Comments are entertaining. There were reports of the ZR1 doing lap after lap at the Nurburgring.....I guess heatsoak isn't a problem with that supercharger setup.
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Flying or Standing start? Should make interesting fodder for the car mags
From the blog: "The lap began with a rolling start – which falls in line with current industry practices – and the time was confirmed both through an electronic timing system and two hand-held stopwatches."
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An in-car video will be posted when the engineering team returns from Germany. Look for it the week of July 7!
Should be interesting to see the video. Not bad considering how much of this car is "old" technology compared to the GT-R.
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Re: ZR1 laps Nurburgring in 7:26
Amazing! I read an earlier post comparing lap times at the ring, and the ZR1 tops many ultra expensive foreign brands. Don't you just love, Mom, Chevrolet, and applie pie!
Congrats to the entire Corvette staff for bringing the ZR1 into the world!
Guys, we're going to look back and call these the good old days. This is definitely awesome to witness.
Can't wait to see times for the GT-R V-spec to see what the top dog will do. Competition is indeed the best thing that ever happened to Corvette and all other performance cars.
-The timed lap was run with a rolling start, a departure from our previous practice of standing starts. This is more aligned with current industry practice.
-Over the last two weeks, we have been doing our final tuning and testing there before we start ZR1 production cars. This morning (Friday June 27), General Motors development engineer Jim Mero drove the Corvette ZR1 around the Nürburgring in a time of 7:26.4.
-Jim commented after the lap that conditions were good except for a strong headwind down the main straight and that the lap was solid, but he felt there were a few places he could have gone faster.
-Despite posting one of the fastest times ever run by a production car, Nürburgring lap times were not an over-riding priority in the development of the ZR1. The truth is, if the only priority was speed at the ring, the car would not be very pleasant to drive on American roads.
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