The updated RS3 is imminent. The Nurburgring stopwatch suggests it has moved the game on significantly
As sure as death and taxes, German carmakers are going to vie for stopwatch-based superiority on the Nurburgring. Probably it has less to do with sales these days than it being a badge of honour; especially as setting a lap time is often part of the validation process for performance models. The latest car to radiate under a ‘job done’ lap record is the incoming Audi RS3, which, at the hands of development driver Frank Strippler, arrowed around the Nordschleife in 7:33.
This is significant for two reasons. Firstly, and no doubt satisfyingly for the team responsible, the latest iteration of the RS3 - which hasn’t been revealed yet - is significantly quicker than the outgoing version. You may recall that in 2021 it too was the record-holder, having bested the Honda Civic Type R by 4 seconds with a 7:40.748 lap.
Specifically, this is said to be due to the ‘optimised cornering behaviour’ Audi has found in the relationship between the fully variable torque splitter, the stability control, the torque vectoring and the optional adaptive dampers, all of it enhanced by a new modular vehicle dynamics controller. “That was the key to our success,” noted Strippler.
Secondly, by returning to the top of the leaderboard, Audi has pushed its mortal enemy into the silver medal position. Just last year BMWfor besting the RS3’s previous time with a 7:38.706 at its Four Cars, One Day event - a significant scalp for the final pure combustion M car. Not that we expect it to spend very long in Audi’s shadow - rumours of a forthcoming CS version have been bubbling for months. Like we said: death and taxes.
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