UPDATE: Porsche 911 GT3 Burns To a Crisp on Nurburgring, Raises Concerns

According to the YouTuber who caught the whole thing on camera, the Neunelfer caught fire at about 3:20 pm, with this determining the official to close down the track for about two hours.

The clip showcasing the sad moment, which can be found below, shows a fire that seems to have started at the back of the car. By the time the emergency responders arrived, the 911 GT3 had already been engulfed by the flames - the incident took place at the exit of Adenauer Forst, with the vehicle being registered outside Germany.

The firefighters used water, as well as foam, to extinguish the fire, but most of the car was destroyed before this was put out. And you can notice the state of the car in the final part of the clip, which shows the vehicle being taken away on the back of a truck.

Now, with the guardrail blocking the view, we can only see the vehicle from the headlights up and, with its posterior burning, we can tell if this is a 991.1 or a 991.2 model.

This is a detail that would make quite a difference - as some of you might recall, the 991.1 GT3 was recalled due to a fire risk, with the cars receiving new engines. The 3.8-liter motor had a loosened piston-rod screw connection, which damaged the crankcase. The German carmaker replaced the engines, with the owners getting zero-miles motors.

Subsequently, a number of engines experienced misfires at high RPMs, with this being caused by a metallurgical defect. Following a group complaint made by owners, the German carmaker decided to extend the warranty to 100,000 miles/10 years.

When designing the 991.2 GT3, Zuffenhausen engineers came up with a new 4.0-liter motor, which was intended to avoid the problems of its predecessor and hasn't shown any trouble so far.

Returning to the Neunelfer that burned down, a Ring settler took to the comments section of the video to state that the problem was caused by oil leaking onto the hot exhaust.

Of course, since we don't know the history of this particular car, there are no general conclusions to be drawn here. So here's to hoping this is an isolated case and one that will be properly investigated.

Update:As you can see in the last photo (via XthiloX/Facebook) found in the image gallery above, which shows the initial stages of the fire, this seems to be a 991.1 model (the recalled one).