The Porsche 911 GT2 RS MR | Chris Harris Drives | Top Gear
The Porsche 911 GT2 RS Manthey Racing has a long name. But the story is quite short and simple: it’s a tuned GT2 RS by Manthey Racing, and it’s the fastest road-legal car to lap the Nürburgring. Now, it’s Chris’s turn. Subscribe to Top Gear for more videos: bit.ly/SubscribeToTopGear
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Can't watch enough of Chris Harris , he is the premier car journo imho. Neil's filming is first class as always.
I agree but for daily drives! for professional racing and driving he is the best! each journalist is different
@@Namabasho What are you saying? He's the best for daily drives or for professional racing and driving?
The problem it's that is filmed in a different frame rate than it's exported at in post, so every single Chris Harris video has a horrible stutter on it. I don't know how no one else mentions this, let alone anyone fix it. Can't wait for them to make the change.
I’m 71 years old, and the pinnacle of my “car life” was when I had a 1964 Porsche 356C Cabriolet and a 2004 Porsche Carrera 4S in my garage at the same time - 40 years apart, both works of art. I’d like to drive what I think is the most beautiful Porsche - the 904 GTS (a model of which sits on my desk), but the price is beyond my reach. I had a lot of fun with these beautiful machines!
William you lucky bastard!!
William, what do you currently drive?
@@theprepperrevelator Audi A3 E-tron. Fun drive, but not a Porsche.
@@WilliamValenti still a neat car. Enjoy.
Dude theres a 1960 356b in my garage that my great grandparents would rally
Watching Chris over the years is like watching the development of performance cars, they just get better and better. He’s making petrol heads go back to top gear, you can trust his journalism and only admire with envy his ability in driving. It excites me to watch him and a pleasure to listen. Real cars by a real person. Thanks.
Well said feel the same
He’s the only guy I could stand after Jeremy’s incident
Correct! Top Gear should've been Chris from the start.
Porsche is, in my mind, the best sports car manufacturer period. Everything they make is super reliable, practical and capable.
Not just your mind. In the mind of every driving enthusiast.
I've always heard that Porsches were reliable. My question is up to how many miles? I'm asking because I never see any used GT variance with more than 20 to 30 thousand miles.
@Jason Mullings I've been a trucker for 11 years this month. I've never seen one either but I would like to see some 911 GT variants with miles similar to Corvettes in general. Not sure why not.
@Jason Mullings thats because their owners can always afford the tow.
@@2ndAveScents So how can we say that they're reliable beyond 30k miles when there's not much proof (unlike Vettes)?!
Chris' lap time was only about a second off of the pros. Good on ya mate. You're a fantastic pilot!
In a car he hasn't really driven before. Guy who broke the record knows the car inside out.
@@VirusTornado that alone can be factored to half a second.
Well I mean he is a GT3 driver and races in the Blancpain GT Series.
@@madhunittor also factor in the squirrelly bit @ 6:30 and that's probably another half second at least
Chris is a pro racing driver
The Porsche GT2 RS is much like Chris Harris. The Porsche GT2 RS MR is much like Chris Harris with a beard.
So Richard Hammond in the Porsche GT2 RS MR will be like Chris Harris with hair and no beard.
@@JiewenTan If you can imagine CH hanging upside down.
Porsche GT2 RS MR CH
@@visualwarp9707 Gt2 RS MR CH Nismo LT Black series
I would disagrre cuz with the beard he has worst areo
Watching Chris Harris is seeing a driving legend develop in real time. Under different circumstances, the man could’ve been a factory driver; kind of glad he has gone the route he has, because his videos are the BEST driving enthusiast films on the internet.
You can see the pure love of cars and driving.there's no faking enthusiasm like that
Well said. Chris Harris is a rare treat ‐ especially in a world so completely and sickly dominated by obnoxious hubris conflated with plain ole simple ignorance. Thus humility, humor, and honesty win the day again.
You know it's a proper machine when even Chris Harris can't speak while driving it hard.
