Many automakers publish lap occasions at Germany’s Nürburgring racetrack to spotlight the efficiency of their autos, although Ford has historically shied away from the endeavor.

That modifications subsequent yr with the arrival of the 2025 Mustang GTD, a street-legal observe automotive that Ford predicts will lap the ‘Ring in below seven minutes—the magic mark that high street-legal vehicles have solely managed to beat within the final decade.

The Mustang GTD has rather a lot going for it. Revealed in August, the automotive is predicated on the most recent seventh-generation Mustang however dons carbon-fiber bodywork, bespoke suspension together with an inboard setup on the rear, and a supercharged 5.2-liter V-8 whose output will hover round 800 hp.

The automotive can even profit from lively aerodynamics that Ford on Thursday confirmed will embody a Drag Discount System, much like what’s present in Formulation 1.

2025 Ford Mustang GTD drag discount system

2025 Ford Mustang GTD drag discount system

On the Mustang GTD, the DRS will incorporate each the rear wing and flaps below the entrance and rear of the car. These stay open throughout regular driving however when cornering at pace, they near generate downforce.

Ford is growing the DRS as an lively system capable of finding the perfect stability between streamlined airflow for pace and downforce for grip, primarily based on the present driving state of affairs.

Testing is going down each within the windtunnel and in digital simulations. Ford additionally plans to check the automotive at high racetracks around the globe. The automaker talked about Highway Atlanta and Belgium’s Spa-Francorchamps, and little doubt intensive testing will happen on the Nürburgring forward of any try at setting a lap time. The present file for manufacturing vehicles on the ‘Ring is the 6:35.183 set by the AMG One hypercar final yr.

The Mustang GT3 will carry a price ticket of greater than $300,000. Manufacturing can be restricted, although Ford hasn’t mentioned precisely how lots of the vehicles it plans to construct, and for a way lengthy. Manufacturing can be outsourced to Multimatic, the identical Canadian outfit that constructed the latest GT supercar for Ford.