A few months ago, Porsche launched a recall procedure for all examples of a car launched in… 2003. Reputed to be very difficult to drive, the Porsche Carrera GT has in fact benefited from brand new developments undertaken both by the engineers of the brand and by those of Michelin. On the manufacturer’s side, the improvement concerns new titanium suspension elements, which have been installed on each Carrera GT still in circulation in the world. This alone made the car infinitely more docile and predictable.
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On the tire side, this is the most recent evolution of the Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 which was graciously offered to Carrera GT owners. Phenomenal erasers, the effectiveness of which we can personally attest to. With these two crucial updates, a Carrera GT was taken by our German colleagues from Sport Auto on the long route of the Nürburgring, where the legendary Walter Röhrl had achieved a time of 7:28” in 2024. This time, it It was Porsche driver Jörg Bergmeister who whipped the improved car, and completed the lap of the Green Hell in 7:12”. Sixteen seconds better, 20 years later! It says a lot about the untapped potential of the Carrera GT, about the things that the engineers of the time missed, and about the incredible advances in tires.
