It will be very hard to break the all time record set by the Porsche 956. The R8 is a great race car but it doesn't have full ground effects like the Group C cars. That is what is needed to keep the car glued to the track. I do remember a Ring site that stated a year back when Ferrari was doing a photo op there that Schumie tried to break the record. It was in his current F1 car and he got to within a couple seconds of the record. I was never able to find this story again on the site. Maybe it was bull. In any event it would take a SUPER race car to even come close to Porsche.