The car probably could be even lighter & faster if they will replace the heavy stock textile fabric+leather passenger seat with much lighter carbon bucket just like the driver one .. ;0)
Pop Laurentiu the full bucket seat is probably heavier than the stock one. Its already fully carbon except for the leather and way smaller
Chris Harris is the last great automotive journalist of the old guard. A great intersection of where articulation meets skill, the world needs more of him
Nothing worse than a good racer who can't talk on camera and is cringy, or bad driver talking about how a car handles.
Can't forget Henry. He's a fantastic journalist and a dab hand behind a steering wheel!
Henry Catchpole, Jethro Bovingdon, Steve Sutcliffe, Harry Metcalfe...Chris is very good, but so are these guys. Stop branding people.
@@samrit123in Alex Goy is a personal favourite of mine too, although he's no racer. Harris is just on another level to most, though.
My personal favorite is Jason Cammisa. He’s got a really good knowledge of automotive engineering, and he articulates his opinions so well. He’s the best at what he does.
If I’m being honest, Top Gear only needs Chris Harris. Go ahead and keep Matt LeBlanc, he’s cool too.
Matt LeBlanc already left, he confirmed that the upcoming season will be the last one with him in it.
But is it still top gear if chriss Harris makes 80% of good things there? Ot could be just Chris Harris drives :/
Add a driver like Tanner Foust and have some heated battles. None of the stupid stuff.
Chris had his own show before and he knows what works.
I was number 100
Me: I want one Bank Account: Nope Me: I will save money Bank Account: Nope. Just enjoy the video pal.
mbizzle03 well said mate 👍😁
Well.. Nothing is impossible mate.. Just set your target, focus and work towards it.
Fahmi Zainal nope
Even if you had the money you need to be a "special" customer just to get on the list just for the base car.
Cayman GT4 still achievable for a normal person!
I’m the orignal owner of a 993 C2S, 997.2 GT3 and 991.1 GT3 RS. I take the GT3 and RS to the track - drive in the morning, track it all day, then drive home. They are remarkable cars on the track and even more remarkable afterward when you drive home comfortable with the A/C and radio on. Porsche owners take great pride in being able to do that and in putting miles on the car. What I’ve found in going to cars & coffee events is that Porsche owners always lament how few miles they get to drive due to family and work obligations while other high end car owners (Ferrari) brag about how few miles they have on their cars. There really is no comparison, for performance, longevity and quality, Porsche is the best.
😂😂10:52 Talk us through this amazing tire...! Guy, basically : Screw the tire! It was my mods that worked all the magic! Lol 🔥🔥
loooool not even a milisecond spent on talking about it I love it
But he’s right. The cup R is more aggressive than the cup 2 but Pirelli has been making the trofeo R for years now and now they are just pretty much level. The normal Porsche cup 2 version is just a more conservative version with more wet handling capabilities and less wear
He’s the driver not a Manthey engineer.
@@PaganiZondaF650hp He's right regardless of what the tyre's performance is in relation to another tyre because the tyre doesn't change with the MR package. The regular GT2 RS record was set with the same tyre.
Tires made a huge difference!
Chris Harris has saved Top Gear by making it his own and just being authentic. His passion is real, he's great at presenting and he's a proper driver.
So he's within a second of the track record set by the guy the car was tuned for, and who's spent countless hours going over telemetry with engineers? 🔥🔥🔥
A second is an enormous gap
@@mlgpsypher3264 At that level, I'd take it. Even your best sim racer would be a few seconds off Chris so let's not take credit away from him.
Haha a second is Huuuuge. Chris Harris is very good though.
@@hungrymynd5673 Speaking about second difference in a race, sure. Speaking about a guy that sits for 1st time in a car that's set up for someone else and does a run just a second shy of the record? That's definitely saying a lot about the skills of CH.
@@hungrymynd5673 1 second of 1:49 in a race is alot, but on a lap just jumping in, it's very impresive. Saying 1 sec is huge between a reporting journalist and a factory test driver, is idiotic.
I come back to this video once in a while, to appreciate how well Chris describes the driving experience of this particular car. The video editing is also mind blowingly exquisite
They're both bald for aero dynamics and weight savings
Lol, probably makes the whole helmet issue easier to deal with
Weight shavings
but who is 'bald' under the pants for EXTRA super weight savings...
HAHAHHAA
So that's the secret.
