Piloted by GT3 driver Maro Engel, the Black Series was fitted with a set of road-legal Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R MO tyres developed specifically for the Black Series, and had its standard aero setup tweaked to suit the challenging conditions of the Nürburgring, knocking the Aventador SVJ off the top spot as the world’s fastest production car. The most recent addition to the list is Mercedes-AMG’s GT Black Series, with its 6:43.616 lap the eighth fastest of all-time, but also the fastest lap ever achieved by a road-legal production car. Piloted by Christian Danner, the racer was powered by a 2-litre naturally-aspirated BMW four-cylinder, a unit that also saw action in Brabham’s famous BT52 Formula 1 car (albeit in 1.5-litre turbocharged-form). Next on the list was another lap from 1983, with UK-based March Engineering bagging fifth place on the all-time list with its 832 Formula 2 car.
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On the same day as Bellof’s famous lap, German driver Jochen Mass achieved a time of 6:16.85.
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Proving just how committed drivers were in the golden age of endurance racing, not to mention what an incredible Nordschleife weapon the Porsche 956 is, it also takes the fourth spot on this list.
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In May 1983, the then 25 year old racing driver set an astonishing time of 6:11.13 in a Porsche 956 during qualifying for the Nurburgring 1000km.Īfter this date, top-level Le Mans prototypes no longer used the 12.9-mile Nordschleife for competition, with the GP circuit also added as part of the lap – hence why the record around the Nordschleife stood for so long. The outright record was long-held by the late Stefan Bellof for 35 years, until the aforementioned 919 came along in 2018.