2009 Corvette ZR1's 7:26.4 Nürburgring Lap

[nissanw1]

why in all videos the start and end position for timing is different?

[etienne6657]

yes i am, a 6'3 tall oopa loopa!

[etienne6657]

Pretty impressive for such a big car....

[Tungsten23]

@etienne6657, big? What are you a oopa loopa?

[darkeyce02]

im glad it shows mph and not kmh

[scotty72695]

@Bpg2attheh the zr1 utilizes the same top performence racing tires as the ''10 viper srt10 they're michilien

[scotty72695]

@Runescapeownsnubs why would an american sport production car have a steering wheel on the right side u know nothing about cars look at ur username!.

[sarita11687]

I would give up sex to drive on this course.

[TheBrasilR1]

it was one day before my birthday!!!!!! :-D LOL

alpinestars gloves XD!

- 286,4 KMP/H!!!!!!

[TheBrasilR1]

it was one day before my birthday!!!!!! :-D LOL

[XfsxnfsX]

Just look at that brutal acceleration

[InnerMentalCage]

There is no sense of speed on this at all. It must have been terrifying with the speeds he was going at!

[oxcide101]

I touched this car in real life =D Burgandy with the NUR sticker on the back bumper some things the do not note on these vids are they have alot of saftey stuff inside the car during these lap videos. Also i noticed the clear part on the hood was painted black.

[copimedia]

Great car for the price but far from the lap record, go check the Ferrari 599XX lap record of 6:58.

[NegerKim]

@copimedia Dude, the Ferrra 599XX is NOT a road car. If you'd mentioned the Viper ACR instead, well, that would've been another case.

[metalheadstef8]

I wonder what a C6RS will do!! According to a review I watched it's lighter than the ZR-1 and also track-built! Anyways, great video! Very nice driving! And to all those guys saying he can go faster: I agree, he could have pushed the car a bit more and if there was no wind, but Nurburgring is a really tricky course and (no offense) NONE of us could have reached a 7:45, let alone beat this time! It takes THOUSANDS of laps to get to know the 'Ring!!!!

Greets!

[BimmerM5e39]

The Enzo hit almost 192mph vs the Corvettes ZR1's 179mph and thats NA vs SC. This shows supercharger has strain on a cars topspeed because of accessory drag. The enzo was more twitchy I would say the ZR1 is better to drive and less prone to understeer. And if you could bump up the PSI on the SC I think it would match the enzo. I hope the time for both cars were with street tires.

[metalheadstef8]

@BimmerM5e39 Look man, you get it wrong! Top speed has almost nothing to do with horsepower or forced induction. It's all about revs and gearbox ratio! Every car has a certain graph that shows it's speed every 1000rpm. E.g. if a car does 40kph@1000rpm and has a rev limit of 8000 it's top speed is approximately 320kph. So, if you search you'll find out that the Enzo has a higher rev limiter. About the accessory drag you talk about, it affects horsepower, not speed! Cheers!

[teamlaguna]

GET IT BOY !!! NICE RIDE. THX

[K9LLL]

wow that is incredibly quiet or so it sounds awesome video too thanks

[RedneckRestorations]

AWESOME DRIVER AND CAR..!!!

[youlance29]

ZR1 IS KING!!!!

[runescapeownsnubs]

Steering wheeel is on the wrong side.

[Etern4lSlay3r]

@runescapeownsnubs stupid its the right side you brit fuck

[67427Man]

Nice ride! Thanks for taking us along!

[Nosillla]

Fantastic driver. Fantastic car.

[brando024]

The Stig will do it in 1:16.8. Faster than the Gumpert Apollo S.

[grestopi]

i put vertical doors on this cars, ground light effects and push button start.there's also a catalytic converter so it has the federal emmisions requirements. fast as hell!

[afreemind69]

I hope you are joking, you must be from miami or something, this car is meant to be appreciated for its abilities, not how you can pimp it out

[afreemind69]

Good question iiredeye, according to wikipedia, the Zonda F clubsport actually has 641 hp so that may narrow the gap, also the heavier weight and lower torque curve may actually stabilize the corvette on the bumps and uneven pavement that make the ring so difficult, the driver and track conditions would give any time a couple second margin of error

[iiredeye]

Sorry yes got my F's and R's mixed up..............easy mistake to make after a few beers........ well spotted though.

