Porsche has a habit of destroying lap times at the Nurburgring Nordschleife. The 911 GT3 has already been around the track in record time. However, on this occasion, Porsche decided to take the 6-speed manual version instead of the PDK. The result was a new lap record for a production car with a manual transmission.
The Porsche 911 GT3 equipped with a 6-speed stick shift completed a lap of the Nurburgring in 6 min 56.294 seconds, improving on the previous record by more than 9.5 seconds. It was 3 seconds quicker than its PDK-equipped predecessor (992.1).
The car used for the record run was equipped with the Weissach package and was on road-legal Michelin Pilot Sport Cup2 R tires.
“The new 911 GT3 inspires even more confidence at the limit than the previous model. I was faster in almost every corner,” says Jörg Bergmeister, describing the handling of the sports car. “We learned a lot from the 911 GT3 RS, especially with the chassis. The car is much more stable on bumps and over the curbs. And thanks to the eight-per-cent-shorter gear ratio, there is noticeably more drive from the rear axle when accelerating with the same engine power. Even if it would have been a few seconds faster with the seven-speed PDK – with the six-speed manual gearbox I definitely had more to do on the fast lap – and it was therefore even more fun.”
Source: Porsche
