Porsche 911 Manthey beats Mustang GTD
- Porsche’s updated 911 GT3 with the Manthey Kit just reset its own Nürburgring mark, posting a 6:50.863 lap on April 25. - That’s 2.118 seconds quicker than the 992.2 Manthey lap Porsche announced in late 2025, and about six seconds faster than a standard 992.2 GT3. - The bigger context changed fast: Ford’s latest Mustang GTD Competition now sits much quicker at 6:40.835.
Porsche just made the 911 GT3 Manthey even quicker at the Nürburgring. The new official time is 6:50.863 for the 20.832-km Nordschleife, set on April 25, 2026. That matters because the Manthey package is basically Porsche’s factory-blessed answer to a simple question — how much lap time can you find without adding big power? The answer, turns out, is a lot. But the bragging-rights picture is messier than the headline floating around social feeds. (motor1.com) ### What actually ran the lap? The car was a 992.2-generation 911 GT3 fitted with the Manthey Kit — the aero, suspension, brake, and wheel package Porsche sells for track-focused owners. Porsche said the lap was driven by works driver Jörg Bergmeister, and the point of the package is grip and stabil(motor1.com)overs, and brake changes are the real story here. (newsroom.porsche.com) ### Why is 6:50.863 a big deal? Because it improves on Porsche’s own earlier 992.2 Manthey benchmark. In late 2025, Porsche announced a 6:52.981 Nordschleife time for the same generation GT3 with the Manthey Kit. The new lap cuts 2.118 seconds from that mark, which is a meaningfu(newsroom.porsche.com)ndard updated GT3. (newsroom.porsche.com) ### So did it beat the Mustang GTD? Not the newest one. That’s the catch. Ford’s original Mustang GTD benchmark was 6:52.072, and against that number the Porsche does come out ahead by 1.209 seconds. But Ford came back in April 2026 with the Mustang GTD Competition at 6:40.835 — (newsroom.porsche.com)latest Nürburgring headline. (nuerburgring.de) ### Why are people mixing those up? Because Ford’s Nürburgring story now has multiple layers. There’s the earlier GTD run at 6:52.072. There’s also Ford Racing material saying engineer Steve Thompson lapped a GTD Competition in 6:49.337. And then there’s the official headline(nuerburgring.de)che to the wrong Ford lap, you get a very different story. (fordracing.com) ### Why does this matter beyond forum arguments? Because it shows how much lap time modern aero and chassis tuning can unlock. The GT3 is still naturally aspirated and still not chasing the horsepower war head-on. Manthey’s trick is more like sharpening a scalpel than swingin(fordracing.com)er on a spec sheet. (newsroom.porsche.com) ### Where does the horsepower talk fit in? Mostly as contrast. The Mustang GTD has been making noise partly because it pairs huge power with race-car hardware, and outside testing has highlighted just how stout that setup is. But Porsche’s new lap is a reminder that wheel horsepo(newsroom.porsche.com) survives 20.8 km of corners. (motor1.com) ### Does Porsche have the overall upper hand now? Not on raw Nürburgring time against Ford’s latest Competition run. What Porsche has is a very Porsche kind of win — it made an already serious GT3 materially faster with a parts package, and it did it without changing the car’s basic identity. That’s catnip for track-day buyers. (motor1.com) ### Bottom line The real news is simple: Porsche improved the 992.2 911 GT3 Manthey to 6:50.863 on April 25, 2026. That’s a serious result. But it does not put the car ahead of Ford’s newest Mustang GTD Competition benchmark. It mostly proves something enthusiasts already suspect — lap time is a systems problem, and Manthey is very, very good at solving it. (motor1.com)
