Ford Mustang GTD sets new lap record at Nürburgring

The Ford Mustang GTD has now become the fastest American production car to lap the legendary 20.8-kilometer Nordschleife circuit, beating the Dodge Viper ACR (7:01:30 minutes) and Lamborghini Aventador SuperVeloce (6:59.73 minutes). The Mustang GTD driven by Multimatic Motorsports driver Dirk Muller set an officially certified lap time of 6:57.685 on the famous track nicknamed the “Green Hell.” According to Ford, the GTD is the sixth “standard” production car in the world to break the seven-minute mark. The road-legal Mustang GTD supercar borrows several design elements from the GT3 race car, such as carbon-ceramic brakes, active aerodynamics with a drag reduction system, semi-active suspension and a large supercharger. In addition to the carbon fiber bodywork, the GTD that raced around the famous circuit was equipped with the motorsport-derived safety equipment required at the Nürburgring, including a roll cage and a race seat with five-point harnesses.

With this track-focused setup, the Mustang GTD finally achieves the goals CEO Jim Farley set when it made its global debut in mid-August 2023. However, the lap record was set in early August.

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The Mustang GTD’s sub-7-minute Nürburgring lap time is attributed to a small, dedicated team of engineers and designers who spent more than two years turning the Mustang GT3 race car into the first-ever Mustang supercar. sports car. All this and more is captured in the 14-minute clip “The Road To The Ring.”

“The team behind Mustang GTD drew on our decades of experience on the track to design a Mustang that can compete with the best supercars in the world,” Farley said. “We’re proud to be the first American automaker to have a car capable of lapping the Nürburgring in under seven minutes, but we’re not satisfied. We know the Mustang GTD can give you more time. We Will be back.

Ford Mustang GTD: Powertrain

As the successor to the second-generation Ford GT, the Mustang GTD uses the same basic structure and engine block as the GT3. Powering the Ford Mustang GRD is a supercharged 5.2-liter V8 engine that produces 815 horsepower and 900 Nm of peak torque. It has a rear transaxle instead of a conventional transmission.

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Thanks to its rear-mounted transmission, the Ford Mustang GTD has a 50/50 weight distribution. Top speed is 325 km/h, the same as the Mercedes-AMG GT.