Corvette Z06 (C7) 7.13,90 min Nordschleife HOT LAP sport auto Supertest
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- Car: Corvette Z06; Driver: sport auto's Test Driver Christian Gebhardt; Track: Nordschleife; Laptime: 7.13,90 min (rounded up: 7.14 min); Tyre: Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 ZP; Supertest Corvette Z06: More in sport auto 8/2017.
Ton of power to the rear wheels, manual transmission, aids off and a ballsy but skillful driver. This is the stuff Nurburgring wet dreams are made of.
For a crazy stat, the average speed over this lap was over 105mph/169kmh
Corvette still is the best supercar for the price.
agree
YPO6 ahhhhhh viper and mustang and camaro are tied
Zr1 is a supercar but z06 is a sports car with near supercar levels of performance
Corvette never reached supercar status. They forever live in sportscar class
For a brand new one price? Nahh, Nissan GT-R all the way🤷🏻♂️
Best 7min14 time spent of my life. I m a proud owner of a C7 z06 Z07. That car is sick!
Agreed
Am I the only one anxiously awaiting the C8 to do a hot lap on the Nordschleife ..??
Wow that is actually insanely fast. That's the third fastest lap time "Sport Auto" ever did on the Nurburgring behind the AMG GT R and Porsche 918. and all of that with a manual!
Wait until the Viper ACR is finished with that track.
Yes but think of it, the AMG GTR has just 560 horses and yet did a 7:10, so yeah GM is superb but gotta give props to Mercedes for putting 560 horses to ground way more effectively than 650 horses
AMG GTR has a DCT.. Corvette is manual
Manual vs DCT time aint that far off with Corvettes
The Vettes 8 speed AT is not a significant improvement over manual as its not as fast as DCT
The Vette still is awesome but I gotta say if Vette gets 90/100 for putting the horsepower to ground the AMG GTR gets 95/100 and I think Porsches are the best in this attributes, almost all Porsches are easily 95+ cars
Ponygt 662 well the AMG has shorter gear ratios and basically no time wasted with shifting, whereas the Corvette has a pretty long gear ratio. Put the AMG DCT in the vette and it will be much faster
What an absolute joy to watch ...and hear... the Z06 on the Green Hell. Still on my bucket list.
Go get it man!!
Die Geschwindigkeiten sind der absolute Wahnsinn! Wer selber schon mal über die Nordschleife gefahren ist, kann das beurteilen. Grandios gefahren.
GM has its issues, but they do have incredibly talented chassis and powertrain engineers. I am still stunned at the performance on The Ring of the Camaro ZL1. Do you guys remember the POS Chevrolet Cobalt (worst car ever) that the engineers dropped in the LNF turbo 4 and the chassis engineers did their magic and the Cobalt SS turbo (not the supercharged version) killed it on the Nurburgring? The rest of the car was garbage, but the drivetrain and chassis were magic for a front wheel drive car. This Z06/Z07 once again shows the chassis/powertrain gang at GM are amazing. They had to produce this level of performance while producing a car that would sell for a fraction of the price of the competition. Its a lot easier to do when the car can sell for $800,000.
I remember an article where the Cobalt was lapping faster than the mighty Miata. To car people, that's a big thing to say. To non car people that laugh at the Miata for being a "girls" car, I say F-off LOL.
Damn it Jeff my C6 ZR1 shared the same steering wheel from a cobalt isn't it crazy how far GM and American cars have come in a short time gotta love it!!!!!!
vwkaferman cobalt SS turbo laps a track faster than a 2013 Shelby GT500 with 670hp
Jeff Tyler What makes the Corvette sooo good is the fact they have the most successful racing program in american sports car history. Theyve been to the top of the top for so many decades they use all the knowledge to take racing technologies and use them in the production covettes. Add in all the testing. And you get the Corvettes handling.
" They had to produce this level of performance while producing a car that
would sell for a fraction of the price of the competition." May be true that they have similar levels of performance but the Corvette requires a very good driver. The more expensive competition is much easier to drive, therefore the regular sportscar owner will be able to drive them faster than the Corvette.
Well, the direct competition in laptime would be the Porsche gt3, which is faster around the Nordschleife by just one second (it has 160 hp less!) and has much better manufacturing quality.
