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The original was posted on /r/cars by /u/hi_im_bored13 on 2025-08-02 03:02:42+00:00.
Its only after 2019 that record attempts have been properly regulated, mandating the full length of the track with a flying start, before that everyone settled on the 20.6km lap
Just seeing a lot of folks who were comparing times from Porsche & Mercedes for 20,600m laps against the ZR1/X and GTD, saying that the 3RS was faster and/or that e.g. it compares to the performante – to add insult to injury until now wikipedia was mixing-and-matching the short and long times.
Both could have done better but the times to compare are as follows:
- 6:29 - AMG One
- 6:43 - 2RS Manthey
- 6:48 - GT Black Series
- 6:49.275 - ZR1X
- 6:49.328 - 992.1 3RS
- 6:49.42 - SVJ
- 6:50.763 - ZR1
- 6:51.45 - 2RS non-manthey
- 6:52.072 - GTD
...
- 6:56.45 - Huracan Performante
Can't tell if a lot of the folks talking about a 6:40, 6:30 were discussing the shorter or the longer lap. This is also why the 7m Viper ACR lap, as impressive as it is, isn't comparable to the old or new GTD lap, its several more seconds slower comparing apples to apples.
Incredible even considering that how much of a differential the Manthey has, especially over the stock car, some of that down to the tyre (2 vs. 2R) but also had a chance to try a manthey car a good while back and its staggering how much of a difference a few changes made
And tidbit, huracan lap was perfectly legal (much to the dismay of keyboard warriors everywhere at the time) but lamborghini did shave the tires! Mercedes also needed to use a larger front splitter, than retroactively added an extendable version to the production car, not for road use. SVJ lap had a full cage and gutted interior.
But point is, none of this matters too much, they are all fantastic cars, some a bit sketchy, and are on the spectrum of unobtainable, obviously some more than others
Thank you to the one user that fixed the issue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Lostinthecode