Matt

has the M6 nurburgring time come out?? Im hearing below 8 minutes.

BMW_Dude

I really impressed by the M3 CSL's time, it pushes well above it weight, and people called it expensive, I don't think so!

It's impressive that the Z4 is faster than the Z3M!

The M5 is really fast, much faster than it's rivals, I'm surprised the E55 hasn't been tested!

Thanks for this tread just_me, it shows how fast cars really are!

Just_me

No!
I doubt it. 8.05 seem more correct

Just_me

Update: BMW M6

Tycoon

"Only" 4 secs faster than the M5? I thought it's gonna be more than that... Conditions, driver? Huh, Just_me?

Just_me

always the same driver but thats all I know but this time of year its very cold so thats probably the reason. If it was during summer it would be better.

Tumbo

Soon, there will be Audi RS4, under 8 mins in that list

Just_me

LoL lets see about that

Just_me

updATE

When M5 was tested the car had Continental tires and the M6 is using Pirelli tires. The Pirelli tires offer more grip , they are almost like R-tires but the difference is that the Pirellis can be used in the wet. They are more allround than proper R-tires.
So to get the maximum grip out of the tires the asphalt/ the track need to be warmer and unfortuanly when the M6 was tested, the track was cold.
If the M6 was tested during summer or if the road was warmer, they would cut the laptime by several seconds. So a 8 minute laptime isnt impossible with the Pirelli tires during the right conditions. Unfortuanly we will never know if the M6 isnt tested again.

the same goes for CLK-DTM but Sportauto has never tested the CLK-DTM twice so it probably wont happen for M6 either

martinbo

Yes perhaps, Just_me, but the problem with warmer weather is that the engine performance can be diminished too... not so much with a naturally aspirated engine but still enough to affect lap times.