This so underappreciated by most commenters here. You can see in the video the car is very, very good. But two other things really stand out: the tires make almost no noise (so clearly very soft) and Christian is a fantastic driver.
*But what about AMG GT4?* It should be street legal already, even though it is weaker than GT3 (and cheaper: GT3 costs about $450K and GT4 is "just" 250K).
Again: No slicks or cutted slick-tyres were used for the lap time. AMG will offer two different versions of the Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 for the AMG GT R. A normal one, like it is available for the GT S, and a special one for track driving with a more sticky compound. BUT: Both versions of Cup 2 for the AMG GT R are fully street legal! You can compare the sticky Cup 2 for AMG GT R with the Cup 2 for the Corvette Z06. The grip level feels pretty similar!
Respect for the time. but which type of tyres was on the Porsche Spyder and the Ferrari 488? Is that the reason why the GT R are faster? Or is the only truth that AMG just built an amazing Car?
Extremely impressive and fast time. Such a good time form a publication to. Instead of a lot of laptimes with factory employees with laptops changing who knows what.
Yeah it is. But it's pretty normal. GTR has no restrictor; so full 580 hp turbo against 550 hp atmo for GT3. And GTR has less aero. It's uphill, so with a good driver who knows the lines, he can keep up, just for that part. But Merc GT3 is so f@cking beautiful :)
yep, but I say that GT R could do that lap 0.5 - 0.9 seconds faster if there wasnt that GT3 passing... I am really curios what time AMG GT3 does its under 7:00 for sure
This was an independent test so why would it have slicks? Where exactly did you see slicks on it? The GT3 race car is about 300kg lighter than the GT R and has massively more aerodynamic grip. A modern day GT3 without success ballast would easily do sub 6:50.
I think this is the best Nordschleife production car lap I've ever seen. Just maximum attack! Considering the layout of the car, the front axle grip and response of the GTR is just incredible. The car is a total weapon.
Does it matter? Regardless of rear wheel or all wheel drive, the time it takes to complete 1 lap is how you logically measure how fast a thing is on this stretch of German made bitumen.
@1:14 adjusts his personal middle sectors settings real quick. What an amazing lap, oh and he did all this without any racing GLOVES people. Now i wanna watch the other Merc's video, that thing was fOOking fast.
I'm impressed by so many things right now! First and foremost the driving, that was damn fine work Mr Gebhardt, secondly the frontal downforce nevermind the traction in general is really amazing, and the time achieved, great stuff.
When you're looking after the last seconds on the ring or the last tenths on a regular track, tires are everything. Everybody remember this crazy frenchie who patiently managed to get under 10' with a tiny Citroen AX diesel (58hp). Aside from his sheer dedication, his two keypoints were the "added lightness", à la Chapman, and the Yokohama Advan A048. Standard cheapo Michelin would have needed at least one MINUTE more...
a really fast lap time without any Nurburgring specialised package like the gtr nismo and the lfa packaged times. nothing under the twice of its price can beat its speed
The Beast of the Green Hell is king of Nurburgring, it's best performance, it drives like a V12, loud ass machine. Germany really made one hell of a car
Hut ab! Für Auto und Fahrer! Sehr sehr stramme Runde! 277 Km/h über die Kuppe Schwedenkreuz! Respekt! Wer kommt denn da Breidscheid noch vorbei geflogen?
Honestly, looking at the lap, it could've been even better. Being passed by the GT3 car there was some time lost. If it were hotter there would have probably been more grip... Maybe I'm wrong, but I definitely feel there's more time in the car. Outstanding.
i dont know how the car can go so fast with the enormous weight of this guy's balls on it , damn it takes eggs to drive like that on a car that has realwheel drive with engine in the front , 577 HP and long wheel base , cheers to amg , and my most sincere respect for the driver , you are crazy but you are amazing
I would not dare to be the passenger. To control a car like the AMG GTR costs soo much skill. The car is soo slippery and almost wants to drift and slide in every corner. Im amazed at how much grip this driver made the car have. SCARY !!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Props to AMG if they sell this car with that particular compound on the Sport Cup 2's (the tires were nearly silent the entire lap), but clearly the car is extremely capable and Christian's skills are exceptional. Sport Auto: please have a big comparison test with other top contenders soon with Christian driving them all....
Wait until next Spring.. than you will eat your Words again.. I told ya 3 Month ago that this AMG will Do a 7.10.. everybody was laughing.. what now BITCH ? Please fuck off.. Next Year AMG HYPERCAR will Do under 6.30.. Wanna bet ?
BOB BOB 3 months you trippin' man i never seen you before. And 6:30 is 17 seconds faster than the Zonda R on slicks so i'm not convinced... And Aston got that new Red Bull Hypercar anyway so chill.
