Revisiting my earlier post have a look at the pics from the sport auto article.

Although the car is a speed by name it was fitted with the sport's large rear wing for the ring run.

@Georg

I think you are right. They had two Apollos there, a yellow one which may well have been a Sport and the white and blue one which from Gumpert's own specs such as the wheel arch louvres is certainly a Speed.

From the film of the lap you can clearly see a blue wing mirror hence the lap was done in the Speed model.

@Liam
just look at the licens plate..the car which drove the 7:11 carry exactly the same licens plate as the Apollo SPEED (look here at the data sheet) at the main picture of the Apollo speed you can clearly read the licens plate + speed painted on the front fender... so there is something wrong...
a) Gumpert has used the Apollo speed and had rebuild it into a Apollo sport ... because the car is identical (licens plate/ painting)
b)or there is simple a mistake in naming it

As per sport auto and Gumpert the lap was done by a Gumpert Apollo Sport not Speed.

http://www.gumpert.de/eng/popup_rec.html

Michelin Sport Cup

are the tires they used known?

well from the lis you put, the LeBlanc should wipe the floor with all of them, but gimme the saleen anyday.

I always new the Apollo would break the record. I would love to see the Saleen S7TT at the Ring. I bet it would be close if not beat the Apollo. If it couldn't the S7TT Competition with 1035hp could.

Some cars I would like to see at the Ring.

Saleen S7TT & Competition
Ascari A10
Leblanc Mirabeau
Ultima GTR720 & GTR800
Mosler MT900GTR
SSC Ultimate Aero
Caparo T1
Viper ACR with Hennessey Venom 1000 Engine treatment

yeah i would like too see an S7TT at the Ring, but i really dont think Saleen is interested in breaking any records, they certainly could, but i dont see anybody bringnin a S7 there anytime.

Where is the Saleen S7 Turbo when you need one? The S7 did dominate FIA racing.

I believe that the 7:11 laptime of the Mclaren F1 LM is real. That car is just wicked fast.

This is an amazing laptime. And it is not just a factory claim....Btw the traverse acceleration is unbelievable, up to 1.7g !!!

Easily the Gumpert. It is just so original, not to mention quick.
Either that or the Zonda F.

The Gumpert is no doubt the fastest, but Out of the top 10 kings of the ring which would yall take?

Gumpert
ACR
MC12
Zonda F
Enzo
ZR1
GT-R
Carrera
GT2
CCX
?? which one.
CCX for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIXK3vsiLkw

video of the record run

This is clearly not the fastest road going car you can by, it the fastest road going car thats ben tested, that you can buy. there are plenty of car that will rail this on a track, not to say that time isnt an amazing feat.

If you compare HP and Torque and weight, it was always obvious the apollo could do a better time than the ACR, but i am sure even the ACR could have gone under 7:20. The ACR has got to be one of the most underrated supercar.

Any company can fake a time, there really is No proof the time can be accurate, just think about it, mags can post a time and a video, but you cant see the car from the outside or the laptimes from the mags in person anytime can be faked whether it rang from the gumpert to the gtr.

Nissan can always fake a new time. i bet their Spec V will do a sub 7 minutes and then constantly shaving one second off that time every week.

If nissan is trying to beat the production car lap record with their spec v they just wont just look at the gumpert appollo it doesnt have any competition it destroys the competition.

The gumpert appollo may be the fastest production car around the nurburgring for a while i mean the 7.11 lap time is 12 secs faster than the acr s lap time its going to take allot of hard work for some one to beat that time.

it is officel sportauto has comfirmed the record run from Gumpert. The record run was a idea of KW suspension and Michelin tires. According to the driver Florian Gruber a under 7min with this car is possible. Sportauto makes a own supertest with the Gmpert Apollo speed to see what happend in the hands of a car journalist at the Ring...

The laptime datarecording from sportauto
http://img.sportauto-online.de/media/mdb/257665/Rundenzeit-Nords chleife-Rekordfahrt-Gumpert-Apollo-Sport--13-08-09-.jpg?r_498x333

Porsche Dauer 962LM and Ultima GTR720 will eat this, but if its true, its quite an achievement, but wasnt there a rumor that the Mclaren F1Lm did it in that exact time too?