You may know Daniel Abt as a member of the Abt family behind generations of Audis. You may also know him as a Formula E driver, formerly of the family’s Audi-backed team. You may even know him as the guy who was once fired from that team for cheating in a sim race before returning with another team later that season. In addition to all of this, Daniel Abt is now the kind of YouTube presence that takes extraordinary cars to an airport, takes it with tow and records all of their times for future comparisons.
In his second tow racing video in this series, the comparison is between a Lamborghini Aventador SVJ and a Porsche 911 GT2 RS. Both represent the ultimate evolution of an entire generation of cars with a range of top titles from one of Volkswagen’s most prestigious and important performance brands. Both laid more than 700 horsepower on the ground. Both even had a Nurburgring record in their name at one point. And yet they share almost nothing else.
The 911 GT2 RS is naturally rear-wheel drive. Although based on the four-wheel drive Turbo S, it sacrifices it for rear-wheel drive in a laser-focused attempt at light. It all comes together to make the fastest 911 ever made, a fitting keystone for the 991 generation of the car. The SVJ, meanwhile, is a radical take on the Aventador that combines Lamborghini’s now standard four-wheel drive with a wild 770 horsepower in a track-oriented package that abandons the company’s long-standing focus on on-the-road presence in favor of on-track excellence. .
On paper, they fit together better on a track than in a drag race. After all, the Lamborghini boasts two more drive wheels and another 70 horsepower. In practice, as Abt and another driver found, the Porsche holds more than its own.
After one failed start, the Lamborghini jumped on cold tires early. However, the Porsche overtook at the end to make a surprisingly close race. Abt, who was driving the Porsche, felt that the Porsche could be more competitive with heated tires, and he heated it up and tried again. This time, the two cars started the same before the GT2 RS and its advanced PDK transmission hit the second gear, on which Abt and the Porsche pulled away and never looked back.
Both cars put an elapsed 1/4 mile time on an untreated surface in the middle of ten seconds. By comparison, Abt’s previous towing races put the current Panamera 4S E-Hybrid in the middle of 11 seconds on the same surface. The Porsche may have won the day, but no 700-hp track monster can ever be considered less than fast.
Via Motor1.
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