Mercedes Rules as always! Mercedes can't anyone stop now, except Porsche, Lamborghini etc., but Mercedes does not end with this amazing car, there is soon also coming the new C63 Black Series Coupe or the Hypercar AMG R50, which will destroy definitely anything, the other two competitors (Bmw, Audi) are no more opponents in the sportscar area for Mercedes! This is an absolute fact!
Leety McLeet lol From bmw you can not buy anyway because they have no supercars ;D. Otherwise thats your opinion, but i think Mercedes built very good supercars, you can also see the Nurburgring-Laptime of AMG GTR which is simply very good, even better than the fastest stock Porsche ever built (918 Spyder), I do not understand why you would not buy a supercar from Mercedes, thats inexplicable to me.
Leety McLeet Porsche 918 Spyder: 7:13 Mercedes AMG-GTR: 7:10 ;) I will say it not only based on the F1 success of Mercedes, when you have a look at the Nürburging lap times, you will see that Mercedes can play well at the top, to example SLS Black Series: 7:25 this lap time was not reached or beaten by any Bmw or Audi model up to now and a few more, and I said that only "Bmw and Audi are no more opponents for Mercedes "EXCEPT" Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini etc."read exactly what I wrote, you mean Ford and Jaguar opponents as Mercedes in the sports car category? LMFAO :D. Thats ridiculous to compare these two brands in this category with Mercedes, and especially "FORD" wtf?!? How many sports cars did they have? And how many good lap times or successes did they have on Tracks? LOOL
Leety McLeet LOL this is the Laptime of the Porsche 918 Spyder with "Weissach package tuning" (lighter, more horsepower), the regular (stock) Laptime of Porsche 918 Spyder on Nürburgring is 7:13, and besides the AMG GTR had not even slicks on it only normal road tires, i am sure it will create with Slicks the laptime under 7 minutes, inform you better before you play here the "smart aleck", wish you a nice 2017 ;)
slick tyres where used and there are bunch of amg people altogether with a beefed up press car, talk about cheating when everybody accuses ferrari while mercedes is doing the same thing lol
The small switch unter the navi-screen is the traction control, as far as i know. and it flashes nearly all the time... doesn't look like the car could handle it's power on it's own...? awesome car, but the flashing light from traction control kind of annoys a bit :D
No, in 7.13 with the same driver as the lap with the AMG GTR: www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/rundenzeiten/supertests/ 6.57 is the lap time claimed by Porsche with a car potentially especially prepared...
Hi Christian, congratulations, amazing lap and no 4 point harness! Did this car have ceramic brakes and AMG Track package with roll cage? We will be testing and playing with our AMG GTR at the ring next spring and summer. p.s. I look forward to you having another go with 488 GTB, I think (and I am ready to bet) you can do quicker lap than 7.21.
Late season lap 4deg...OMFG. Please try that next June. I want to see if is faster than the Nismo, only 2 sec behind with not the best conditions is amazing.
Hello? Sportcars make their own Test and Times! With always the same driver! No professional Racing Driver! Their time counts in my eyes the most! Nismo was way slower in Sportcars test
It the car in automatic transmission mode for this ? I never see fingers moving on the right side paddle ? Though I could see some movement on the left side
Sehr geil gefahren! Ist ein Mercedes Werksfahrer in der Lage 14 oder mehr Sekunden noch rauszuholen? Is it possible a Mercedes Benz testdriver makes it 14 seconds faster?
All the butthurts complaining it had the Slicks because it just beat the 918 (as per this magazine's lap records) with all the hybrid tech, awd and around 5 times the price.
It's not about being butthurt, 99,99% of us can't afford this car or a class of its league, we don't work at Porsche, Ferrari or Nissan, and this really doesn't have any direct impact on our lives. We have absolutely no reason to be butthurt, we're not kids idolatring a brand like it's a sport team or something. It's just that we are car guys, and it's really intriguing that this car is claimed to be faster around the Nordschleife than a track-focused 1600kg mid-engined 887hp AWD hybrid hypercar in what are presented as "similar conditions". On paper it doesn't make any form of sense. And it's not even like when the GT-R's laps didn't make sense, because in fact the electronics at the time were beyond anything in its segment. You could argue that AMG built a revolutionary car tech-wise, but there is no tech used here that is clearly superior to what Porsche had back in 2012, nothing at all. The 918 couldn't have ran out of juice, because it has a 6.8kwH battery and energy recovery, and it has probably been designed exclusively to be able to do a full lap at the Nürb. Now here are the explanations: these aren't similar conditions. The Track has been repaved in some parts, it's not the same driver, the 918 was driven in an hotter day (the 918's batteries heat up a lot) and as far as i know AMG did more adjustment on the car here than Porsche at the time. I'm not trying to the take credit from Mercedes, just clarifying.