[brando024]

Only a complete fucking idiot would do something like that to this amazing machine!

[brando024]

refering to grestopi.... retard!

[ryanith2]

this track is hard as balls on forza 2 but it is possible to destroy this lap time you have to mod your car so that you have lots of acceleration and good braking

[hollowpoint45acp]

do you realize how stupid you sound? a great lap in a real car, and a fucking pussy starts talking about a video game. nice work, baby.

[wwxasw]

no se si sera coche hay en nurburgring para batirse con un todo poderoso porsche gt3 encima conducido por el tremendo piloto de pruebas de porsche walter rhool o como se escriba el tipo una leyenda en rallyes pero el corvette camina y mucho sobra decir que es el mejor corvette sacado hasta la fecha siempre han sido corriones pero en los semaforos en circuitos no se sentian muy comodos pero esta bestia tiene una pegada desde 0 alucinante¡¡¡ 8.0cc 500cv si no me equivoco buuffff¡¡¡

[iiredeye]

I have a few issues with this lap 1st this test was conducted by GM, so how tempting would it be to wind up the power a bit for the test so as to try and deceive that this car is a world beater, was the car scrutinised and dyno'ed after test was it weighed? 2nd is the ZR1 really almost 23 sec faster than the Z06? 3rd how can a car producing 638hp and weighing 1520kgs be only 1.7sec slower than the Pagani Zonda F Clubsport 750 hp less than 1180kgs with no doubt a much more sophisticated chassis??

[bpg2attheh]

i know that the corvette makes 400 ft/lb of torque at idle its power comes in a lot sooner than a zonda f plus it has enzo brakes. i wouldnt be surprised to find out that GM ran the lap with slicks or some form of racing tire, but it is still really damn fast

[iiredeye]

Yes good call it is still really fast, good news is Topgear have got it soon so the stig will be let loose in it then finally will will have an honest and true comparison with it's rivals, currently we have on the board in 12th place Porsche GT2 1:19.5, 14th place Nissan GTR 1:19.7,15th place Ferrari 430 scuderia 1:19.7 and in 25th place the Z06 with a 1:22.4 I would love to hear everyone predictions of what time they think the ZR1 can make.Clarkson has just bought a new ZR1 so they must be gd

[Misfits0113]

guess GM needs more bailout money to make more of this "piece of shit" car they call a sports car. No thanks, fuck corvettes!!

[eben81]

i went for a ride in one of these cars and im a japanese car fan and for your information this car shits acidic diarrhea all over your retarded ugly face and then your parents explode in a fire!!!

[knaagi]

Are GM´s financial problems all you can come up with after seeing another vette spanks euro asses?

[snaketits1]

excuse me while I cruise at 175...

[Modaddy16]

Wow...that track looks so much harder in real video than Gran Turismo haha...I guess all the elevation changes and heaving pavement explain how the low-end torque of the s/c v8 can really help on this track...amazing to say the least!

[KWall10]

on the big up hill straight... it looked like the right side of the car went off the track... around 4:00 - 4:25

[Suazovic]

This will give nissan and audi a run for their money! Save GM!!!!

[88FanNASCAR]

He went to the GM School of High Performance Driving in Phoenix, Arizona (Yes, this is a real place and there's a real high performance driving school. Don't believe me? Look it up). I'm just guessing he did.

[SportsCarAdvisors]

complete mastery. man and machine.

[trekinseattle]

Jesus 1:06 he had it airborne

[JDUNIT038011]

lol not bad thought it woulda hit 200 tho wat a pussy hahaha lol nah it was ok lol

[Slifer556]

I think there was a strong headwind preventing him from reaching a higher speed.

[peter94e]

Strong headwind? Uh.... for the other half of the track that would magically turn into a strong tailwind...

[slycli]

Long live pure American Muscle. The Gtr is still just a Nissan with a V6 turbocharged. JUNK!

