Pagani Zonda F Is Fastest At Nurburgring's Nordschliefe

The Pagani Zonda F Clubsport has set a new production car record for a lap of the Nurburgring's Nordschliefe.

The carbon-fibre-clad supercar lapped the 'Ring in 7:27.82, shaving two-tenths of a second off the previous record, held by the Porsche Carrera GT.

That's an average speed just shy of 99mph around the 12.3-mile course - an astonishing achievement even for a car as focused as the Zonda.

Powered by a 7.3-litre V12 putting out 641bhp, the Clubsport weighs 1,224kg. That means a power-to-weight ratio of 541bhp per tonne and a 0-62mph time of around 3.5 seconds.

Pagani quotes a top speed of 214mph, and while we can't imagine the Clubsport topped that around the Green Hell, it's a record that'll take a superhuman effort to beat.

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ThierryHenry14 - 10/19/2007 10:04:20 AM

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WOW. I thought they were building less than 25? I guess they bumped up production for homologation.

SevorbeupstryIsBack - 10/19/2007 11:04:22 AM

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Why post this now? This is OLD news! I knew this already for at least a month!

RustHurricane - 10/19/2007 1:19:25 PM

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oh, a month old is nothing.

lenkun - 10/19/2007 1:10:10 PM

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That's pretty good. Almost as fast as the new GT-R and IS-F. Now that "F" stands for "fast".

However, this article is not current because the fastest is actually the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 and Ferrari FXX which both has been clocked at 7:15 and 7:19 at the Nurburgring.

A few older cars were faster as well, but wasn't listed because it's currently still under dispute. The three cars are the Mclaren F1 LM and two Mercedes-Benzs. The CLK-GTR and The SLR 722.

The SLR 722 went around the Nurburgring at a record time of 7:22 besting the highly modified Pagani Zonda, hence the name was used to honor it's achievments.

07mcs - 10/19/2007 2:12:13 PM

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I thought 7:22 was the time that the race started for the silver arrows in the Mille Miglia or some other race.

ThierryHenry14 - 10/19/2007 2:49:13 PM

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Where did you get these numbers, may I ask?

henbmw - 10/19/2007 8:20:19 PM

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Oh great. We have another idiot...

golfer38 - 10/20/2007 9:52:39 AM

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Ya' may want to check your facts before you respond tp articles on this site. Definitely the start time of the race.

BTW, incredible car the Zonda, and the best sounding exhaust I've ever heard.

mmeecc - 10/19/2007 2:22:54 PM

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lenkun

Bugatti Veyron is at 7:40, and NO the McLaren did NOT lap in 7:22

byhsu

You're right, it was the starting time at the Mille Miglia.

Happy to hear someone knows about cars.

07mcs - 10/19/2007 2:30:37 PM

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I hate it when all these poster post a bunch of bull and don't know jack themselves.

mmeecc: By the way, thanks for confirming it was the Mille Miglia.

SevorbeupstryIsBack - 10/19/2007 2:36:25 PM

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The Veyron's time is very conservative. It should be faster than 7:40.

ThierryHenry14 - 10/19/2007 2:48:44 PM

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The only reason it is not is because of its massive weight, and the impact that that weight and its speed has on the tyres.

Threepoint1415926 - 10/19/2007 4:51:13 PM

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I imagine it makes a bunch of time back up on the back straight. Does anyone know if the CLK-GTR has actually been clocked around the ring and if so, it's time? I see it and the Zonda F as sibling cars considering their power plants.

Heyhuub - 10/20/2007 9:39:37 AM

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The Veyron's time was never tested, it was just an estimate from an australian magazine.

ThierryHenry14 - 10/19/2007 5:20:33 PM

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I wonder how much gas does the W16 consume during a run around the ring?

Alec - 10/20/2007 1:57:24 AM

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Supposedly it will empty its entire tank in 12 minutes, when driven pretty hard. So lets just say it does just enough for you to go around the ring 1 1/8 way through before you run out.

golfer38 - 10/20/2007 9:55:16 AM

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It will empty its tank in 12 minutes going 252 mph, not "driven pretty hard".