Kaisuke971 I respect your opinion. It may look like it doesn't have much tech but you have to go through all the official videos of it to see all the gizmos it has. Also 50-80% of the total downforce is produced by the underbody and merc has really concentrated on it. Ask a F1 aero expert about how good is an exhaust blown double diffuser is, he will tell you that it is the most efficient and effective way to produce downforce with negligible drag plus it has a CF stiffening structure stuck on it's chassis. I dont think anything in the current market offers any of this. There is also has an active aero element at the front end which lowers itself at higher speed to again produce downforce without drag.
Do some research on aerodynamics then you will know the importance and effectiveness of these devices. Also on a side note, The holy trinity of hybrid hypercars aren't really that good with aero, downforce and mechanical grip compared to real racecars. That's why the Viper ACR even though it's not nearly as powerful but is on par with them.
Satwik Basu I'm not saying it doesn't have much tech, because obviously this car got a massive diffuser and i reckon the wing has a bigger surface than the ones on the sort of 911 GT3 or Viper TA 2.0, plus it has all wheel steering, great engine this 4.0 and probably GT3-derived suspensions. Technologically speaking, this is probably the most advanced sport car on the market right now, it seems to have that one step above the GT3RS, but it's not hypercar level though. Could you compare this to the P1 ? No. The 918 Weissach ? no. It's still one step below, these cars have carbon tubs, mid engine setups, the P1 has a completely unique suspension, the 918 has the best hybrid system yet... That's what i'm saying. It's not like this car has something the others don't, the element that would make me and many others go "Oh that's why". And the 7 Series has "carbon core" i reckon what you're talking about is a similar technique. But it's still inferior to a full carbon chassis. And the P1 has the second best downforce on the market so it's not bad either. I think right after it is the 918 as well.
Kaisuke971 Yes, that is true. It doesn't have the oomph factor of the hypercars. So we just have to wait for the factory results for the final numbers.
This car has just beaten my favourite porsche gt3rs and gt3. Wow I always liked mercedes especially in the last 5 years the build quality and interior has improved leaps and bounds. Best car manufacturer for the money
AMG GTR is now officilay No7 at the list of "Top 100 Nürburgring Lap Times" ...but, at 3:20 you can see that one car overtakes Mercedes. Another Mercedes AMG GTR some sport version, as we could have seen, better than this one... I'm wondering, what was lap time of that version ... maybe colser to WR ? I hope they will reveal to us... I'm looking forward to see that lap :)
ok , thx. I thought that Radical SR8LM is not production car, because it doesn't look like production car... more like sport prototype, similar like we can see on WEC.
The Mercedes reaches the same top speed as the 918 on the döttinger Höhe+the driver is a bit more aggressive than mr von saurma in the 918 supertest lap+tire development is super fast these days. Just remember the zr1, it did a lot of lap records in it's last production year when it got the then new Michelins
The time is probably .7-.8 tenths faster as that's about how much he gave up when he gave way for the AMG GT3 to pass, you can see that on his lap timer.
the lap timer finishes about 5 or 6 seconds BEFORE he completes a full lap. The lap timer DOES NOT start and stop at the same point on the track !!!! start 0:30 end of short straight end 7:41 start of short straight
Fast time. Impressive car. Good job AMG. I need to get this deal where commenting on how awesome BMW's are and hating on every other vehicles gets me a discount on a Bimmer. Calm down guys. BMW may not have something this fast at the moment but I'm sure they'll come up with something. Please don't compare this to an M4 GTS. I find it interesting that Porsche fans/drivers aren't on here throwing shade....Maybe it's a class thing.
Genau DAS hab ich auch gedacht. Mit > 300 Km/h aus der Tiergartensenke ist extrem schnell. Und die Schikane sah so aus wie "gerade nochmal gut gegangen". Ich weiß, wovon ich rede... ;-)
teamracing07 Not always. I've seen videos starting and ending the lap right after the last corner. Don't ask me which ones, I don't remember. I think officially that's where the lap starts and ends.
might be, but if you look at the top 15 lap times done by a production street car, is made on the way i mentioned. no need to be so mad about something that's been around for a while already. that is just the way it has been. Yes it may be different sometimes in like races but so what?
lets take a second to realize the skill of this driver. respect.
Absolutely 100% agree!
Amen
No.
This so underappreciated by most commenters here. You can see in the video the car is very, very good. But two other things really stand out: the tires make almost no noise (so clearly very soft) and Christian is a fantastic driver.
It's weird seeing such a good driver getting around in Auto mode tho!
That AMG GT3 was like 'nice try little brother'
Looking this video, thinking "oh, this is fast". And then "brrrrrrmmm - overtaking by AMG GT3". What a beast!
Charleston Ramos Soeira I thought that's the Aston GT8 but the kights didn't match
I found it more impressive, how long he could stick behind him
LG Work where in this entire thread did anyone say it was?
