R8 Ring time achived by Sport auto is...

[tazsura]

Leadie,
Stephan Reil personally delivered R8 to Sport Auto. Sport Auto requested the fastest version possible...
Regarding EVO track times... I am very, very sceptical about them...

As Leadie has suggested, EVO are the least bias motoring rag of all. And if they were to favour any car at all, it would be Porsche. So the fact that they achieved the time they did with the R8, would have been more of a shock to them, than it would to us i'm sure!

Regarding the actual time, I find it hard to believe that an R8 WITHOUT magnetic ride would be the fastest possible verison?

Also waiting for the car to be put in the hands of a real driver...

Taran

[quattro Gmbh]

LOL 8:04 is just too slow

[roadrunner]

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Regarding the actual time, I find it hard to believe that an R8 WITHOUT magnetic ride would be the fastest possible verison? ...
Taran

I do not. it was posted here already that the magnetic ride sport setting equals the non magnetic suspension setting.

A friend of mine, who has got the magnetic ride in his TT 3.2 S-tronic and has testdriven the R8 with the standard (non magnetic) suspension had the same impression.

greetings
seb.

[Leadfoot]

I do not. it was posted here already that the magnetic ride sport setting equals the non magnetic suspension setting.

A friend of mine, who has got the magnetic ride in his TT 3.2 S-tronic and has testdriven the R8 with the standard (non magnetic) suspension had the same impression.

greetings
seb.

No the MagneticRide in 'sport mode' is firmer than the standard suspension while the 'comfort/normal mode' is slightly softer. Regardless of whether it's a Porsche or an Audi, these types of suspension offer better grip especially on the track. The same will apply to the R-Tronic for track use, on the road I would chose a manual but on the track a semi-auto will always the better option.

Now don't get my wrong, 8:04 is still a good time when compared to the likes of the 997C4S but this is not a reflection of what other magazines have found when testing the R8 against cars that have posted much better times than it on the ring. It's lateral grip is better than all of the cars that post similar times on the ring and it also out performs them in both acceleration and braking. I just find the time posted by Sport Auto very unusual based on what other testers have found.

Maybe it's the ring effect that 7:53RS6 talks about.