Mat Donating Members 2,930 Member For: 18y 1m 9d Gender: Male Location: Caracciola Karussell Posted 23/08/09 03:54 AM Share Posted 23/08/09 03:54 AM (edited) "17.08.2009Update: SportAuto has confirmed the laptime of 7:11.57 as the new record for Nordschleife. It is safe to say now that we have a new king-of-the-ring!Is it just another rumor or speculation (just like the 7:40 Bugatti Veyron time), or is it a fact?Several sites (none of which are very well known or trusted) have published an article claiming that the new Gumpert Apollo Speed, with a guy named Florian Gruber behind the wheel, has broken (or shall I say - completely destroyed) current Nurburgring Nordschleife record for road legal vehicles (ignoring the barely legal Radical SR8). The current record holder is Dodgle Viper SRT-10 ACR with a laptime of 7 minutes and 22 seconds. The supposed new record by Gumpert is 7 minutes and 11 seconds - more than 10 second improvement!I have no idea whether or not this is true and legit and unless it's official and confirmed, the 7:11 laptime will be prefixed with a big question mark on our Nordschleife laptime sheet. Fastest car status on the ring is a very sensitive issue and we do not include rumors in our laptime sheets."The Apollo is the first creation of former Audi motorsports boss and Audi chief engineer Roland Gumpert. The car features a lot of Audi parts and it is powered by a twin turbo Audi 4.2L V8 (used as well in cars like the R8, RS4 etc.). Its carbon fibre body sits atop a chrome molybdenum alloy and steel frame with a better power to weight ratio than a Mc Laren F1. There are 3 engine types available, a base version with about 641.11 bhp (478 kW; 650 PS), a sport version with around 690.42 bhp (515 kW; 700 PS), and a race version with around 789.06 bhp (588 kW; 800 PS), all street legal. Top speed is 360 km/h (220 mph) with 0-100 km/h (62 mph) reached in 2.7 seconds and 0-200 km/h (120 mph) in 7.9 seconds. The car creates so much downforce that the manufacturers claim that the car in theory could drive upside-down in a tunnel if driven at sufficiently high speeds (over 190mph, though this remains to be tested. )the one that clocked the 7:11 was the 690BHP (Speed) version and it isn`t even the most powerful in their line-uphere is a link and the lap video, the driver is Florian Gruber (an Audi R8 LMS pilot), enjoy:http://www.fastestlaps.com/article_G..._Probably.html"Brutally quick!! Killa looking carGreat incar too! Edited 23/08/09 03:58 AM by Mat Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/60911-new-nurburgring-record-set/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buf-Phoon loitering with intent Lifetime Members 13,318 Member For: 21y 9m 3d Gender: Male Location: Zombie Birdhouse Posted 23/08/09 04:11 AM Share Posted 23/08/09 04:11 AM wow. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/60911-new-nurburgring-record-set/#findComment-923817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupaTafe Member 8 Member For: 16y 13d Gender: Male Location: THE CAPITAL!!! Posted 28/08/09 12:16 PM Share Posted 28/08/09 12:16 PM Man that is fast. hey ferrari send the FXX around the 'ring already Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/60911-new-nurburgring-record-set/#findComment-926479 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiresquire Member 266 Member For: 20y 5m 26d Posted 28/08/09 01:46 PM Share Posted 28/08/09 01:46 PM (edited) Mmm damn quick, no doubt.But look, it just seems wrong and inhuman that a car with 690BHP does not make the slightest squeak on acceleration during the whole lap at all. This is the ring for gods sakes. And there was very little tyre noise around corners or under brakes.Maybe all the TCS, DSC, ABS and other electrogizmos just makes it seem like you're not taking the best lines, even trying much at all...or takes the fun out of it ....I swear, I have seen tighter laps and drivers working harder at the wheel in Gran turismo. The more I look at it, the more it looks like BS and makes me sick.ws Edited 28/08/09 01:56 PM by wiresquire Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/60911-new-nurburgring-record-set/#findComment-926509 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom XR6 Member 1,460 Member For: 22y 25d Location: Geelong Victoria Posted 29/08/09 11:12 AM Share Posted 29/08/09 11:12 AM Smooth is fast.I don't think the Gumpert would have much in the way of electronic gizmos anyway, bar maybe ABS. Usually these special build supercars don't have all that stuff. I'd say the aero on it probably keeps it glued to the road. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/60911-new-nurburgring-record-set/#findComment-926789 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjc Donating Members 2,823 Member For: 21y 8m 18d Gender: Male Location: Townsville Posted 30/08/09 12:42 AM Share Posted 30/08/09 12:42 AM Didn't a different model Gumpert (more like a go cart)easily get first place on top gears track 2 seasons ago now? and it was $35,000 pounds also!Hopefully they'll add this car in GT5 when or if it ever comes out on consoles! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/60911-new-nurburgring-record-set/#findComment-926957 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom XR6 Member 1,460 Member For: 22y 25d Location: Geelong Victoria Posted 30/08/09 08:26 AM Share Posted 30/08/09 08:26 AM It was a Gumpert Apollo that was on top from last season.Don't know if it was the current model though. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/60911-new-nurburgring-record-set/#findComment-927146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSV_LS1 Member 303 Member For: 21y 2m 19d Gender: Male Posted 30/08/09 09:41 AM Share Posted 30/08/09 09:41 AM As a production car the Radical is much faster than the apollo. Was driven to and from the track. 24 seconds faster than the Apollo.http://www.worldcarfans.com/109082021166/radical-smash-nurburgring-lap-record Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/60911-new-nurburgring-record-set/#findComment-927181 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Donating Members 2,930 Member For: 18y 1m 9d Gender: Male Location: Caracciola Karussell Posted 30/08/09 02:19 PM Author Share Posted 30/08/09 02:19 PM Yeh I was aware of that but it blows me away how the Radical is classed as a production / street car!! That said it was driven from England to Germany! Reminds me of the porsche race car I saw driving through Adenau's main street (town you pass through to get the the ring) last yearI cant even fathom what a lap like that would be like Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/60911-new-nurburgring-record-set/#findComment-927326 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB4C Member 328 Member For: 16y 4m 7d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 31/08/09 08:28 AM Share Posted 31/08/09 08:28 AM According to that Nurburgring diagram - the car pulled a max of 1.7 lateral Gs. That's insanity, considering that 1G is considered top of line. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/60911-new-nurburgring-record-set/#findComment-927553 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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