*But what about AMG GT4?*
It should be street legal already, even though it is weaker than GT3 (and cheaper: GT3 costs about $450K and GT4 is "just" 250K).
It takes large and hairy balls to drive on this track like that. I get sweaty palms in Forza let alone real life.
I have at least 20 fatal collisions per lap when I drive the Nurburgring in Project Cars.
Everyone who asks about tyres, read the description !
It's Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2.
This car is amazingly fast !
I think Christian Gebhardt deserves some respect for that very committed lap.
Again: No slicks or cutted slick-tyres were used for the lap time. AMG will offer two different versions of the Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 for the AMG GT R. A normal one, like it is available for the GT S, and a special one for track driving with a more sticky compound. BUT: Both versions of Cup 2 for the AMG GT R are fully street legal! You can compare the sticky Cup 2 for AMG GT R with the Cup 2 for the Corvette Z06. The grip level feels pretty similar!
sport auto Respect.. How was the Temperatur AT that Day ? Perfect Condition or far away from that?
++++
Respect for the time. but which type of tyres was on the Porsche Spyder and the Ferrari 488?
Is that the reason why the GT R are faster? Or is the only truth that AMG just built an amazing Car?
Sure.... ;-)
Why should a car with more power, more torque, more wheel drive, more aero and the same tires be slower than that wonderful Mercedes...
Amg proved them self once again and this car is seriously fast , love it .
Even the gt3rs with only 520hp did a 6:56. Amg is no match even with 585hp🤷♂️
I had no idea this car was gonna be this good. Thats firkin impressive!!
Sehr schöne Runde von Christian, grosses Kompliment!
Mercedes is dominant in F1 For a reason. and the new tech is proving it in road cars. no argument can be made about this.
Extremely impressive and fast time. Such a good time form a publication to. Instead of a lot of laptimes with factory employees with laptops changing who knows what.
Fully agree. The only really interesting comparisons are the SA laps! They say a lot more than the factory laps
And the AMG GT3 drive-by was obviously just coincidence.
You can clearly see the employees at 0:22, the only difference with a factory lap is that it's not a factory driver.
I am drooling for that machine
Woooow
Mercedes is the best auto maker on earth,
What a brand,
The way he followed the GT3 car 3:20-4:40 is freaking impressive!
Yeah it is. But it's pretty normal. GTR has no restrictor; so full 580 hp turbo against 550 hp atmo for GT3. And GTR has less aero. It's uphill, so with a good driver who knows the lines, he can keep up, just for that part. But Merc GT3 is so f@cking beautiful :)
yep, but I say that GT R could do that lap 0.5 - 0.9 seconds faster if there wasnt that GT3 passing... I am really curios what time AMG GT3 does its under 7:00 for sure
Funny the merc is clearly on slicks you can even see them at the start, and the GT3 still shits on it.
This was an independent test so why would it have slicks? Where exactly did you see slicks on it? The GT3 race car is about 300kg lighter than the GT R and has massively more aerodynamic grip. A modern day GT3 without success ballast would easily do sub 6:50.
No slicks, road legal cup tyres from merc.
I think this is the best Nordschleife production car lap I've ever seen. Just maximum attack!
Considering the layout of the car, the front axle grip and response of the GTR is just incredible. The car is a total weapon.
Thanks Sport Auto for putting the tyres used :)
Holy shit that thing is fast
Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mercedes-AMG rulzzzzz.... it has defeated 918 Spyder :)))))
George Gagishvili sorry, not really 918 Spyder did in just 6:57.00 !!! C'mon now...
No, its not. It's slower than a Datsun - 7:08:68.
nurburgringlaptimes.com/lap-times-top-100/
Mercedes rear wheel drive! Porsche 4 wheel drive +hyhrid engine!
Does it matter? Regardless of rear wheel or all wheel drive, the time it takes to complete 1 lap is how you logically measure how fast a thing is on this stretch of German made bitumen.
I'm definitely not a Mercedes fan. But I genuinely love this car. Insanely quick, beautifully stylish inside and out.
@1:14 adjusts his personal middle sectors settings real quick. What an amazing lap, oh and he did all this without any racing GLOVES people. Now i wanna watch the other Merc's video, that thing was fOOking fast.
Amazing how well the car grips- no tire squeal/squirm or under/oversteer at all almost. Must have a really good set of michelin pilot sport cup 2's.
Was ein Zufall! Eben noch darüber geschrieben, was der wohl für eine Zeit erreicht und jetzt dieser Clip! Klasse! :-)
Hallo nochmal!
Wahnsinn, wieviele Leute hier kommentieren!
Dieser Supertest sorgt ja mächtig für Wirbel! Wer hätte das gedacht? ;-)
man, this green monster is really fast! good handling, good stability, and good traction... welldone AMG and driver!
