Hot laps in the new 911 GT3: absolute peak Porsche?

Stuttgart's hardcore 911 gets updated engine, tweaked underpinnings and more exhilarating exhaust note

After Porsche GT boss Andreas Preuninger has conducted the showbiz reveal, guests gather for passenger rides. We jostle for position on the asphalted paddock-veranda behind Porsche’s towering experience centre at Hockenheim; it being 7.30pm in mid-October, the unlit test track spread out below our high vantage point is in total darkness. Soon enough the vagaries of its twisting layout will be traced by the frenetic headlights of two 911 GT3s whose engines appear to be jammed at 9000rpm.

Bergmeister explains that it’s still a little damp out there, then proceeds to drive this GT3 flat as flat-out can be. He has the tyres simmering and in his hands the grip at both ends of the car is bewildering. The revised rubber compound for the Michelin Cup 2s is apparently notably improved when it’s greasy underwheel. I can well believe it.

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