It has specifications worthy of the homologation specials of yesteryear and a performance, be it for the numbers or for its dynamics, that make it (and we never tire of repeating) the most exciting car of the year. Now the Toyota GR Yaris meets a new challenge facing the most famous German circuit of all, the Nürburgring.
This is not an official visit by Toyota Gazoo Racing to chase any record around “green hell”. And it's not even a complete lap, as the time measured is known as Bridge-to-Gantry, which represents a distance of 19.1 km, instead of the “traditional” 20.6 km that have served for most records. , or the complete 20,832 km of a complete lap.
The shortest distance is due to the fact that on days open to the public (Tourist Days), the straight from Döttinger Höhe is closed to them. This serves as an access point (at its end) and exit (at its beginning) to the circuit, making it impossible to make a complete timed lap. However, such limitation has not been an impediment to obtaining time, with this being measured between the bridge (bridge) that passes existing in Antoniusbuche and the gantry (gantry) existing in the straight in Döttinger Höhe.
And this is precisely what we can see in the video posted on the YouTube channel Captain Gaskrank, where a fully stock GR Yaris (as standard) is equipped with the necessary telemetry equipment to find out how long it takes to travel these 19.1 km.
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The Toyota GR Yaris, equipped here with the optional Track Pack — Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires, 18″ forged wheels, specific-adjustment suspension and two Torsen locking differentials — achieved a very competitive time of 7min56s. A time where there is room for improvement, as, as you can see, the conditions are far from ideal: the outside temperature was only 6 °C and the floor seems to be damp in parts.
Furthermore, as we can see in the video below, it crosses with other vehicles along the way — including a pair of winged Nissan GT-Rs — which ends up always “stealing” precious fractions of time.