Respekt Christian!! Sauschnelle Runde als ich nur die Rundenzeit gesehen habe war ich mir sicher die ist von nem Werksfahrer
Batman: "Do you have it in a matt black?"
Who is Matt Black?
Can't stop watching this video
I'm impressed by so many things right now! First and foremost the driving, that was damn fine work Mr Gebhardt, secondly the frontal downforce nevermind the traction in general is really amazing, and the time achieved, great stuff.
I like mercedes style, showing up in a satin finished green gtr.. appropriate for the green hell.
When you're looking after the last seconds on the ring or the last tenths on a regular track, tires are everything. Everybody remember this crazy frenchie who patiently managed to get under 10' with a tiny Citroen AX diesel (58hp). Aside from his sheer dedication, his two keypoints were the "added lightness", à la Chapman, and the Yokohama Advan A048. Standard cheapo Michelin would have needed at least one MINUTE more...
Wonder what a GTS or GTC would do on the ring?
7:10 is hella impressive!
a really fast lap time without any Nurburgring specialised package like the gtr nismo and the lfa packaged times. nothing under the twice of its price can beat its speed
Serious driving right there. Well done sir.
Cant hear them Audi and BMW fanboys, where are youuuuu? :(
the AMG GT-R isn't a supercar it's a sport car ! and it's the 5th faster road legal car on the Lap ! also the fastest RWD street legal car on the Lap
***** Hey I cant see a single R8 near the GT-R. Not even going to talk BMW because uh oh. You guys just got raped by both Stuttgart and Ingolstadt
Would say the same.... hahahaa.... GREAT comment!!!! :))))))))))))))))))))
at least bayern has a better football club than stuttgart and ingolstadt!
The Truth yes I agree with you the AMG GT-R is faster than any R8 in the track and more fun to drive because AMG sound + RWD and better in daily drive
The Beast of the Green Hell is king of Nurburgring, it's best performance, it drives like a V12, loud ass machine. Germany really made one hell of a car
omg imagine what will be the speed pf the hypercar they are doing with expected 1000 hp AMG is growing fast
bmw and audi fans will be on a suicide watch if that happens xD
Mohamed where are you from?
ali alakbar egy bro
You have a good plenty of informations about cars ! (Y)
ali alakbar i love cars thank you bro
Un-fucking-believable! Great Job AMG!
Hut ab! Für Auto und Fahrer! Sehr sehr stramme Runde!
277 Km/h über die Kuppe Schwedenkreuz! Respekt!
Wer kommt denn da Breidscheid noch vorbei geflogen?
10 seconds faster than the 488 GTB. holy moly!
vivalaphill 488 gtb Isnt a Race car like the gtr
488 gtb is a Gran tourismo
@@King-bs4qi hahaha so a small rear wing and 577 hp makes it race car?
@@King-bs4qi how about you say that the amg gtr is based on amg gt and 488 gtb has 90 more horsepower
@@King-bs4qi first 488 GTB is a supercar
Second 488 GTB has more HP than the GTR
How the hell you compare two cars like that ?😃 , Genius
Never have I seen someone take the carousel that fast, almost sliding out! must inspire some confidence in the driver
That's a fast car
let the haters hate !! AMG 4 the win !!
Honestly, looking at the lap, it could've been even better. Being passed by the GT3 car there was some time lost. If it were hotter there would have probably been more grip... Maybe I'm wrong, but I definitely feel there's more time in the car. Outstanding.
i dont know how the car can go so fast with the enormous weight of this guy's balls on it , damn it takes eggs to drive like that on a car that has realwheel drive with engine in the front , 577 HP and long wheel base , cheers to amg , and my most sincere respect for the driver , you are crazy but you are amazing
I would not dare to be the passenger. To control a car like the AMG GTR costs soo much skill. The car is soo slippery and almost wants to drift and slide in every corner. Im amazed at how much grip this driver made the car have. SCARY !!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Best sounding engine I ever heared. The GT3 overtake spoiled the magic a bit
Props to AMG if they sell this car with that particular compound on the Sport Cup 2's (the tires were nearly silent the entire lap), but clearly the car is extremely capable and Christian's skills are exceptional. Sport Auto: please have a big comparison test with other top contenders soon with Christian driving them all....
Super fast time for a RWD car. I bet RWS shaved off 15 seconds off the lap time. Amazing!!!
Official Mercedes Time in perfect Condition must be under 7 Min..
No way they can shove 11 seconds off of that even with Lewis himself driving.
How can Porsche 16 Sec?
BOB BOB They didn't babysit Sport Auto
Wait until next Spring.. than you will eat your Words again.. I told ya 3 Month ago that this AMG will Do a 7.10.. everybody was laughing.. what now BITCH ? Please fuck off.. Next Year AMG HYPERCAR will Do under 6.30.. Wanna bet ?
