2023 Porsche 911 GT3 RS SMASHES Road America Lap Record

Porsche has just announced that the911 GT3 RShas broken the brand's own production car lap record around the Road America circuit in Wisconsin with a time of 2:13.8. The lap was set by Porsche Deluxe Carrera Cup North America veteran Dimitri Dimakos on the freshly resurfaced track, which could explain why it managed to beat a far more powerful car - the 991 922 GT2 RS from 2018.

The previous lap record was set in 2019 by David Donahue, who recentlytook the Time Attack 1 class at Pikes Peak. Despite the fact that the GT2 RS produced 691 horsepower, the 518-hp 992 GT3 RS beat Donahue's record by almost two seconds.

"The biggest thing is not necessarily the lap time, it is the ease at which the car can achieve that lap time and the confidence it inspires in the driver," said Dimakos. "The car can be driven by someone who is a novice or intermediate level driver and still be very fast and comfortable to drive. The braking is nearly identical to what we run in the911 GT3 Cupcar. I was braking at exactly the same spot. No wiggling at all. The car stopped exactly straight, turned in great."

Clearly, thecomplex aerodynamic elements of GT3 RSwork in the real world, on real tracks.