The ‘Ring Record Taken By BMW M3 CSL – 7:22.8

Last month, I posted about a fresh Nordschleife record that was taken by the Pagani Zonda F… a car that those with the cash could actually acquire. Other records are more impressive, but the cars to accomplish them wouldn’t be deemed street legal and have been modified beyond reason. That’s why the Zonda, to many, had the #1 real record for the ‘Ring.

Well, it hasn’t even been a month and that record was also smashed (by six seconds!). I am also not sure what’s more exciting, the fact that it was done with my favorite car or the fact that the entire video has been posted online for all adrenaline junkies to glue themselves to. For you curious which non-road car actually holds the record, it would be the Radical SR8, with a lap of 6:55. That video is here.

Source: James Lipman

The incredible thing is that the car puts out 532.7 rear-wheel horsepower and weighs 3,139 pounds with thirty liters of fuel. That means it has 70 fewer HP and weighs 400 pounds more than the Pagani Zonda F it dethroned. The car can’t be faster down the straights, so this must be all in the corners. We wouldn’t mind seeing videos of the two laps side-by-side to find out where the BMW leaves its Italian competition behind.

Source: Loaded.se Via: Autoblog