Ford Mustang GTD Competition Comes in Hot With 6:40.8 Nürburgring Lap
A more extreme GTD is on its way. It also happens to debut as the second-fastest production car to ever lap the Nordschleife.
The title of fastest American production car to lap the Nürburgring Nordschleife has changed hands once again, and this one comes with a major surprise. Not only has a Ford lapped the 'Ring quicker than the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X, the car that did it is an entirely new Mustang GTD variant called the GTD Competition.
Ford's last GTD lap, already five seconds quicker than its previous attempt, came in at 6:52.072. The lap set by the Mustang GTD Competition drops 11 full seconds off that time, clocking in at 6:40.835 and beating a hand-timed benchmark that leaked last month. That is not just faster than the best laps by both the Corvette ZR1 and Corvette ZR1X, it is faster than every single production car to ever attempt a timed lap but one: the thousand-horsepower, Formula 1-engined Mercedes-AMG One hypercar.
Details on the car will have to wait for a future release, but Ford has sent out some highlights with this new lap time …
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