Porsche Carrera GT vs. Porsche 911 GT3 RSR

The Emperor · 04-05-2006, 04:25 AM

Thanks to Mike Petersen, team principal of Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing and owner of both of these amazing cars, we get to see just how Porsche's fastest production car stacks up against its fastest 911 race car. This isn't a head-to-head comparison per se, but more an entertaining "what if" exercise highlighting the differences and similarities of these two hyper-Porsches.

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Which Was Faster?

Going into the day, no one was quite sure how it would turn out. Both cars would undoubtedly be fast, but few were prepared to predict which would top the time charts and by how much. As it was, the RSR was quicker, with Long logging a fastest lap some 9 seconds per lap faster than he did in the Carrera GT. Where did all that time come from? Race car vs. street car, that's where. As amazing as the GT is, and it's certainly as fast as street-legal cars come, it's simply not going to outperform one of the world's fastest Porsche race cars.

There's a video as well!

Just_me · 04-05-2006, 04:30 AM

Cool test !!

the outcome was expected of course. Nothing beats a true racingcar

dOmInIX · 04-05-2006, 05:57 AM

I didn't know GT3 RSR is that fast. That's amazing...

btw, the guy has taste, color on CGT is the right one!

Just_me · 04-05-2006, 06:56 AM

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I didn't know GT3 RSR is that fast. That's amazing...

btw, the guy has taste, color on CGT is the right one!

M3 GTR does Nordschleife in 7.00 min, thats 32 sec faster than CGT. Racecars are on a different level

Audi4Life · 04-05-2006, 07:25 AM

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M3 GTR does Nordschleife in 7.00 min, thats 32 sec faster than CGT. Racecars are on a different level

I wonder how much FASTER the GT3 RSR is than the M3 GTR......I mean its gota be faster

Just_me · 04-05-2006, 07:29 AM

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I wonder how much FASTER the GT3 RSR is than the M3 GTR......I mean its gota be faster

Not nessecary. Dont forget M3 GTR was beating Porsche after Porsche in ALMS (american lemans). BMW were very succesful more so than Porsche before BMW gave up competing in ALMS. So dont be so sure

Imhotep Evil · 04-05-2006, 08:17 AM

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Not nessecary. Dont forget M3 GTR was beating Porsche after Porsche in ALMS (american lemans). BMW were very succesful more so than Porsche before BMW gave up competing in ALMS. So dont be so sure

Well BMW retired because Porsche were just pissed off cause they were losing and made all this fuss that BMW wasn't playing by the rules.
Quite hypocritical of Porsche considering their history.

Monster · 04-05-2006, 08:44 AM

was the CGT on race tyre or road tyres, cause that can make a noticable difference on the lap times.

Just_me · 04-05-2006, 08:54 AM

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was the CGT on race tyre or road tyres, cause that can make a noticable difference on the lap times.

probably on roadtires but it doesnt matter even with R-tires CGT would be slower.

Alx · 04-05-2006, 10:57 AM

Agreed, and i too thought the GT3 was going to come out a winner... Its a pure track car....

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Just_me Expert Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 12,612 Thanks: 741 Thanked 2,035 Times in 1,028 Posts	Re: Porsche Carrera GT vs. Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Cool test !! the outcome was expected of course. Nothing beats a true racingcar

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dOmInIX Devotee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Croatia Posts: 2,683 My Mood: Thanks: 358 Thanked 407 Times in 224 Posts	Re: Porsche Carrera GT vs. Porsche 911 GT3 RSR I didn't know GT3 RSR is that fast. That's amazing... btw, the guy has taste, color on CGT is the right one!

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