List of Nürburgring Nordschleife lap times

The Nürburgring Nordschleife (North Loop) in Germany, with its remaining 20.8 km (12.9 mi) long old section dating from 1927, is used by various motoring media outlets and vehicle manufacturers for testing.

[3] The German magazine sport auto publishes its "Supertest" of cars, in which the lap time (usually driven by editor-in-chief Horst von Saurma) at the Nordschleife is the most discussed result.

The magazine also runs a challenge for the fastest lap time driven with a car that is road legal (TÜV) and registered in Germany.

Nordschleife runs are conducted or observed by various other media outlets, such as the British Evo Magazine or Auto Bild from Germany.

Top Gear's James May, however, was very critical of the influence of Nordschleife lap timing, saying that it "corrupts performance when it is used by car makers to develop new models.

Testing prototype cars on a circuit is nothing new, obviously: it's probably been going on since someone drove a horseless carriage onto a disused donkey derby track.

But the 'Ring, through being communal and open to all, encourages a pointless scrabble for comparative lap times that isn't helping you or me.

With roof reinforced for safety reasons and observed by sport auto,[8] the record was widely reported by the media.

Magazines like Car and Driver and the wider automotive industry declared the worldwide street-legal Porsche 918 the new record holder since the SR8 didn't meet full type-approval and only could get British single-vehicle approval.

The lap goes from the "bridge" at Antoniusbuche to the "gantry" (currently carrying Audi sponsorship) on Döttinger Höhe.

New entries require an original, uncut on-board video, showing the lap and the timing from start to finish.