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Ford Reclaimed The Nürburgring Record, But Corvette Won't Fight Back

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Ford Reclaimed The Nürburgring Record, But Corvette Won't Fight Back

Ford and Chevrolet are trading Nürburgring headlines again, but they are not chasing the same record.

The Mustang GTD Competition lapped the Nordschleife in 6:40.835 with Dirk Müller behind the wheel. That time undercuts the Corvette ZR1X's 6:49.275 production-car lap by about eight and a half seconds.

Earlier this year, the street-legal Mustang GTD itself set a 6:52.072 production-class record at the Nordschleife with Müller driving, before Ford returned with the sharper Competition build in March 2026.

Tony Roma, General Motors' executive chief engineer for Corvette and performance cars, says his team will not be booking another flight to Germany anytime soon.

Ford's latest run sits in a different category from Chevrolet's. The Mustang GTD Competition's 6:40.835 appears in the Nürburgring "Prototypes / Pre-Production Vehicles" table, while the Corvette ZR1X's 6:49.275 is listed in the production and sports car records. Chevrolet's other 2025 Nordschleife efforts include a 7:11.826 for the Z06 and a 6:50.763 for the ZR1, all recorded at the same circuit.

That gap between prototype and production status affects how the runs compare. The GTD Competition time comes from a pre-production development car while the Corvette's laps represent the fastest American production cars.

Roma does not dispute what Ford has done. "The lap time was amazing, and at the time it was the fastest American car around the Ring, and look, I think it's a time we're super proud of," he said, referring to the Corvette's own sub-seven-minute run. Chevrolet had not posted an official Nürburgring lap in 13 years before that attempt.


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