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Carlos from Spain said:
Taken with a grain of salt since its a factory claim but... not bad for a 2+2 seater, with creature conforts, complete active and passive safety elements, efficient and perfroming in all weather and conditions, GT-tourer, practical, reliable, fun, etc... anybody can match that?
Lets wait till Saurma tests it, that will be the reference time.
Are you getting one?
Once again, I ask how can the 997TT time be faster by 14 sec. over the 430 given that the 430 has more hp, performance tires, carbon brakes, F1, in race mode (suspension adjusted for track) and is lighter? If Von Saurma is consistent, he will bring the 997TT in around 7:55(the time must be faster than the 430). 
The manipulation of Ring times by all manufaturers and magazines has become a cottage industry and has reached the shameful stage. Why anyone would take these time seriously is incomprehensible. 
There is a pretty good article on this week's UK Autocar mag about the Turbo.
The mag is usually consistent with their news and one of the most serious publications on the market IMO.
The Ring time is confirmed, on sport tyres. RC, you were right once again!
Of course those tyres, similar to sport pilot cup I presume will be proned to aquaplanning but that's a normal trade of.
Nick,
Although I do not have a rigourous answer to your question, Carlos' reply is justified.
The big ring is not really adapted to Ferrari's racey engine, on the contrary, it has poor road surfaces replicating the kind of curves you'd find on the open road.
The Turbo's time is substantially better bc if its massive torque, so over one lap, on that track, torque and traction are king.
Two things though, it doesn't prove which driver will have the most fun, that's up to each of us and secondly, there's the weight issue, leading me to think that over a 10 laps race, I'd be curious to know who would finish first, with similar drivers of course.
Having said that, neither car is really made for 10 laps non stop full blast!
Everyone have their own prefferences and its like politics.. we can go on discussin which car that is best for ages and will never come to consensus... but that's a part of participating in forum discussions so I'll live with that after all 
or turbo Brano 