BOB BOB 3 months you trippin' man i never seen you before. And 6:30 is 17 seconds faster than the Zonda R on slicks so i'm not convinced...
And Aston got that new Red Bull Hypercar anyway so chill.
Mercedes Rules as always! Mercedes can't anyone stop now, except Porsche, Lamborghini etc., but Mercedes does not end with this amazing car, there is soon also coming the new C63 Black Series Coupe or the Hypercar AMG R50, which will destroy definitely anything, the other two competitors (Bmw, Audi) are no more opponents in the sportscar area for Mercedes! This is an absolute fact!
Leety McLeet if you a Bmw or Audi Fanboy you must agree! If not, then you are an envious fanboy who imagine arguments to ignore this fact.
Leety McLeet lol From bmw you can not buy anyway because they have no supercars ;D. Otherwise thats your opinion, but i think Mercedes built very good supercars, you can also see the Nurburgring-Laptime of AMG GTR which is simply very good, even better than the fastest stock Porsche ever built (918 Spyder), I do not understand why you would not buy a supercar from Mercedes, thats inexplicable to me.
Leety McLeet
Porsche 918 Spyder: 7:13
Mercedes AMG-GTR: 7:10
;)
I will say it not only based on the F1 success of Mercedes, when you have a look at the Nürburging lap times, you will see that Mercedes can play well at the top, to example SLS Black Series: 7:25 this lap time was not reached or beaten by any Bmw or Audi model up to now and a few more, and I said that only "Bmw and Audi are no more opponents for Mercedes "EXCEPT" Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini etc."read exactly what I wrote, you mean Ford and Jaguar opponents as Mercedes in the sports car category? LMFAO :D. Thats ridiculous to compare these two brands in this category with Mercedes, and especially "FORD" wtf?!? How many sports cars did they have? And how many good lap times or successes did they have on Tracks? LOOL
Leety McLeet LOL this is the Laptime of the Porsche 918 Spyder with "Weissach package tuning" (lighter, more horsepower), the regular (stock) Laptime of Porsche 918 Spyder on Nürburgring is 7:13, and besides the AMG GTR had not even slicks on it only normal road tires, i am sure it will create with Slicks the laptime under 7 minutes, inform you better before you play here the "smart aleck", wish you a nice 2017 ;)
Samet Tikiz the Königsegg and other Ultracars will destroy the new Hypercar of Mercedes
Mad cornering speed. Props to both mercedes-amg and to the driver, christian gebhardt.
Wunderschön Runde !
Ok, that guy is batshit crazy. Facts.
Amazing lap. What tyres were it used?
Hey Keiitchi, is that you?
Tomáš Říha
The real deal bro lol
+Dori Dori Keiichi always use a Advan neova ;-) :-D
True story lool. Some of the very best tyres there is. ADO8R ;)
slick tyres where used and there are bunch of amg people altogether with a beefed up press car, talk about cheating when everybody accuses ferrari while mercedes is doing the same thing lol
Slicks at 0:23. Sport Auto were never known for their consistency. We see how well this car does in tests outside of Germany.
Sportauto is loyal to Sportcars, not to Sportcar-Manufacturs!
Sportauto is loyal to cock not cars.
0:25
no slicks
The small switch unter the navi-screen is the traction control, as far as i know. and it flashes nearly all the time... doesn't look like the car could handle it's power on it's own...?
awesome car, but the flashing light from traction control kind of annoys a bit :D
ich habe ja mit einer guten Zeit gerechnet, aber eben mal 2 Sekunden schneller als der 918 Spyder? RESPEKT, Christian :D
I think that long straight at the end slowed it down a bit. But Never the less. It did reall good.
This car became a Legend because of this. I never understood why they depreciate as they do. Amg are great fun cars.
i have a question , do they still look at the indicator which gear they are in or they just know it during downshifting ?
Amazing lap, thanyou. Is this thing as fast porsche 918? I recall porsche 918 laped the ring around the same time of 7:10?
No, the 918 did it in 6:57 👍
Andrés García This Magazine tested the 918 Porsche with a 7.13..
Who cares? Porsche 918 did it in 6:57.
Sexxyy Snork 16 sec faster. Ok.. Than AMG will Do next Year a 6.55 with own Driver an perfect Condition..
No, in 7.13 with the same driver as the lap with the AMG GTR:
www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/rundenzeiten/supertests/
6.57 is the lap time claimed by Porsche with a car potentially especially prepared...
Hammer Runde. RESPEKT!!!
Irre wie lange der GT3 sichtbar bleibt!
Hi Christian, congratulations, amazing lap and no 4 point harness! Did this car have ceramic brakes and AMG Track package with roll cage? We will be testing and playing with our AMG GTR at the ring next spring and summer.
p.s. I look forward to you having another go with 488 GTB, I think (and I am ready to bet) you can do quicker lap than 7.21.
