Overview
- Ford’s out-of-production GT Mk IV, driven by Frédéric Vervisch, set a 6:15.977 lap on the Nordschleife that Nürburgring officials verified.
- The time places the car third on the circuit’s all-time list behind Porsche’s 919 Hybrid EVO and Volkswagen’s ID.R prototypes.
- The run came in the same prototype class as Chevrolet’s Corvette ZR1X, giving Ford a direct class win in that rivalry.
- The lap stands as the fastest pure internal-combustion effort recorded there and the quickest by an American car.
- The Mercedes-AMG One’s 6:29 sits in the road-legal Super Sports class, and Ford noted unusually cold weather during its Mk IV run, factors that shape how laps compare.