Greg Pajo|Car and Driver
- Tomorrow, Chevy will reveal the official lap times it set at the Nürburgring Nordschleife in Germany with the Corvette.
- The teaser video shows the three high-performance Corvette variants: the 670-hp Z06, 1064-hp ZR1, and the 1250-hp ZR1X hybrid.
- Chevy says their goal is to be “the fastest American supercar” at the iconic German track, putting a target squarely on the 6:52.072 time set by the Ford Mustang GTD in May.
The wait is almost over. Last month, Chevrolet posted a video on the Corvette Instagram account that teased an official Nürburgring lap time for the latest and greatest versions of America’s revered sports car. Now another video has been published on social media, announcing that Chevrolet will reveal official lap times for the legendary 12.9-mile Nürburgring Nordschleife tomorrow.View full post on InstagramThe key detail here is that the post said lap times, plural. This suggests that Chevy will release a time for both the 1064-hp Corvette ZR1 and the 1250-hp Corvette ZR1X Hybrid. A still shot from the video shows three Corvettes parked on the track: a red ZR1, a yellow ZR1X, and a black Corvette Z06. All three are wearing the optional aerodynamic packages.This also means we might get a Z06 lap time, and while this will presumably be slower than that of the ZR1 and ZR1X, it should still be plenty fast. When we ran a 2023 Corvette Z06 at Lightning Lap 2023 around Virginia International Raceway, it set an impressive 2:38.6, making it the fifth fastest car in Lightning Lap history at the time and the quickest car with a naturally aspirated engine. The Z06 now sits sixth overall on the Lightning Lap leaderboard and was only two-tenths behind a McLaren 765LT.ChevroletIn the video, Chevrolet says they are aiming to be “the fastest American supercar that’s ever lapped the Nürburgring.” That likely means that Chevy’s target is beating the Ford Mustang GTD, which set a time of 6:52.072 in May. It will likely be far more difficult for Chevy to take top honors for a production car at the Nürburgring, with the current fastest time being a 6:29.090 set by the Mercedes-AMG One, effectively a Formula 1 race car made road legal. Luckily, we don’t have to wait too much longer to learn the official times. Check back tomorrow to see what Chevy accomplished with the Corvette in Germany.More on the Corvette
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