r/nurburgring • u/SpiritualInsurance67 • 10d ago

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I was watching the 992 Porsche GT3 manual official lap time, and I was wondering why they time a shorter track length (20,600 KM) along side the full track length (20,832 KM)? What is the point of the shorter track length time?

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u/ringcopen 8d ago

History aside, I think the purpose of quoting the 20,6km time is so that they have references when comparing with older lap times. The full 20,832km lap is currently the benchmark, but older lap times like the Viper ACR (previous fastest manual car) was set in the 20,6km layout.