[blackdubsociety]

I want an independent test done with the corvette and GTR. and the cars must be from a dealership lot, not manufacturer PR cars.

[LuconProductions]

Haha this guy is one of my family friends.

[kurlis]

i bet sabine could shave off 5 to 10 secs off his time

[ferrarijeff]

I've watched this video a couple of times now. I'm not an expert on "The Ring" but it seems that Jim Mero could've gotten quite a bit more out of the ZR1 on this track. He missed a number of apexes and wasn't always on the gas properly. Speaking of that, can anyone tell me why he never got above 178, even on that very long last straightaway? He only had the revs up to around 5300. Considering the ZR1 can do 205 on the flat I would have expected to see at least 190-195 here.

[Homerdoh31]

I KNOWW!!!

and he didn't even heel-toe-downshift!

:/

he could have gotten a much better time!!!!

[Christoo92]

he did have a heavy headwind on the main straight... they should have Sabine Schmitz do laps for every car... that way we'd know the true lap times for each car... skill levels vary too much from driver to driver. That's why Top Gear got the Stig!

[steelerfreek007]

how does that smell to the ultra-exotics? something with pushrods and a f/r layout smokes them like a pack of MARLBROS!! LONG LIVE DETROIT MENTALITY!!!

[V10SuprA]

What a nescient remark.

You DO know that the GTR is eaten alive by the ZR1 on the Nurburgring? This lap isn't as nearly as good as it can get. Just wait.

[cjshull]

sorry dude, it isn't... it is simply not as fast of a car. Nissan has no plans to beat the ZR1 in production form.

[tecato666]

gtr destroy the zr1 hahahahahahahahahahahahhhahaha­hhaha

[WhrsTheMoneyLabowski]

The GTR only got &:2:03 zr1 destroyed it

[WhrsTheMoneyLabowski]

7:29:03

[xXturbo86Xx]

and if it is.....i expected more...as did GM talked about more....

[xXturbo86Xx]

this isn't the ZR1...its a stock Z06

[niceremark]

As somebody who knows Corvettes well,I'd like to see a lap at the hands of Jan Magnussen now.If you really get into it there are whole seconds just frittered away through engaging corners too quickly and missing apexs like they're going out of fashion. The car definitely has more in it than that.

[niceremark]

gp900bj>>I tried looking for the controversy and could not find it any where so if you could be so kind as to show me where this is posted because as of right now Pistoheads has said nothing short of calling the new Corvette Phenomenal.I think for some people to actually say that this is an American Super Car is kinda hard even to the point of choking up and tearing up, specially those GT-R fans! WOW what a show of phenomenal engineering. Thank You

[granturismoking]

themuzaA is correct. If you don't believe him, just read the latest Nissan Motorsport mag, why do you think there was zero sound? because they didn't ant you to hear what the car really had on it.

[themuzeA]

7:29 was ran because the GT-R had racing tires and more boost than stock..

[Tsukasa36]

I mean, I'm personally a GT-R fan, but I gotta give credit to ZR1, since you don't get a good lap time in nurburgring with just a power increase. That having been said, I think Nissan is coming out with GT-R V-Spec that might beat the time set by ZR1, and the price range is the same with ZR1, so ZR1 should be compared with GT-R V-spec. BTW silentshadow7r7, computers and 4wheel steering in GT-R actually interfere with the driver if you are driving at a professional level.

[cr00kedfencepost]

i would laugh so hard if he just crashed it

[danieleriskay]

"Seriously, considering this cars power and weight, the GT-Rs time is still significantly more impressive."

Considering the power and weight of my '92 Toyota Camry, it's time is significantly more impressive than the GT-Rs...

[BamFor07]

A nice try at an excuse, seen allot of those lately.

[danyhritcu]

Don't be so excited about all this cars buzzin' around ring right now....the new 911 generation is gonna come back.... and is gonna hit hard ..

[danieleriskay]

"he new 911 generation is gonna come back.... and is gonna hit hard ."

