Ladies and Gentlemen of the Internet, please move on to the fastest production car ever to overtake Nuremberg. At 5pm on November 4, German racing driver Maro Angle set a laptop time of 6m 43.616 seconds in the new Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series, beating the Lamborghini Aventor SVJ in just one second and the Porsche 911 GT2RS in about four seconds.
Mercedes tells us that for the record effort, which was carried out on a cold day on the track, which is “not yet completely dry”, the Black Series made full use of the adjustable suspension and arrow. It extends the front part of the blade to the ‘race’ position and adjusts the lower and upper blades of the rear wing to their middle position.
In the meantime, set the adjustable anti-roll bars to their strict setting, leaving the adjustable coilover suspension on the front and rear axles by -3..8 and -3 degree camber dial-in and and mm and mm mm front / rear. ”. It claims that “customers can also take advantage of all these settings and variations”. If said customers, easily help with a set of spreaders.
Angel set the nine-phase traction control system to six or seven “depending on the part of the track” position. And standard fitted Michelin “Pilot Sport Cup 2R MO” tires worn in black on the lap.
Nowadays the attempt to set a record-breaking laptop time on the ring is governed by a strict set of rules to keep everyone on the level playing field. Vehicles and tires are inspected “in terms of their range-of-production condition”, sophisticated time devices must be used and an independent notary must be present to verify that the manufacturers are behaving themselves.
Vehicles are placed in the category as determined by the German Federal Motor Transport Authority – the Black is a “sports car” – and twice the record. The ring is for a full 20.832 km circuit as registered on the website. However, manufacturers cite a 20.6km circuit time, which Mercedes has said for years is “the standard of all things.” The short lap has different start and end lines, so if you think about it, it’s really no bend.
It is time for a course of 20.6 kilometers at the beginning of this time. Black’s laptop time for a 20.832km circuit is 6m 48.047s. The record for the fastest “production car” yet to overtake Norberg.
But black is not the ‘ring-legal sports car’ that lapsed the ‘ring’. That honor goes to the modified Porsche 911 GT2 RS by Manthi Racing, which set a time of 6m 40.3s (6m 44.749s for 20.832km tracks) in early 2018.
