Radical SR8LM, New Nurburgring Record: 6:48

As we told you yesterday, German manufacturer Gumpert, proudly announced their apollo sport set a new lap record on the Nurburgring Nordsschleife track, with a time of 7:11:57. Today, it's time for that record to be contested, as British Radical now claim their SR8LM trashed apollo's record, bringing it to 6:48, no less that 28 seconds faster than the German car! And the taunts continue...

Radical says the record was established after the car was driven from England to Germany (in case we doubted whether it is street legal). Once at the track, the car smashed the record while driven by Michael Vergers and overseen by German Sport Auto and UK's evo magazines.

“The car was great, I could push really hard and it felt clearly faster than the previous SR8 in 2005,” said Michael Vergers. “It’s fantastic that we’ve beaten the record; hopefully I’ll get an opportunity to return with Radical in the future.”

"I’m obviously delighted, the record has been a real team effort headed up by Phil Abbott and Rob Wheldon. Dunlop have supplied us with brilliant, hard-wearing trackday tyres, indeed we’ve only used one set to both drive to the ‘Ring, and set the record," Radical co-founder Mick Hyde added.

Yesterday, Gumpert said the conditions were good, yet not perfect and hinted the apollo may go for another record breaking run, with the goal set to finish in under 7 seconds. Radical, on the other hand, says the conditions were perfect. Could this mean apollo will go after Radical, again?

"We’ve proved that the SR8LM is not only the world’s best trackday car, but it’s also practical enough to drive to and from the circuit. It is a genuine production sportscar, with genuine performance credentials, as we’ve shown today,” Hyde concluded.