The Ferrari 599XX has become the first ever production-derived sports car to break the 7-minute barrier on the classic Nürburgring Nordschleife 20.832 km circuit, lapping in a time of 6 min 58.16 sec.
The new record was set on 21 April 2010 with Ferrari road car test driver Raffaele de Simone behind the wheel, beating a time of 6 minutes 58.5 seconds set by German Touring Car Driver Florian Gruber in another Ferrari 599XX. These times are both faster than Ferrari 312T Formula One car driven by Niki Lauda in a time of 6 minutes 58.6 seconds that put the Austrian legend on pole position for the 1975 Grand Prix , the best ever time for an F1 car on the Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit … Details
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