Pagani Zonda F Clubsport: The New King of the ‘Ring!
10-19-07, 07:12 AM
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Pagani Zonda F Clubsport: The New King of the ‘Ring!
Wednesday 17 October 2007
There’s a new king of the Nürburgring Nordschleife, and its name is Zonda F Clubsport.
The unerringly fast Pagani Zonda has taken the title for fastest lap of the Nürburgring in a production car from Porsche’s Carrera GT, pacing the field with a time of 7:27:82, or two-tenth’s of a second quicker than the Porsche around the 14.2 mile track.
Though hardly classic in appearance, the Zonda F gets the new lap record with a classic combination of light weight and huge power; it’s 641 horsepower 7.3-liter V-12 having to move just over 2700 pounds of carbon fiber and rubber. The Clubsport also has the advantage of massive downforce generation to keep it stuck to the rolling face of the Green Hell.
As certain as the sun will rise tomorrow, is the fact that the Zonda will eventually lose its newly earned title to a faster, lighter, more sophisticated car; but for here and now, the hill belongs to Zonda.
There’s a new king of the Nürburgring Nordschleife, and its name is Zonda F Clubsport.
The unerringly fast Pagani Zonda has taken the title for fastest lap of the Nürburgring in a production car from Porsche’s Carrera GT, pacing the field with a time of 7:27:82, or two-tenth’s of a second quicker than the Porsche around the 14.2 mile track.
Though hardly classic in appearance, the Zonda F gets the new lap record with a classic combination of light weight and huge power; it’s 641 horsepower 7.3-liter V-12 having to move just over 2700 pounds of carbon fiber and rubber. The Clubsport also has the advantage of massive downforce generation to keep it stuck to the rolling face of the Green Hell.
As certain as the sun will rise tomorrow, is the fact that the Zonda will eventually lose its newly earned title to a faster, lighter, more sophisticated car; but for here and now, the hill belongs to Zonda.
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http://news.windingroad.com/countrie...g-of-the-ring/
Kudos to Pagani! If the Clubsport F is pulling times like that, I can only imagine of how the Zonda R will perform
10-19-07, 09:28 AM
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The Ring is not just used to test performance, but also suspension settings/derability and chassis design and calibrations. The Ring has many elevation changes and switchbacks and is far from a smooth track. It is very very demanding on a car and is a good place to test vehicle dynamics and not just for track records.
10-19-07, 12:58 PM
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The Ring is not just used to test performance, but also suspension settings/derability and chassis design and calibrations. The Ring has many elevation changes and switchbacks and is far from a smooth track. It is very very demanding on a car and is a good place to test vehicle dynamics and not just for track records.
a publicity stunt? You could say that...until you realize how difficult it is to tune a car to run on a track like that.
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10-19-07, 04:29 PM
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Another write-up:
http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsAr...llCars/228650/
A Pagani Zonda F has set a new lap record for the Nurburgring Nordschleife.
A Zonda F Clubsport covered the 12.8 miles and 73 corners of the Green Hell in 7:27:82.
That beats the previous production car lap record, held by a Porsche Carrera GT, by just two tenths of a second.
As you’d expect, the Zonda F Clubsport is a bit of a beast. Nestling within its carbonfibre chassis and bodywork is a 7.3-litre AMG Mercedes V12 producing 641bhp, and yet it weighs just 1230kg. No wonder Pagani claims a 0-62mph time of 3.6sec and a top speed of almost 215mph.
The Italian firm also says that it can pull 1.4g in a corner and decelerate from 125mph to a standstill in 4.4sec. Useful, that, when you’re at the Nordschleife.
The only piece of information we haven't bean able to glean from Pagani is who was at the wheel. All we do know is that they are a bit handy.
Of course, there is the argument of what exactly constitutes a production car, because back in 2003, Autocar made it rather quicker in a production Radical SR3 turbo.
With ex-BTCC racer Phil Bennett at the wheel, we lapped in 7:19.7, a whole nine seconds quicker than the Pagani. And British firm Radical has since managed to send one of its cars round in under seven minutes.
Of course, there is a new Zonda R on the way, which has an extra 50bhp over the F Clubsport, so it's just possible that Pagani might beat its own record.
http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsAr...llCars/228650/
A Pagani Zonda F has set a new lap record for the Nurburgring Nordschleife.
A Zonda F Clubsport covered the 12.8 miles and 73 corners of the Green Hell in 7:27:82.
That beats the previous production car lap record, held by a Porsche Carrera GT, by just two tenths of a second.
As you’d expect, the Zonda F Clubsport is a bit of a beast. Nestling within its carbonfibre chassis and bodywork is a 7.3-litre AMG Mercedes V12 producing 641bhp, and yet it weighs just 1230kg. No wonder Pagani claims a 0-62mph time of 3.6sec and a top speed of almost 215mph.
The Italian firm also says that it can pull 1.4g in a corner and decelerate from 125mph to a standstill in 4.4sec. Useful, that, when you’re at the Nordschleife.
The only piece of information we haven't bean able to glean from Pagani is who was at the wheel. All we do know is that they are a bit handy.
Of course, there is the argument of what exactly constitutes a production car, because back in 2003, Autocar made it rather quicker in a production Radical SR3 turbo.
With ex-BTCC racer Phil Bennett at the wheel, we lapped in 7:19.7, a whole nine seconds quicker than the Pagani. And British firm Radical has since managed to send one of its cars round in under seven minutes.
Of course, there is a new Zonda R on the way, which has an extra 50bhp over the F Clubsport, so it's just possible that Pagani might beat its own record.
10-19-07, 09:18 PM
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The Ring is not just used to test performance, but also suspension settings/derability and chassis design and calibrations. The Ring has many elevation changes and switchbacks and is far from a smooth track. It is very very demanding on a car and is a good place to test vehicle dynamics and not just for track records.
Its (the Ring) being *****D out.
Wow, didn't know I couldn't say *****d...
11-04-07, 10:13 PM
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I guess I'm not that impressed. Hey, it's a race car that's somehow street legal. It SHOULD go very fast, right? 
Must cost a BUNDLE...?? 
I guess the 0-62 isn't faster because of traction limits??
Must cost a BUNDLE...?? I guess the 0-62 isn't faster because of traction limits??
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