Ferrari F150 Tipped as First Production Car to Set Sub-7 Minute Nurburgring Lap Time
As we get closer and closer to the debut of Ferrari’s next supercar, the successor to the Enzo, more details are leaking out surrounding the internally-named F150 Project.
With details surfacing earlier this week surrounding the final specifications on the exotic, it’s now being reported that the Italian automaker has estimated a 1:20 Fiorano lap time and a sub-7 minute lap time around the Nurburgring.
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Those testing laps were done with Formula One driver Fernando Alonso behind the wheel, and if it proves to be true, it’ll be the first-ever production car to run the Nurburgring in under seven minutes.
The only street legal car to ever run a sub-7 minute time is the Radical SR8, though it’s hardly a production car and not street legal in much of the world. The next closest time belongs to the Gumpert Apollo, with its 7:11.57 while the generally accepted best lap time by a true street legal production car is the Dodge Viper ACR with a 7:12.13.
[Source: Auto-Blog.com.mx via Motor Trend]
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