In europe the Corvette is priced at ~110000€ compared to the Porsche gt3 ~150000€, so it still is quite a bit cheaper, but you won´t have the quality you get from the Porsche, yet a similar level of performance.
airborne at 1:56 , carousel at 5:02 , 6:57 , top speed at about 7:46 , 285 km/h (177 mph)
Top of 5th gear @ 7:46
Only 2 seconds faster than the ZL1 1LE's time that was set by GM. There's definitely room for improvement still.
NoReplacementForDisplacement for the Camaro or corvette. Because the zo6 is pretty old so with the upcoming zr1 it should blow it away
maybe with 8L90 will faster lol
NoReplacementForDisplacement You'll see the improvement in the ZR-1. I'm still waiting to see what Ford does in that $500K GT of their's. I doubt they'll hot lap it.
Z06 came out in 15', the Camero ran the time, the corvette never ran the ring with their test driver, I suspect the lap time will be significantly faster with Jim Mero. Also remember the Camaero basically uses all corvette power train parts.
NoReplacementForDisplacement GM times way faster.
Sport Auto...thank you for doing this test with a great result...awesome driving. I am hoping that the GM team, finally post the time they ran when they were testing the Z06 more than a year ago. Apparently they had a great time with a factory team driver but for unknown and many speculated reasons never released the time. GM release the time, you have nothing to lose, I hope.
I don't think I've seen a C7 Z06 Ring time until now. Very nice.
That is because after GM crashed the Z06 once, the Nurburgring put a speed limit on the track before they could get back, so they never released a lap time.
Love my manual 2018 Z06, so much enjoyment...this video is awe inspiring!
It's so crazy to watch someone post such a fast time, on such a technical track, and look so relaxed.
Leaf springs and a pumped up old school engine🤟🏻....I don‘t care which one million dollar super hightech car could go 5 or 10sec faster, what no normal guy could do...this is great engineering!!
Sehr schön gemacht! Bought a new 2019 Corvette Grand Sport, with a MANUAL TRANSMISSION, and it’s a great car! Huge, fantastic handling, and with the magnetic ride control, the car goes from track stiff to cruising smooth in an instant. My wife even asks when we can go for drives in the Corvette Grand Sport, and that rarely happens with my NSX. Buy one, if at all possible, life is short.
Hey kids. Pay attention to his seat position. He has COMPLETE control over his vehicle. Don't be that kid with the seat laid back so far your hands can barely reach the wheel. Or do it, but when you put your sports car into a curb or center divider don't say you didn't know better. Great job Stig, and phenomenal job Government Motors!
How many missed shifts and slides can you have and still have a sub 7:15???
Good Lord, what a time. GM Factory drivers should hopefully have shaved off more time.
This is pushing the Vette to the limit! Exactly what these things are made for nice job.
if the zo6 can put down this time imagine what the new zr1 will put down I'm predicting a sub 7 lap
the swiss exactly
ACR killer lol
I'd say 10-15sec difference with the GT2RS
Kolleg wenn de use isch.. Mann mann mann wird das krass
ACR killer?...plz. They don't even make them anymore. Go troll SpongeBob videos.
How's that relevant bobby
The last model came out literally months ago
It's as new as it gets
It'll definitely rivel the new ACR
iCallOfDutyDog lol you were wrong ACR STILL demolished the zr1 by 12 seconds
Just watching gets your heart racing
How can you drive with all that crap hanging from the roof man. Great driving as always.
Wait a second, an american front engine rwd car with manual just went HOW FAST? Aren't these thing supposed to go only straight?
King Pleb nah man these days the Porsche 911 is like what the Corvette used to be back then
The Viper ACR is also a front engine RWD with manual and did a 7:01.
additional with leaf springs, only one camshaft, 2 valves per cylinder etc...
@@Starfire_Storm was fitted with "GTS-R Commemorative Edition" and "Extreme Aero Package", so it was not the very stock car like the Vette shown here
@@Coolgamer400 You do know what stock means yeah?
