VIDEO: The Gumpert Apollo Sport’s "record" setting ‘Ring run

Gumpert Apollo Sport at the Nurburgring – Click above for high-res image gallery

Yesterday, word came that a 26-year-old named Florian Gruber set a production car “record” at the the Nürburgring in a Gumpert Apollo Sport, hustling his way round in an impressive 7:11:57. Today comes the video of said run.

Having just watched the footage, a few things jump to mind. The first being “Yay!” for Gumpert and their Rat Fink-style shifter, rather than, say, a set of (yawn) flapper paddles. The second is: my word, does the Nürburgring look fantastic.

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