Porsche 911 GT3 breaks the Nurburgring lap record with a manual gearbox

Nürburgring Nordschleife record break alert! The Porsche 911 GT3 with a manual gearbox has now broken the record for the fastest production car with a manual transmission on the Nürburgring Nordschleife. The Porsche 911 GT3 with a manual gearbox has lapped the Nurburgring in 6:56.294 minutes, beating the previous record, held by the more powerful Dodge Viper ACR, by more than 9.5 seconds.

The extensive performance-oriented development on the 911 GT3 with the Weissach package allowed the manual version to be 3.633 seconds faster than the predecessor model (992.1) with a PDK twin-clutch gearbox. The record-breaking lap attempt was being piloted by Porsche brand ambassador Jörg Bergmeister.

Bergmeister, describing the handling of the sports car, mentioned, “We learned a lot from the 911 GT3 RS, especially with the chassis. The car is much more stable on bumps and over the curbs. And thanks to the eight-per-cent-shorter gear ratio, there is noticeably more drive from the rear axle when accelerating with the same engine power. Even if it would have been a few seconds faster with the seven-speed PDK – with the six-speed manual gearbox I definitely had more to do on the fast lap – and it was therefore even more fun.”

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