A Lizard Green Porsche 911 GT3 RS has had its life cut tragically short after crashing at the Nurburgring.
These images, snapped by Magazin Pro Driver CZ and posted on their Facebook page, show the German sports car has sustained severe damage from a crash that appears to have involved multiple hits, damaging both the front and rear of the hardcore 911.
One of the images shows a damaged E36-generation BMW 3-Series in the background, hinting that maybe the duo had a coming together. Visible damage to the Porsche includes a ruined front fascia, bent hood, damaged rear quarter panel, bent rear wheel and a missing rear bumper. It seems likely that, irrespective of whether it made contact with the BMW, the Porsche hit one of Green Hell’s unforgiving crash barriers really hard.
There’s no doubt the latest GT3 RS is remarkable capable around the Nurburgring when in the hands of a professional racing driver; at the same time, though, it can be a handful for mere mortals, especially at so unforgiving a venue.
Earlier this year, Porsche development driver Lars Kern piloted the car around the German circuit in a remarkable 6:56.4 minutes, making it faster than the Porsche 918 Spyder and only slightly slower than the GT2 RS. For a car that uses a naturally-aspirated six-cylinder engine with ‘just’ 512 hp, a sub-7 minute lap around the ‘Ring is simply extraordinary.
Porsche set this blistering time in a GT3 RS equipped with the optional Weissach package that includes an exposed carbon fiber hood, magnesium wheels and other lightweight features. The car involved in this crash doesn’t appear to have been equipped with this costly upgrade.