Chris Harris is the" top gear"and the GT2 RS is AWESOM
I agree. Instead of trying to replicate the magic of the original trio - with all the jokes and ridiculous bets - they should just change the show and make it about cars once again. Chris Harris is a great host and driver. He's not afraid to push the cars hard and actually give an honest opinion.
@@TheBobes finally someone have with me the same opinion
I never heard of Chris Harris and because i was subscribed to Top Gear I started watching videos with him. After 3 videos I was a fan of him.
@Ayoub Trabelsi I’m with y’all too. 👍
Porsche is Porsche!! Power with wisdom! 👊👏
Just awesome no drama no non-sense journalism. It was all about pushing a car that was built to be pushed around a track. Last thing we need is a super car drifting in corners but apparently most other journalists don't understand.
6:45 "Neunvierzsch fünf" "Was?" "Neunvierzsch fünf" 😂😂😂
Neunvierzischfünf*
@@marcelk3847 no, neunundvierzig fünf. its 49,5 he just left out the comma
Haha, they don't seem to be too happy about it. ;-) Hits way too close to their own lap times.
@@000GunterGabriel000 I didn't get that at all... that's a German expression we are very reserved. That and usually sarcastic
The fact the Chris can go head to head with Porsche's test driver is beyond insane. A car journalist that can talk the talk and walk the walk. Put him in charge of Top Gear as a presenter and you have yourselves a winning formula.
yes top gear is fukin crazy to not havew Chris, i know they didnt treat him quite good with other presenters but he is the star. he can make top gear on is own without anyone not even bbc, its a shame he doesnt have the production behind him
Harris has had an extensive racing career, so he's not "just a car journalist".
Just when you think a car can’t get better. It does. That Porsche looked so smooth on the track.
I’ve watched Chris on KZhead since he took a mk1 focus rs down a B class road in wales and demonstrated left foot braking. He has always been a true driver and top lad that just has enthusiasm and honesty for driving and the vehicles including bikes.
Faster than a P1, and it uses MacPherson struts like any normal car. It’s not even an extremely sophisticated car, which says a lot about what Porsche’s capable of.
It's a Porsche GT2 RS with more fine tuning. If i could spent millions of euros in cars then this would be 1 of the cars and the normal GT2 RS.
What's a "normal car"?
Rear is multi link tho.
Porsche............ best in the business.
Yes the same suspension is a Ford GT
Chris...in Portugal...with another professionally tuned Porsche...not jealous at all 😩
Word.
How many horsepower?
Duncan Howarth 700, same as a standard GT2 RS
@@duncanhowarth9514 tuned in respect of Aero and suspension
Feel the same way
I like how much actual knowledge and experience Harris has - and he is a fun dude, well done!
love the fact there is a proper onboard hot lap in this vid. thanks!
This is what top gear should always be, new car reviews and exploration of the pinnacle of motorsport, technology, design and culture. Just a shame that it'll never be on the tv's program.
The GT2 is just amazing like one of the greatest Porsche ever made
I struggled mentally letting the 991.2 GT2 RS get up there with the halo 962 and 959 buuuuut... this car is just THAT good.
HeyNowLookHere of course the 959 and Carrera GT is the best Porsche ever made
My nephew has a 'standard' one and I can't imagine why you want more than what it has got.
Now that's how you do a car segment! Nice job Chris, loved it 👍
porsche magnificent as always, and chris, there´s no better car journalist than him ps: what a great vid top gear.
Top Gear died with the trio leaving for me, but Chris Harris resurrected it, and it's all about the cars which I love more than The Grand Tour
@James Tudor no its not you diddling fuckhead
@James Tudor by the time those 3 left TG was no longer about cars and all about their stupid adventures around the world.
@@woah1106 The grand tour is utter shite.
They should fire Paddy and Flintoff. Hire Matt from Carwow and Yani.
@James Tudor hope not, love CH, he's a real car guy. I'm enjoying watching the old FG episodes on their KZhead channel.
So the bigdaddy 911 destroys all the hypercars now? The GT2 RS MR is going up top in my dream garage now. Well done
Well done indeed. The GT2 line was always punching way above it's weight. Can't wait for the 992 GT2 (RS).