Mercedes is absolutely amazing...
Amazing lap
Man that's a damn good looking car... best of the GT3 variants if you'd ask me. Yes, much better looking than that kit car GT3RS and the 675LT
Imagine going 187mph around a turn and then having to drive 55 home on the freeway
Late season lap 4deg...OMFG. Please try that next June. I want to see if is faster than the Nismo, only 2 sec behind with not the best conditions is amazing.
Hello? Sportcars make their own Test and Times! With always the same driver! No professional Racing Driver! Their time counts in my eyes the most! Nismo was way slower in Sportcars test
Amg traction control level is a masterpiece ! Cant wait to buy one maybe a e63 s though
I'm only up to 4:49 and no commentary of the car that just went flying past him? Is that presumably one of the faster AWD cars?
No, it´s a AMG GT3 race car.
It the car in automatic transmission mode for this ? I never see fingers moving on the right side paddle ?
Though I could see some movement on the left side
Under the air vents is the blinking sign of TC activity? Nice driving and level of grip seems really high for Cup 2s
Special Cup2s like the Corvette has. You can buy them from AMG. Street legal. But i guess more grip than the "!normal" Cup2 from the Porsche 918!
impressive time plese do a lap with the 991.2 turbo s
Sehr geil gefahren! Ist ein Mercedes Werksfahrer in der Lage 14 oder mehr Sekunden noch rauszuholen?
Is it possible a Mercedes Benz testdriver makes it 14 seconds faster?
All the butthurts complaining it had the Slicks because it just beat the 918 (as per this magazine's lap records) with all the hybrid tech, awd and around 5 times the price.
It's not about being butthurt, 99,99% of us can't afford this car or a class of its league, we don't work at Porsche, Ferrari or Nissan, and this really doesn't have any direct impact on our lives. We have absolutely no reason to be butthurt, we're not kids idolatring a brand like it's a sport team or something.
It's just that we are car guys, and it's really intriguing that this car is claimed to be faster around the Nordschleife than a track-focused 1600kg mid-engined 887hp AWD hybrid hypercar in what are presented as "similar conditions". On paper it doesn't make any form of sense. And it's not even like when the GT-R's laps didn't make sense, because in fact the electronics at the time were beyond anything in its segment.
You could argue that AMG built a revolutionary car tech-wise, but there is no tech used here that is clearly superior to what Porsche had back in 2012, nothing at all. The 918 couldn't have ran out of juice, because it has a 6.8kwH battery and energy recovery, and it has probably been designed exclusively to be able to do a full lap at the Nürb.
Now here are the explanations: these aren't similar conditions. The Track has been repaved in some parts, it's not the same driver, the 918 was driven in an hotter day (the 918's batteries heat up a lot) and as far as i know AMG did more adjustment on the car here than Porsche at the time.
I'm not trying to the take credit from Mercedes, just clarifying.
Kaisuke971 I respect your opinion. It may look like it doesn't have much tech but you have to go through all the official videos of it to see all the gizmos it has. Also 50-80% of the total downforce is produced by the underbody and merc has really concentrated on it. Ask a F1 aero expert about how good is an exhaust blown double diffuser is, he will tell you that it is the most efficient and effective way to produce downforce with negligible drag plus it has a CF stiffening structure stuck on it's chassis. I dont think anything in the current market offers any of this. There is also has an active aero element at the front end which lowers itself at higher speed to again produce downforce without drag.
Do some research on aerodynamics then you will know the importance and effectiveness of these devices. Also on a side note, The holy trinity of hybrid hypercars aren't really that good with aero, downforce and mechanical grip compared to real racecars. That's why the Viper ACR even though it's not nearly as powerful but is on par with them.
Satwik Basu I'm not saying it doesn't have much tech, because obviously this car got a massive diffuser and i reckon the wing has a bigger surface than the ones on the sort of 911 GT3 or Viper TA 2.0, plus it has all wheel steering, great engine this 4.0 and probably GT3-derived suspensions.
Technologically speaking, this is probably the most advanced sport car on the market right now, it seems to have that one step above the GT3RS, but it's not hypercar level though. Could you compare this to the P1 ? No. The 918 Weissach ? no. It's still one step below, these cars have carbon tubs, mid engine setups, the P1 has a completely unique suspension, the 918 has the best hybrid system yet...
That's what i'm saying. It's not like this car has something the others don't, the element that would make me and many others go "Oh that's why". And the 7 Series has "carbon core" i reckon what you're talking about is a similar technique. But it's still inferior to a full carbon chassis.
And the P1 has the second best downforce on the market so it's not bad either. I think right after it is the 918 as well.
Kaisuke971 Yes, that is true. It doesn't have the oomph factor of the hypercars. So we just have to wait for the factory results for the final numbers.
