Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Fwd: TOM asked us to send you this post from Autoblog

[Mike Fleischer (themightytoe]

Well

I think the Porsche guys are not the only ones who are crying fowl on 
the GT-R's lap times at the ring.  The last HPDE I did, I was fortunate 
to be in the same group of instructors alongside Tom Wallace (head of 
the Corvette program at GM) who had some pretty strong comments (and 
language) about the GT-R's lap times vs its claimed hp ratings and curb 
weight...  The GM team looked at the videos very very closely.  And yes 
Tom drove his ZR-1 very very well...

So I think the Porsche guys are likely onto something, though the GT-R 
is still pretty impressive just the same.

My $0.02

red5hilser [at] aol.com wrote:
> 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
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> Porsche accuses Nissan GT-R of cheating the 'Ring
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> 09-30-2008
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> Click above for high-res gallery of the Nissan GT-R
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>
> 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.
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> 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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