@@BB-zv8tx there will also ne a new hypercar by 2020/2021 😏
This car is north of £300k..if you can get one...does that make it a hyper car?
@@dagnut Top speed and price and limited production would be the three pillars for a car needs to be considered as a hypercar
@@Yanger1410 Full EV I think.
Everything so good from the videography, Manthey upgrades to two driver breaking the track lap like that.
THE CAR! THE ENTHUSIASM! THE PRODUCTION! Amazing! I had freaking goosebumps and a smile throughout the whole vid!
This guy is the best journalist for Top Gear hands down not mention he can drive
This is the best of Top Gear, and it's not even shown on Top Gear.
I honestly and quite simply just loved this video. You do not wish to skip a single second of it. Credit must also be given to Neil Carey who has been instrumental in making Chris achieve this extremely lovely level of visual journalism. The perfect team, these two make! Well well done, I'll never stop watching you wherever you go.
I like how Chris summed this up: "I think we need this competition going". I totally agree with him :-D
What an absolutely beast of a Porsche. Love everything about it. Bravo Chris as well for such a good video as well. Fantastic editing. 10/10 video
yeah Porsche never get´s old...:-)
Great to see Harris back to his old style (and best). Seriously great car n video too . 🔥
Agreed! After some previous mus-steps, you've regained our full respect Chris!
Just watch the lap on the "Ring" it's breathtaking just by watching it. Can't even imagine how it is inside the car. Great interview and show. One of my favs.
This is so good, I just watched it for the third time. I love Chris Harris.
Chris, helper springs are effectively zero spring rate once the car is on the ground. They're used to keep the short main springs from misaligning at full suspension droop, where they would otherwise be uncompressed and free to move laterally. You must be thinking of tender springs, which are given a bit more rate.
This is how you should review a car like this, awesome job Chris, no crap just going fullout. I like the rear of the 918 but the front should be like this 911 GT2 RS MR, that would make that car the best looking Porsche ever.
Never thought I fall in love again until I saw this car.
Now THIS is a real car channel. And what a car! I just saw a friend's GT2 RS yesterday, took a bit of video, and I already love the car. A proud moment for Porsche owners!
Another amazing review from Chris Harris....Really enjoyed that
OK so here goes my personal Dream Team for Top Gear: Chris Harris Henry Catchpole Jethro Bovingdon
I like henry at Carfection
I would say Chris tucker , Chris Harris , and jethro. That would be funny to see him in Europe yelling
Jethro 458 Aperta video is still my favorite of all time.
Here is my dream team: - Jeremy Clarkson - James May - Richard Hammond I heard those three are pretty good.
Great trio of names, hard to disagree. Would maybe get Steve Sutcliffe in there but don't wanna take anyone out haha
“optically clever” it’s things like that lol love it
Up there with the best Chris Harris Drives vids of all time. Great work from all involved.
Chris Harris kills every review he does. Absolutely a pleasure to watch!
Oh goodness Chris, great run as ever. Neil Carey and Chris Waterfield, great work on the editing and footage!
I love race lap footage without stupid music all over it
I've driven the standard 991.2 GT2 RS and it's difficult to imagine making it better. Awesome video and well done MR!
Life is simple: I see Chris Harris and a Porsche i press like
Why isnt Top Gear unscripted, this is so much more fun and interesting to watch then any other TV episode.
Tv Shows are like Dinosaurs. They dont realize the Asteroid is coming.
@@gregman1969 true
@GT2 rs nice.
VW ie Motor
After watching Harris, I feel like I know the car. I’ve been lucky to drive a few of the cars he’s reviewed (not on the track except once) and he’s spot on, although he can extract far more from the car than I’ll ever dream. A true auto journalist for true car people.
GT2 RS is not only about the show, it's about extraordinary function too..
"These alcantara steering wheels get a bit munged up. You know? They've got too much DNA in them from other people." ROFLMA! That's an epic quote about Alcantara. Hate Alcantara -- especially on the steering wheel.
if you use racing gloves, then alcantara is way better than normal leather, but with bare hands normal leather is indeed better.
Better than leather
@@muumuumu I disagree. I'll take a leather steering wheel any day over alcantara.
