barreling down the passing lane and the slow cars move for you... We could build those type of roads here, but it would never be safe with the mentality + lack of education of the average driver. 

On topic, this is insanely fast.. we are seeing the 991.1 RS's put down some serious numbers at the track locally (cup car fast) I can't wait to see what the .2 RS's will be capable of in good hands. 

[Raven]

Taken from a Rennlist post ..............interesting 

 

Fun story on Road and Track:

https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-car...ws&date=050318

"Performance-car engineers are naturally very competitive, but that doesn't mean those from rival automakers can't be friendly. Case in point—while testing the new ZR1, the Corvette team gave Porsche an hour of Nürburgring time to test its new 911 GT3 RS, when it set a stunning 6:56.4 lap time. 

This story comes to us from Porsche GT project manager Oliver Berg, who relayed it to Motormouth. We confirmed the story's authenticity with a Porsche spokesperson, who told us there's a "good friendly rivalry" between the Porsche GT and Corvette teams. The Corvette folks agreed to give Porsche 'Ring time, so long as it could watch the German automaker work. 

Apparently, Porsche didn't need the full hour granted to it by Chevy to go sub-seven on the Nordschleife. Test driver Lars Kern went out and set a 6:59 in his first run, at which point Porsche GT cars boss Andreas Preuninger told his team they could pack up and go home. Kern and factory driver Kevin Estre thought there was more time in the car, though, so they went back out for three more laps. The next lap was another 6:59, then a 6:57, and finally, Estre set a 6:56.4. At that point, the Porsche team left, and as Motormouth reports it, the Corvette crew was left stunned. 

We don't know for sure what the Corvette team ended up running with the ZR1 at the Nordschleife. There's a rumor the ZR1 set a 7:12 at the track, but that's unconfirmed. The only lap time we know from the ZR1 so far is a 2:37.5 at Virginia International Raceway, which beats the Ford GT's time there by over a second. So there's no doubt the ZR1 is fast, even if we don't have a representative Nordschleife time for it. 



And while a lot of the car internet was debating (rumored) lap times, it's fun to know that the Porsche and Corvette people were just hanging out, each admiring each other's work. Kinda makes the whole debate seem trivial, huh?"

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[GTP911]

 

Henry Catchpole drives the 991.2 Porsche 911 GT3 RS in search of the forgotten Sudschleife circuit.