Ну как же это хорошо, как бы хоть прикоснуться к этому авто 😍🤯, одно из моих любимых видео на ютуб с z06 😍🔥👌🏿
7:13 in a manual shift? That’s just stupidly insane
Bravo GM! As a Z06 owner I was always a little pissed that they didn't release a ring time for this car. Now let's see what the ZR1 and the new C8 can do.
Is there a PDR video from the car? Would love to see the stats overlay!
I wanna see a driver that's really good and knows both the car and track well, and put them in the automatic. I'm think that will shave at least 3 seconds
I doubt the time would be much different
Why were you short shifting, and going so easy during the last half of the track? It looked like you could have gone a good bit faster. Sandbagging?
Nordschleife and the Corvette Z06 are numero uno et numero dos on my bucket list.
Sehr beeindruckend. Was sagten die Motor- und Getriebeöltemperaturen nach der Runde?
unfassbar geil anzuschauendes Video. Respekt für Mensch und Maschine. Thumps up.
My C7 Grand Sport tops out at 290kph. He topped out 285kph. What am I missing?
That giant straight away is up hill lol a ZO6 will do exactly 200mph
@@WillColls31 No. Z06 will not do 200mph unless it is over 1000hp. Ever heard of wind resistance? Its real, I promise.
@@pizzaparty-r1c a ZR1 does 212 without the track package and a charger hellcat does 205 lol idk what to tell you
@@WillColls31 no
@@pizzaparty-r1c I really don’t know what to tell u man, that’s what google says😂😂😂😂
Does @Sport Auto have anything in the works for a Nurburgring lap time with the C8 Z06?
Crap that thing is moving, ~7:10 with a GM driver.
Probably even faster when equipped with the 8-speed automatic trans.
the 8 speed overheats easier and won't last a single lap.
the 7 speed also has the 3rd radiator option. the auto can't have this 3rd RAD.
Not An Argument. The cooling has been revised for 2017 so I genuinely doubt that.
8 speed goes to safe mode after 2/3 of lap it is overheating. i am acctualy suprised. that it manage to do full lap.
they still overheat maybe not that bad but well. still. :D
What model year C7 Z06 is it? Cuz they said the 2015 and 2016 ones overheat. Just want to know if it is a 2017 model. Maybe it might make a difference.
Christian Gebhardt did a great drive making a Corvette Z06 awesome lap.
wait... I thought you guys said this car overheats on this track?
For the 2017 model year GM made a number of changes to address the overheating problem in the Z06. Plus makes a big difference depending on the ambient temp. Southern US drivers are the ones with the problems. I doubt that part of Germany gets very hot.
The A8 is more likely to over heat on the track. Very few people have complained the M7 over heats. The supercharger is the main issue. It isn't cooled very well. It sits on top of the intake manifold. The manifold temps get way too high and cause the ECU to pull timing. One way to fix the problem is to get the air out of the cooling system for the SC. We have found a lot of air pockets in the cooling system for the SC. Its separate from the engines cooling system. I was getting manifold temps from 150 deg to 180 deg. I got the air out and now my temps are 140 tops with a smaller upper pulley. The stock tune will start to pull timing above temps of 135ish. There is a cap on a hose on the drivers side of the SC. I took cap off and put a long stiff clear hose on the connector with car off and filled tube with coolant till it stopped filling. Then I started the car and let the water pump run for the SC cooling system and saw bubbles escape thru the upright hose and it started to suck down more coolant. When it stopped I shut car off, took upright hose off and put cap back on. My temps are steady and low. Just some info for people that have the car and want to try it for themselves.
Juan only the automatics overheat lol. That's why they didn't use the A8 for this lap time. No way an A8 would last 7 minutes 13 seconds without overheating.
how u
That's not true. I own a cherry C7Z06 with a Manual. And it overheats just driving up the canyon freeway on a hot summer day, while a toyota camry flies right past me with no problems. And my C7Z06 only has 3,000 miles on it. Never raced, never abused. I'm Pissed!!!!
You have to give this guy credit for HUGE stones AND he made a lot of great corrections when the car could have gotten away from him really fast which would have been BAD. VERY BAD!!! Great job!!!
I own a 2016 Z06, A8, convertible, 3LZ, in Daytona Sunrise Orange Metallic. I was asked today 3/10/24, "what color is that?" I love it. Such a fun car!