@@black350Z it's preference, alcantara however doesn't get slippery with hands sweating, just harder to keep clean, also it doesn't get that hot in summer sun nor cold in the winter. Most of the time it's simply better.
Engineering mastery meets driving talent, utterly brilliant.
Portimao, the new Nurburgring. 😂 🇵🇹 Fantastic video. Love the enthusiasm. 👌
Chris is a legend now. Every manufacturer wants Chris driving their car, and everyone wants his videos. Chris has come from a private KZhead video, to gentleman racer, to serious race car driver in 24hr events around the world. Chris has a way explaining and speaking about the experience of driving a car... Like no other.
That thing is mental! Mind blowing it lapped quicker than a 918 Spyder, LaFerrari, and P1. Just staggering!
About 8 years in difference
1.49.53 was the laptime, incredible stuff! If you watched the Grand Tour you will remember they took the 918, P1, and LaFerrari around this same track with a former Formula 1 driver, and those 3 didn't go under 1.55.00 (fastest was the 918 with 1.55.20). The GT2 RS MR smoked them by a good 5 seconds. Just goes to show how far we've come since 2013
And P1 got commented, handles like greasy pig lol
Those were standing starts, Chris did flying laps with the same cars and it beat the p1 by 2.5 seconds which is the old record now
Honestly, for my money, Chris Harris is the best in the biz. I am a hard core old school Top Gear guy and still love those guys, so this means a lot from me. Chris is just soo good and no one is close. Bravo.
3 years on, this car is, in my mind the single best accomplishment, by a manufacturer and after market creator. This car, for me, is still that which wet dreams are made off. And, great interview with Lars too! He is so down to earth.
Porsche is insane, they really want kill mclaren lambos an ferrari, porsche is the goat right now, porsche and mclaren
Ferrari/McLaren aren't trying to beat it, especially on tracks like the Nurburgring. Ferrari could crush them if they really gave a damn, but they know that production car records are pretty much meaningless
Porsche practically owns Lamborghini and since 2019 now they actually help Lambo make better handling cars so they wouldn’t actually kill Lambo but yeah..its true there the best in business obviously..
I was about to write the same. Porsche and Mclaren.They are ahead of it'st time. Ferrari is history even in f1. Lambo is all about "exclusive editions". I have seen many of them on fire. Mercedes have a diferent focus in street cars.
saying that something is the goat rn is useless, goat means theyre the best there ever was, regardless
@@ETIMOSLAETUS Not really. It's easy to make turbocharged cars go faster. Ferrari and Lambo make naturally aspirated masterpieces. When Ferrari goes twin turbo they crush that too. The F40 and 488 pista rock.
the man does all the drift glitz but when miller time's over he takes care of business
cullou toltec Yeah, more business, less drifting please
Porsche is too good at making cars so carry on.
What a car What a team Pair of amazing drivers Chris Harris is one of the very best motoring journalists If not the best....
1:35 into that hot lap. Around 6:30 in to the video. That catch, mid corner! Exemplary sir! Epic driving!!!
That looked like quite a pucker moment!
The car sort of skipped and came loose as it went off camber over the crest. Definitely a sketchy moment lol
I wonder if that little moment cost him some time
@@BigBodyRacing I think it had too.
@@ryansauer1373 yeah because would've been closer to the Porsche testing driver
I truly love the design of this car. If driving regularly and not track I would def lose the wing but overall I love it.
Having been lucky enough to get 12 laps in the passenger seat of a ‘standard’ GT2 RS a week or so ago at Oulton Park, I can’t imagine what this must be like. Outrageous! Great video
Chris is just simply Awesome!!! Love his driving, commentary & he lets us just watch & listen, to the car as well. Car is absolutely perfect, it is a Hypercar!!! Thanks😁
Chris; brilliant as ever, best automotive journalist around, period. Porsche; always was and will be Kaiser of them all.... Can’t wait for the Valkirye to crush everything and dive way under 6 minites on the Nordschleife...
The level of technical knowledge that C. Harris has is absolutely mind-blowing. I think he's by far the best car reviewer on the planet right know. He has a professional driver's level of knowledge and also drives like a pro. I believe no other car reviewer in the world can set a lap time faster than Chris Harris and produce such an outstanding material for a car review like this. Not even Clarkson.