What brakes were used? Are they the same as the GTS?
Same carbon ceramics I'm guessing. This car is probably specced with Carbon Ceramics and the track package which include the stickier Sport Cup 2's
Klasse Runde!
Wie im Quali zu den 24h im Opel...nur schneller. Liebe Grüße.
This car has just beaten my favourite porsche gt3rs and gt3. Wow
I always liked mercedes especially in the last 5 years the build quality and interior has improved leaps and bounds. Best car manufacturer for the money
Si può disattivare l'elettronica in quest'auto o deve guidare sempre lei?
Mercedes é Mercedes
Very cool... no mistakes and smooth as hell.... talented knowledgeable man indeed
An incredible ride. Congratulations.
AMG GTR is now officilay No7 at the list of "Top 100 Nürburgring Lap Times"
...but, at 3:20 you can see that one car overtakes Mercedes. Another Mercedes AMG GTR some sport version, as we could have seen, better than this one...
I'm wondering, what was lap time of that version ... maybe colser to WR ?
I hope they will reveal to us... I'm looking forward to see that lap :)
That was the GT3-Version.......no production car and not road legal.
ok , thx.
I thought that Radical SR8LM is not production car, because it doesn't look like production car... more like sport prototype, similar like we can see on WEC.
what car passed at 2:46? another merc?
jobytube it was the AMG GT3 Track Car
The Mercedes reaches the same top speed as the 918 on the döttinger Höhe+the driver is a bit more aggressive than mr von saurma in the 918 supertest lap+tire development is super fast these days. Just remember the zr1, it did a lot of lap records in it's last production year when it got the then new Michelins
The time is probably .7-.8 tenths faster as that's about how much he gave up when he gave way for the AMG GT3 to pass, you can see that on his lap timer.
the lap timer finishes about 5 or 6 seconds BEFORE he completes a full lap. The lap timer DOES NOT start and stop at the same point on the track !!!!
start 0:30 end of short straight
end 7:41 start of short straight
don't know the reason exactly but it's always been so, for anyone
#Fahrbarkeit
Respekt an AMG und sport auto!
Der SLS-Motor als der GT3 vorbeizieht....😍
3.20 wow 😲🤤😨😱
Did he go airborne at 6:02
How is this possible?
Fast time. Impressive car. Good job AMG.
I need to get this deal where commenting on how awesome BMW's are and hating on every other vehicles gets me a discount on a Bimmer.
Calm down guys. BMW may not have something this fast at the moment but I'm sure they'll come up with something. Please don't compare this to an M4 GTS. I find it interesting that Porsche fans/drivers aren't on here throwing shade....Maybe it's a class thing.
Respekt ! Da wär mir aber ganz schön der Stift gegangen Zufahrt zur Hohenrainschikane.
Genau DAS hab ich auch gedacht. Mit > 300 Km/h aus der Tiergartensenke ist extrem schnell. Und die Schikane sah so aus wie "gerade nochmal gut gegangen". Ich weiß, wovon ich rede... ;-)
Maody66 da war doch mal was bei Dir oder ? :-/
So ist es **schnief** ;-)
Maody66 ich dachte immer, dass du nur touristenfahrten machst. da kommt man ja nicht schnell aus dem Tiergarten
Nee, fahre auch Trackdays (Sportauto Perfektionstraining in dem Fall) und da hab ich dieses Jahr im Sommer meine Kiste genau in der Schikane versenkt.
this driver put himself on his limitation. Great driver
Would like to see that car on the dyno! the wick was turned up! I'd say that thing was producing 650 hp! Impressive all the same!!
3:20 de geçenin lap time kaç acaba
This driver is awesome!!!! Wow. I have owned several nice corvettes and BMW’s and THOUGHT I wanted a 911..until I rode in an AMG GT👈🏻👈🏻👈🏻😍😍😍😍😍👍👍😂
so this thing is faster than gt2rs an d 918spider?
Nice driving ! The gearbox is incredibly fast ! Is he using paddles or automatic mode ? Because I don't see his fingers moving
Great lap, great car but man I hate it how people don't start and end the lap at the same exact spot. Seriously great lap though!
That's the way they have always done laps round the ring. The lap starts right before the first corner and ends right after the last corner
teamracing07 Not always. I've seen videos starting and ending the lap right after the last corner. Don't ask me which ones, I don't remember. I think officially that's where the lap starts and ends.
might be, but if you look at the top 15 lap times done by a production street car, is made on the way i mentioned. no need to be so mad about something that's been around for a while already. that is just the way it has been. Yes it may be different sometimes in like races but so what?
teamracing07 I'm not mad about it mate I'm just bringing it up for the sake of conversation.
Love fucking Mercedes AMG cars... actually the best engeering and performance. Their cars are amazing! Sporty, comfortable, good loking and elegant