And the Corvette is half the price of European cars that can compete with it. So much for the supremacy of Deutsche Automobilingenieure.
The.#1 T keep dreaming, put relative money at it this car destroys everything but a couple super cars.
I am not going to participate in the whole debate over wich is better etc. since i like both sides. However you do realise that a corvette in Europe costs more then a corvette in the Us? Just like a BMW Porsche etc costs more in the US then in Europe? I mean seriously the half price thing ain't true at all and I love corvettes.
Droggelbecher Mengele yet here you are participating in the debate.
@@redlinemotorcars2184 I did not take any side and i did not state that one car is better then another. I simply said something people have to think about when arguing. I joined the debate yes. But only to remember others about the price thing. I didn't say x or y is better because z. I made an argument for both sides thus keeping to what i said.
Pixel Dust we are quite curious in North America to see how the new Gt500 does against the Z06 but you are correct no European cars really compare and the premium material debate doesn’t wash with anyone who has a bit of technical knowledge. Good points,I’ve only ridden in a Lamborghini and a couple of Corvettes being too poor to afford the high end cars, I was underwhelmed with the Lambo and blown away with the gut wrenching torque of the Vette. To each his own I suppose but given a 911 and a Z06 I’m taking the Vette all day, it’s raw it’s enormously powerful and all adrenaline to drive.
Excellent drive. Great to no the track. Certainly wasn't scared off it
Man your driving is just sensational
My fingers started to cramp I was squeezing my phone so tight watching this lap😆🤘🏻🤘🏻🇺🇸🏁
I can almost forsee every corner. I hope to travel this lap in my life
Very very curious to see how quick the new zr1 will lap
What if I don't speak in kilometers per hour?
He seemed to not be going full out on the second half of the track. He could have gone faster it seems but that would have been in a perfect world. The time is ridiculously fast.
It’s a GM car. It was overheating
JLP Lightning LOL I have a c7 as well and I can say. Yes it most likely did 😅😂
Leaf springs and a pumped up old school engine🤟🏻....I don‘t care which one million super hightech car could go 5 or 10sec faster, what no normal guy could do...this is great engineering!!
If it was a better driver, better times. He missed gears a couple of times, could’ve been in a lower gear a couple, and just went over those curbs just a tad too much a couple of times. He’s got balls, but has room for improvement.
For the car, phenomenal. Sounds awesome, and looks fantastic.
🇺🇸💪👍🦅
This dude is a beast - what driver is this?
I didn't even know the car was capable of 7:14, heck he missed a gear after the first corner... I can only fathom how fast the ZR1 might be when it arrives
Well the last ZR1 did the ring in 7:19, and this car has been faster on every other track...usually by a bigger margin (per mile) than this.
Nürburgring has a lot of high speed passages and while the Z06 C7 got downforce that downforce is bought with tons of drag. Just look at the passage at the Döttinger Höhe where this car barely reaches 280 kph. A Carrera GT3 with just 500hp reaches more than 290 kph there and the E63S wagon was for 15 seconds in the top speed limiter of 290.
The ZR1 is probably just too draggy to be faster around the Ring.
Adam S he means the 2018 ZR1.
This was the best camera placement, sound and video quality possible?
From around 5:00 it seems to me that the driver was not pushing the car as hard as he could have been, engine rpm was down compared to the first five minutes and he was short shifting, don't get me wrong he was still going boogying along it just seemed like he was sand bagging some what in the last two minutes...........
Probably overheating
Some of the miss shifts cost him a few seconds for sure.
Fuck if he'd scoot the seat back a touch maybe
That unsecured wire over your right shoulder would have been a real distraction to me.
anständig bewegt würde ich sagen ! :)
The amount of abuse these cars take when it comes to the huge dips on track. Squating of the springs and suspension. The moving weight at high speeds and the rims and tires. The brakes most take speed off ultra quickly or you risk the wall kissing you. The grip necessary to fly around the track. Its astonishing.
@sportauto habt ihr eigentlich ein schnelleres handgeschaltetes Auto auf der Nordschleife gefahren?
is it the z07 package tho. the lap time of that was reported to be around 7:6 with auto.
Can someone explain to me why I see what looks to be paddle shifters on the steering wheel despite it being a manual car?