One of the best car videos I've ever watched. Well done.
I follow Chris for years...there no other like him. Tks and great job
Thanks Chris for this awesome video. Porsche and Manthey are simply the best.
Pretty amazing these road cars are getting close to GT3 lap times. The Huracan GT3 I believe has that series' lap record with a 1:46.2.
And was that on a Slick?
Alex hogg yeah. Not sure if that is a race record or from qualifying, but either way this time is impressive.
@@ALMX5DP a Slick must be 2+ sec quicker than an R rated tyre
Alex hogg agreed.
It's a tradeoff. The street cars the GT3 cars are based on are usually a lot faster and more powerful (GT3R has circa 550 hp I think). The street cars make better use of the long straights such as the one Portimao has, the trap speed at the end is some 30+ km/h faster than on GT3 cars which are restricted by BOP. Either way you're right. Aero packages on these cars are so extreme they're racing slicks and some extra weight away from racecar status.
The best thing that came out of the end of the original top gear FOR ME, was the discovery of Chris Harris. I know he's here probably for quite some time, but as I'm from Czech Republic (non English speaking country) I had no idea he exists. And thankfuly, NOW I KNOW! And I'm glad...
Chris is the best of the best. For someone like me who has never been a Motorsport guy, he gently and professionally shows what the world best cars are able to do.
13:50 The speed that car was achieving on the Nurburgring......bloody hell! Puckered up!
Domyos shirt for the win mate. Nice GT2 RS MR by the way.
Chris Harris is an amazing presenter, could watch him all-day
Wow! Great video. Amazing machinery in the hands of a highly skilled driver - Chris is definitely livin' the dream!!
I like the fact that they've started to return to a more factual, subject-driven programm like it was with Tiff Niedell and younger Jeremy in the '70s & '80s. If they were to keep trying to do ludicrous challenges and extraordinary things they would just end up being compared to the Hammond, May, Clarkson era, and they couldn't possibly hold a candle to that. This way they're more authentic, fill their own niche and stay dignified by doing something original and not copying something that worked in past. The original trio caught lightning in a bottle, and their chemistry still works wonderfully on the Grand Tour, so it's nice that the Top Gear programm starts to recognize this, doesn't try so hard anymore and knows what it is: a car programm. This way they might be able to step out of the shadow of the original trio and become their own. Authenticity, especially in these times of comeback tours, reboots and sequels is warmly welcome and appreciated. Let's hope they realize this and keep going in a more thoughtful manner.
Solid piece of automotive reporting 👌🏻 Respect Chris
Chris Harris is - by far - my favorite car reviewer. He's no poser; he's no snob. He knows his job is to tell us envious slobs what fun it is to have considerable driving talent and get to sample the best.
I like the way Chris is driving - it´s like smooth sailing. Fast and smooth. Kudos.
Manthey Racing ... A bit of the "Green Hell" every time you start your car! ...the old top gear guys would HATE it lol!
Super..! 👌 Greetings from Poland 💕 Anna 💎
I do love the video alot of great info and you do a great job of justifying the addition cost. Keep up the great work. I e often wished you were the test driver for the grand tour.
I could watch Chris Harris forever. His enthusiasm for his job, is magnified in his reviews. Love it..
GT2 RS the destroyer of supercars and HyperCars, whenever I ask anyone i know that is a car enthusiast what is their favourite car and I get the same to answers 720s or R35 GTR when you got a Animal like this thing and I feel bad that so many people don’t know about this car because it destroys anything in it’s price range or higher.
TRUE!
Facts!!!
Whenever I have enough money to comfortably afford one of these cars, I'm buying a Porsche.
I did .. first was carrera 911 and now GT3 😍
@@Sasori.OfTheRedSand clearly not because you would know to say 911 before Carrera. Lmao
@@Adam-jd8gz in kuwait we say it like that
Sasori of the Red Sand your lying mate
Vijai Ram saving as we speak for a 997 Turbo.
I believe chriss harris is the best car enthusiast out there!!! Love the guy
Chris is my favourite car journo by far. Funny, extremely clever and an amazing driver. Genuinely think he would chat to anyone in the car community.