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Originally Posted by sdhotwn
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"After a couple of laps of fairly controlled running, it’s dry enough to begin pushing with real intent. On smooth surfaces, the soft compound Cup tyres deliver outstanding purchase. You can load up the M2 CS on the entry to constant-radius corners and confidently continue to push past the apex, all the while relying on the sheer adhesion to allow you to hold your line. It’s here, with greater grip equating to faster cornering speeds, where BMW says it has a distinct advantage over the M2 Competition. “It’s a combination of a lot of detailed chassis changes,” says Haecker of the greater agility offered by the M2 CS, adding: “It laps the Nürburgring eight seconds faster than the M2 Competition."
So then the Nürburgring Nordschleife lap time of the M2 CS is either 07:44 or 07:42, which is close to my earlier "± 07:43" guesstimate.
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Originally Posted by Artemis
So far BMW M has not disclosed yet the official Nürburgring Nordschleife M2 CS lap time.
Some considerations: - FWIW: back in January 2016 a German source stated that already in 2015 BMW was testing an M2 pre-production car with the S55 engine (instead of the N55 engine) and that it lapped the Nürburgring Nordschleife "more than 8 seconds faster than the M4" (see here); remember that the Sport Auto M4 lap time was 07:52 (see list here);
- M2 Competition lap time:
- reference is usually made to the 07:52.36 lap time by Sport Auto (Horst von Saurma) in October 2018 (M-DCT M2 Competition - no manual) (see list here + full lap video here);
- Sport Auto pinned the following comment under its video: "Hi guys, just one more information: The official lap time of BMW M testdriver Jörg Weidinger in the M2 Competition was 7.50 min";
- during the closed room M2 CS preview event in Brussels (Sep 17), a BMW guy mentioned "about 10 seconds faster than the M2 Competition";
- on the M2 CS release day (Nov 6), a Belgian YouTuber posted an M2 CS walkaround video (see here); he mentions (02:35-02:40) that the M2 CS laps the Nürburgring "8 seconds faster than the M2 Competition".
As 07:42 is the lap time of the first generation Porsche Cayman GT4 (981) (manual, of course - no PDK) clocked By Sport Auto (Christian Gebhardt) in 2015, I hope that the M2 CS manages to perform that lap time. I think that it's gonna be a close call (± 07:43).
BMW M lap times (source: here) - 7:27.88 = F82 M4 GTS
- 7:35 (previously 7:38) = F80 M3 CS + F82 M4 CS
- 7:38.92 = F90 M5
- 7:4?.?? = F87 M2 CS
- 7:48 = E92 M3 GTS
- 7:50 = E46 M3 CSL + F87 M2 Competition (BMW)
- 7:52 = F82 M4
- 7:52.36 = F87 M2 Competition (Sport Auto)
- 7:54 = F10 M5 Competition
- 7:58 = F87 M2
- 8:05 = E92 M3
- 8:07 = E52 Z8
- 8:09 = E63 M6
- 8:12 = E86 Z4 M Coupé
- 8:13 = E60 M5
- 8:15 = E82 1M
- 8:22 = E46 M3
- 8:22 = E36/8 M3
- 8:35 = E36 M3
- 8:50 = E30 M3
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