Nordschleife fastest lap times

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The current 20.8 km Nordschleife course with 33 left and 40 right turns (actually about 100 corners, as counted by enthusiasts)

The Nürburgring Nordschleife in Germany with its remaining 20.8km long old section dating from 1927 is used by various motoring magazines and vehicle manufacturers for testing. Lap times of so-called "road legal" "production" cars are reported for comparison or promotion purposes.

The German magazine de:sport auto publishes its "Supertest" of cars, in which the laptime (usually driven by editor-in-chief Horst von Saurma) at the Nordschleife is the most discussed result. The magazine also runs a challenge for the fastest lap time driven with a car that is road legal (TÜV) and registered in Germany. The road legality rule also applies for the tires.

Not all of the following laptimes are comparable. The complete de:Nordschleife is 20.832 km long. de:Sport auto uses in its "Supertest" the old drive-up at grandstand 13, so that they only do 20.6 km. Some laptimes are even done on tourist driving days. Because of the different drive-up on tourist days (at the fastest straight) these laps are timed "bridge to gantry", which is 19.1 km.

In average the same driver should be like 7 sek. faster doing the de:Sport auto 20.6km and like 25 sek. faster doing the tourist-lap. Because it is forbidden to race on tourist days you should not try to measure your laptime on a tourist day.

6:55 - Radical SR8, 360 PS/650 kg, Michael Vergers (28 Sep 2005), UK-registered
7:12 - Radical SR3 Turbo, 320 PS/500 kg (test drive 07/03)
7:14 - Donkervoort D8 RS, 398 PS/760 kg, Michael Düchting (sport auto 11/05), registered in Germany
7:15 - Edo Porsche 996 GT2 RS, 542 PS/1284 kg, de:Patrick Simon (sport auto 09/05)
7:18 - Donkervoort D8 RS, 370 PS/670 kg, Michael Düchting (sport auto 12/04)
7:21 - Blitz Toyota Supra, 650 PS /1300 kg (Autocar magazine 1997)
7:28 - Porsche Carrera GT, 612 PS/ 1475 kg, Walter Röhrl , (Autobild 07/04)
7:32 - Pagani Zonda F, 602 PS/ 1230 kg (sport auto 05/06)
7.32 - Gemballa Porsche GTR 600PS/1432 kg (Gemballa)
7:34 - Koenigsegg CCR, 806 PS/1418 kg, Horst von Saurma (sport auto), oct,17-18 05
7.39 - Porsche 997 GT3, 415 PS/1395 kg, (quote sport auto 05/06)
7:40 - Bugatti Veyron 16.4, 1001 PS/1980 kg (Wheels magazine Australia, 12/05)
7:40 - Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, Klaus Ludwig (AutoBild 07/04)
7:41 - Manthey Porsche GT3 M410, 413 PS/1320 kg (160.868 kph) (Autobild 07/04)
7:42 - Porsche 997 GT3, 415 PS/1440kg, Walter Röhrl (Automobil 05/06)
7:42 - Ford GT, 550 PS/ 1521 kg (as indicated by Octane magazine, 11/05)
7:43 - Chevrolet Corvette C6 Z06, 512 PS/1319 kg, Jan Magnussen, 2005/06/23 (news release, pictures)
7:43 - Lamborghini Murcielago (Autocar magazine 02)
7:44 - Pagani Zonda S 550 PS/ 1280 kg (sport auto 02/05)
7:46 - Porsche 996 GT2, 462 PS/1450 kg (sport auto 06/01)
7:47 - Porsche 996 GT3 RS (sport tyres)
7:48 - Porsche 997 GT3, 415 PS/1440kg (sport auto 07/06)
7:50 - Westfield Megabusa, 180 PS/440 kg
7:50 - Lamborghini Murcielago, (sport auto 06/02)
7:50 - BMW M3 E46 CSL, 360 PS/1421 kg (sport auto 08/03)
7:52 - Porsche 996 GT3 (381 hp)
7:52 - Lamborghini Gallardo
7:53 - Chevrolet Corvette Z06
7:54 - Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 ^{[citation needed]}
7:55 - Caterham R500 Superlight, 233 PS/460 kg, Robert Nearn (EVO magazine 07/00)
7:55 - Ferrari F430 F1, 490 PS/1493 kg (sport auto 01/06)
7:56 - Porsche 996 Turbo (sport auto 06/00)
7:56 - Honda NSX-R, 280 PS/1270 kg, Incomplete lap, Motoharu Kurosawa, (best MOTOring 08/02)
7:56 - Ferrari 360 stradale (sport tyres)
7:57 - Lotec Porsche 993 Turbo (600 hp, racing suspension)
7:59 - Porsche 997 Carrera S, PASM setting “Performance”, Walter Röhrl, (WHEELS 06/04)
7:59 - Nissan Skyline GT-R R33, 280 PS/1530 kg Dirk Schoymans (Autocar magazine 1997)
7:59 - Chevrolet Corvette C6 Z51,405 PS/1481 kg, driver Dave Hill (manufacturer claim)
7:59 - Subaru Impreza Sti Spec-C (Prototype), 280 PS/1370 kg (Subaru News 2004 [1])
8:01 - Bugatti EB 110 Supersport, 610 PS/1410 kg
8:07 - Ferrari 550
8:09 - Lamborghini Diablo SV
8:09 - Ferrari 360 Modena
8:09 - Honda NSX-R, 320 PS/1467 kg, sport tires, suspension modification (sport auto 08/02)
8:10 - Chrysler Viper GTS
8:11 - Mitsubishi Lancer evo IX GSR,280 PS/1420 kg, Takayuki Kinoshita (Best MOTOring 02/05)
8:12 - Porsche 993 Turbo (430 hp version)
8:13 - Ferrari 355 GTB (Sport Auto 10/1994)
8:15 - BMW Z8 400 hp
8:17 - Porsche 996 C2
8:22 - Nissan Skyline GT-R R32
8:22 - BMW M Coupe 321 hp
8:25 - Jaguar XKR (Sport Auto)
8:25 - Porsche Cayman S (Sport Auto)
8:26 - BMW 335i Coupe (Sport Auto)
8:25 - Audi RS4 375 hp
8:28 - Porsche 993 C2
8:28 - BMW M5 400 hp
8:32 - Porsche Boxster S
8:35 - BMW M3 Coupe E36, 321 hp
8:36 - Opel Astra OPC, 240 PS/1355 kg, Manuel Reuter (mfr., oct,05), sport compact record holder
8:37 - Mercedes C32 AMG
8:38 - Honda NSX
8:39 - Honda S2000
8:40 - Chevrolet Corvette C5 automatic, 344 PS/1505 kg (sport auto 07/97)
8:42 - Audi S4 265 hp
8:42 - Lotus Exige
8:49 - Jaguar XKR Coupe
8:52 - Mercedes CLK 430