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I hate to date myself, but I remember in August, 1957, J. M. Fangio, in a 
Maserati 250-F, passed both Mike Hawthorn and Peter Collins, both driving 
factory Ferraris on the last lap of the German GP, held at the old 14.2 mile a 
lap, Nurburgring, and in the process, set the ULTIMATE lap record of 9:17.

Yer pal, Ferrari Bubba

  


Porsche accuses Nissan GT-R of cheating the 'Ring

09-30-2008


Click above for high-res gallery of the Nissan GT-R


Sour grapes or legitimate complaint? That's the question we're left pondering 
after reading that Porsche believes Nissan must have cheated to record its 
7:29:03 lap time of the famed Nürburgring race circuit. Porsche claims that it 
had been suspicious of the Nissan's lap times, so it acquired a U.S.-spec GT-R 
for testing back-to-back with its own 911 Turbo and GT2. The result? The mighty 
Godzilla was toppled by the Teutonic German duo, with the GT-R posting times=2 
0a good 25-seconds slower than Nissan's claim. 

How can Porsche explain the discrepancy? "This wonder car with 7:29 could not 
have been a regular series production car. For us, it's not clear how this time 
is possible. What we can imagine with this Nissan is they used other tires," 
says August Achleitner, the man in charge of the 911 program. There is footage 
of the GT-R lapping the 'Ring at high speed, but it's taken from inside the car 
where the tires cannot be seen.

Considering the fact that Nissan saw fit to issue a press release commemorating 
the car's 
fast-lap, we doubt this is something that will be taken lightly. There's a big 
can 'o worms here, and Porsche's in the corner holding the opener.

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[Source: Carsguide]


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