Porsche 911 GT3 Sets Record As The Fastest Manual Transmission Car In Nurburgring

Porsche 911 GT3 Weissach Package set a record at Nurburgring Nordschleife, Germany. (Doc. Porsche AG)

JAKARTA - In early February, VOI reported that Porsche would break a record with 911 into the fastest manual transmission car on the Nurburgring Nordschleife circuit, Germany. Well, the plan is now a reality.

The German automaker earned a 911 GT3 record at the legendary circuit by making a round of times 06:56,294 with Porsche racer Jorg Bergmeister.

Another impressive thing is that the 911 GT3 with the Weissach Package was recorded 3.633 seconds faster than the previous generation with the transmission of the Porsche Dokkupplungsgtriebe (PDK) or dual-clutch developed by this brand.

Even without automatic, super fast, and precision gear displacements from the PDK, and with conventionally controlled differential-slip limited instead of electronics, the 911 GT3 manual only cut about 3.6 seconds from its predecessor to the PDK, said GT Model Line Director Andreas Preuninger, quoted from the brand's official website, Tuesday, April 22.

The round of time was carried out in the afternoon before the afternoon with a temperature of up to 12 degrees and a track temperature of up to 27 degrees. In this record, the 911 GT3 Weissach Package driven by Bergmeister has 510 hp power with Michelin Pilot's Sport2 R tires that have been legal for highways.

Bergmeister describes the car as having better control so it can drive it very fast at various bends that challenge Nurburgring.

"We learned a lot from the 911 GT3 Hospital, especially in the chassis. This car is much more stable when passing through the bumpy and kerb roads. And thanks to the eight percent shorter ratio of teeth, there is more power than the rear axle when accelerating with the same engine power," Bergmeister impression.

Thus, Porsche managed to beat the record held by Dodge Viper ACR in 2017 as the fastest manual transmission car on the circuit.