Are you joking? Porsche will not be able to produce this kind of price performance for many years. I don't even think they'll bother trying, except possibly for some very limited, extremely expensive car.

[Poffter]

maledettoGT:

So the fact that the Corvette still looks and feels like a C4 doesn't bother you?

Or that the panel gaps are visible from space?

The C6 in all forms is a really cool car, astonishingly cool as a matter of fact but... Price? Comfort? Road-ability?

This is a race car, the GT-R is a road car.

Btw; This is the 3rd Corvette C6; GT-R V-Spec Nür will own this thing. (I think that is what the japanese dude was trying to say)

[maledettoGT]

well I like the C5 looks way more than the C6. I don't think it feels like the C4, because the C4 was not transaxle as the C5/C6. And even if the finishing is rubbish it's not supposed to be a luxury car.

The GT-R V-Spec will outrun the ZR1 I'm sure it will. But so what? if they put the electronics on the Vette it will outrun the GT-R too, because it's lighter.

The point is that electronics kill the fun. The GT-R is not a Driver's car.

It's all about the feeling. Not just the speed.

[SilentShadow7r7]

quick question, have you even driven a C6 and a C4? if you have, then you'd know that the two are far from feeling similar. and looks wise, c'mon, look at ferraris and lambos, they all share similar designs from older models. new design stylings are improvements from older ones. basically, if it ain't broke don't fix it...just make it better.

[maledettoGT]

Now take that GT-R. A real car, with only RWD, manual gearbox and few electronic aid.

Not a freaking computer with wheels attached to it.

7:26.4 without sacrificing the driving experience. Real car for real men!

That said, to me electronics are for women and nerds that can't drive properly.

[donthate08ter]

right on brother! not to mention that an engineer was behind the wheel - not a racecar driver. now imagine what time a professional driver would turn in...

[RoadRunner7272]

Jim Mero has raced

FINAL RESULTS FOR RACE NUMBER - 8 FV

Valvoline Runoffs on October 9-15 1995

SCCA Club Racing, speed is in ones blood.

I'l take the Nissan & the Vette, Vette for weekends as the fule price would send any man broke & the nissan for the week of fun running around ;)

[SilentShadow7r7]

damn straight! i'd give up drive computers for the gratification of knowing i controlled the car with MY own skill and not some electronic nanny imposing guidelines and safety nets that hinder a vehicle's top performance.

[shikishima2]

Ｐｏｏｒ　ＧＭ

まあ、これ以上速く走れないて感じだね

恐らくＧＴＲのラップタイム更新を是が非でもとばかりに血眼にな­って必死だったんだろうね・・

ＧＴＲの様に新しい技術もなし、連続走行平均ラップタイムも計測­なし、ただ目先のラップタイムだけが全ての 当に馬鹿なアメリカ人そのものの阿呆車・・トホホ

それに引き換えＧＴＲはニュルのラップタイムが速いばかりでなく­、無茶な運転でなくとも誰でも速く走れ、他 のライバル車に比べ天候に左右されにくい安定した速さを備えてい­る。当に究極のロードゴーイングカーだ

水野氏が言う通り「サーキットを走るだけなら車体を軽くすればい­い。しかし、あらゆる状況下の公道を・・・ 」つまり、スタンダードタイプであれだけ速いＧＴＲだが、サーキ­ット走行重視のＳＰＥＣ－Ｖは想像絶する超 絶な速さの市販車として誕生する訳だ。zr1はコルベットの究極­型でマージンがもう無い。アメ公以外需要は 無いだろう。欧州も日本も一部の変わり者以外まず買わない

けどＧＴＲはＳＴＤ→ＳＰＥＣ－Ｖ→ＳＰＥＣ－ＶⅡ→ついでにＲ­３５ ＮＩＳＭＯ ＧＴＲ "Ｚ－ｔｕｎｅ"まである

[sayakaisoyama]

nissan-chu otsu.

The legacy FR layout commercial car beat the GTR.

This is the fact.

You are absolutely loser.

lol

[Apsihopedas]

What a machine!! I drove the Z06; this sounds meaner!

[chrisbanach]

wow! 175mph in last segment!!!