I ended up looking it up and you're right! That's precisely what they are for.
Basically they didn't want to design a whole new steering column just for the manual Corvettes (which sadly are the minority). So they made it have a different use...which is a bit stupid, but it helps contribute to why the car can beat Ferrari's at 1/3rd the price.
Very true. This current Z06 is my realistic dream car. It's sort of like the GTR in the way it beats out cars in terms of speed while also being less than half the price.
The Corvette is in it's element at Nordschleife!
The best super sports car around it's other home turf in Europe. I love it.
And still faster than most other super sports cars in the world. Bred in Europe and built in America. There is no replacement for displacement.
yes displacement can't lie
Now imagine if this lap was done with a full on professional that didn't miss shifts and knew the track like the back of their hand.
O Covertte ZR1 C7 2018 fez 7:30 com a pista cheia cara. Vamo ver quando eles colocar ele dnv na pista.. Certeza que vai abaixar dos 7:10 em Nurburgring e ser mais que o Z06.
2012 zr1 ran a 7:19 .. the original time for a 2009 zr1 was 7:25 .. same year 2012 z06 ran a 7:22.. both ran the mich cup 2 tires..
The C7 ZR1 was a prototype that was testing and did 7:30 with traffic. The driver wasn't even going for a record. That'll happen after the reveal.
07:13 That is 24 seconds faster as a Nissan GTR at the time. Very impressive 👍
What are you talking about? this was in 2017 and the GT-R did a 7:19 in 2012.......
@@biggiesmalls7939 gtr suck it's OK they made the same care for over a decade .... the c7 manual is the last true sports car that's a supercar contender for a fraction of the price! 💥 BOOM MIC DROP 🎤
The gtr did 7 mins and 8 seconds. Google is free 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@krisi.2011 vettes are garbage
@@victorbremer8097google is free, Nissan admitted they cheated on the Nurburgring with their nismo gtr. 7:08 was not done stock. Go watch the full video.
Does the car auto rev when he downshifts? I couldn't tell if he was using heel-toe
Need some Cup2R tires on that thing and do another epic run. Tire tech has changed significantly since this vid, probably good for another 5-6 seconds with the Cup2R tires.
Die Reifen hört man 0 ... wäre da mehr drin gewesen?
He's really good in the high speed sections but looks a little choppy at slow speeds and it seems like he's bogging it down a little bit in the slow parts of the track also.
Its a manual transmission. Older driving philosophy quickly being lost. you have so much torque that shifting is slower than letting it drop in rpm. You arent trying to keep high revs. It could spin out. This has a supercharger too. So you can let the gears pull as long as you like and have plenty of power for the corners. .
Its only recently that people realized the higher average rpm means quicker lap time. While this is a more shift time derived strategy.
Check out the old can am and group c stuff. Where they still only had 4 speed transmissions. Youll be shocked at how long a gear is when you can go 240 mph.
Best sounding car ever.
The seating position with the shifter seems a bit awkward. If it were me, I'd rake the seat back a bit more and lower the driver position with the legs less at an angle..moving the shifter position forward toward mid thigh
Is the gearbox messed up? Or is he shifting slow? Blistering lap anyways though, just wish GM did a little bit more suspension tuning on it.
Abd junior Hallak corvettes have unusually long gear ratios, yet are still able to post fast laps.
Wow, in a manual. Just WOW!!!
the a8 is not good for track use. cant shift with the paddles because its slower than slow. When you leave it in auto it will up and downshift too much.
The C7 Z06 is a bonafide Supercar you can buy at your local Chevy dealer with a warranty!
some mistakes, cause gear ratio is not well, but still quick as hell, I think it will be under 7:10 in racer hands, really muscle car, like it!
Christian is a racer. He's not your average track rat.
Tobi Ogunsanwo yes I know, but this lap was sketchy...
There is just so much you can do with a car that you're not that familiar with, a factory driver will go faster
Tomáš Říha race tires or factory tires????
Ti Bi Michelin pilot sport cup 2
Wow, that is so damn fast! Most people here - especially non Nürburgring locals - are arguing with the shifting performance of Christian Gebhardt... believe me, this guy has got the biggest balls of all of us! Driving so fast around the Ring and shiftig manually is nearly impossible, because you need both hands on the steeringwheel nearly all the time. Everytime you shift, you're on the edge, especially when breaking. But of course, he left maybe 1-2 seconds because of that. Another argument for the real speed of the Corvette.
