Ferrari’s LaFerrari XX project has barely commenced, but it appears the Italians are already charging toward setting a new Nurburgring lap record for track-only vehicles.
Word has it the Maranello stable has already managed to run the famous course in 6:35, with an official announcement in the coming months. If the rumor proves to be true, the LaFerrari XX will become the fastest production-based, track-exclusive car around the `Ring, surpassing the Pagani Zonda R and its 6:47.50 lap.
Although the LaFerrari XX won’t be able to challenge the production car record, due to its track-only purpose, the track-only supercar will also be faster than the Porsche 918 Spyder, which clocked a 6:57 lap last September. The company has yet to announce a Nurburgring lap for the road-legal LaFerrari.
Additionally, the new racer will smash the records set by the Ferrari 599XXand the 312T, the Prancing Horse’s only race cars to have lapped the track in less than seven minutes. The former achievement was record in 2010, while the latter dates back to the 1975 Formula One season.
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Rumor: LaFerrari XX Lapped the Nurburgring in 6:35 originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 24 April 2014 14:00 EST.
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