Re: Here we go again: ZR1 - 7:26.4 at Nur
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SoCal Alan said:Tadge J. Juechter, Corvette's chief engineer, announced this morning that Jim Mero, GM's development engineer, drove the ZR1 around the Nurburgring in 7:26.4.
If an engineer can lap the Ring in 7:26, imagine what the car would do in the hands of HVS!
GM always says crazy things like that. When the laptime for the Z06 was set, they claimed it was set by David Hill, project Director. He certainly wasn't the driver back then...
I think that David Hill's lap was run this year as an individual not as a GM employee. I imagine that his time can easily be challenged by a professional driver.
I thought the time attributed to Dave Hill WAS set by a pro driver (Jan Magnussen or someone), even though the press release said Dave set it...
It was Magnussen. FWIW, the GT-R times was 7.29 so the Z1 beats it.
Alan, I doubt HvS can even come close to this time. It just is not in his DNA.
Turbo Al, the consternation is that an America car has beaten the Supercars of Europe. That cannot be.
I can believe the time given what a ZO6 can do and this car has well over 600hp and lighter weight.
Unlike you Nick, most of us are not blinded by badges harping against HvS and Porsche. We are dealing with the realities of stated numbers and performance. The ZR1 Numbers are believable given the numbers, the GTRs are just harder the believe especially in comparison. Remember the ZR1 is lighter and with almost 200 bhp more than the GTR. This is always been the basis of our skepticism.