And please.. to all "racedrivers" here: You can't compare 1/4mile times with the Nordschleife. This is a racetrack, not a dragstrip. It's THE racetrack. It's the worldwide benchmark for every sportscar. And when a streetlegal series car goes 7.13,90 min here, its fast as hell! Remember that: In 2009 the Gumpert Apollo(!!!) broke the record with an 7.11,57 min...
I think a factory lap should be able to go sub-7:10
the 2010 viper acr time was 7.12
Latest ACR hit 7:01
yess ! Not only the design and tthe Price are Insane. The Power is also there
Ich freu mich auf die 08/2017!
Was that 4th or 5th on the uphill straight 🤔
And with a manual. Things are floating around in the cabin... hes not just a driver. He took flight in areas. Its videos like this that remind you how fast a sub 7 minute lap is. Now amg just put out sub 7.50. While this is still driving. Visceral. The amg makes it look like cruising to the market. You still see the tires gripping and the lateral g and moments of inertia here.
Geez, what a Helluva lap!
this car could have been ran harder for sure, especially in the second half of the track, albeit not an easy proposition. zr1 next ?
I'm not really an American car guy, but beautiful cars like this are exceptions. :)
Shit that Camaro ZR1 1LE just lost to this by 3 seconds. Is this a production model?
Traction control on or off during this run?
Did he use active rev matching for this or his down shifts are just that good?
Manual shifted Vette has auto rev matching
ACR fanboys just can't stand the fact that a stock Z06 is just as fast as their race car haha!! AMG GTR fanboys only want to talk about how less HP was faster on the track. If they knew even a little about cars they'd know that it takes a lot more that HP to be fast on the track. Where do you think that extra $100k is going?
The ZR1 will likely smoke the ACR and the AMG GTR and still be a lot less money. Corvette wins.
dunerinaz
The ACR holds 14 Records
On track the Z06 is average
Of 3seconds behind. Not close
Plum_Crazy 1992 Your comparing the top dog acr to a middle car in the corvette line up. At least wait until the zr1 ous released.
The Z06 just beat the ACR time at VIR so that was one record gone. The ZR1 A8 killed it by several seconds. The ZR1 will polish off the rest off them soon enough.
@@marcsmith3881 The much newer, more powerful ZR1, is still miles slower than the ACR at Laguna Seca and Big Willow.
@@DonLee1980 It is a not miles slower at all. So the Viper beat the 918 with I believe 887 hp. The ZR1 can be driven every day without feeling like you are riding in a truck. That is why the Viper died a slow death.
Interesting, that the gt3 hits 290km/h on doettinger high, whereas the zo6 obly hits 285, even though it has so much more power.
Is it due to drag, gear ratio?
Any explainations? Im seriously curious.
xI2aiizza Most likely drag. The rear wing produces a good amount of downforce, but cause a large amount of drag.
That's wicked fast
Great video!!!!! Superb performance skills!!!
its a low , wide car with a 6.2lit engine and a supercharger on it and for what it is its a light car as well , super wide 335 tires at back to be mentioned...you cannot expect any bad time
No offense to christian but i dint think it was a fantastic performance, lots of premature braking, a missed gear and frequent ly i felt he was in the wrong gear...just observations but thought he was frequently too low in the rev range and relying on torque as opposed to being in the right gear and modulating the throttle appropriately but setting up for a speedy exit. Amazing car though.
I love it when youtube racers give tips to specialists, not.
Yes, there is room for improvement. This isn't the manufacture's run but it's a great benchmark. Also, this is with a/c on. A/C sucks around 8 to 10% of the power from an engine to run.
Any onboard of the c8?
...... and , how fast will the ZR1 be ?! :) and, in my opinon, there is no need for a mid-engine Corvette, or could someone imagine a mid-engine porsche 911 ?
Nice driving....sounds great...had to Google mph vs kmh...
230kmh=142mph...280kmh=174mph...not bad
I Trust these times way more than the ones from Porsche,Lamborghini