Driven by Multimatic Motorsports driver Dirk Müller, the 815bhp Mustang GTD completed a lap of the track, nicknamed "Green Hell", in an officially confirmed time of 6:57:685. That's the fifth best time among production sports cars according to official Nürburgring records. The Mustang GTD is also only the sixth car in this class to break the seven-minute barrier.
The Mustang GTD's success at the Nürburgring is thanks to the work of a team of engineers who laboured for two years to transform the Mustang GT3 race car into the first ever Mustang supercar. Ford documented their efforts in a 13-minute documentary film, The Road to the Ring. Full timing of the race will be released at a later date.
The Mustang GTD's lap time beats the Lamborghini Aventador SuperVeloce and Ferrari 296 GTB and is comparable to the Porsche 918 Spyder's result. However, Ford is still far from claiming the title of fastest front-engined production car. It currently belongs to the Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series, which ran the Nordschleife in 6:43.61 minutes in 2020. And the current holder of the all-time Nürburgring record for production cars is the Mercedes-AMG One at 6:29.09.
However, Ford is not stopping there and promises new Mustang GTD records as early as 2025. "We’re proud to be the first American automaker with a car that can lap the Nürburgring in under seven minutes, but we aren’t satisfied. We know there’s much more time to find with Mustang GTD. We’ll be back." Ford CEO Jim Farley said.
Source: Ford
