LATEST NEWS Video Release: Nissan GT-R NISMO breaks lap time record on Tsukuba Circuit in Japan

DUBAI, UAE (5 February 2020) – Nissan recently set sights on capturing the fasted recorded lap by GT-R NISMO at Tsukuba Circuit, Japan. Known around the world as a small yet technical track, just shaving a few milliseconds off a personal best lap is means for celebration enough.

CAR Top (a Japanese magazine) held their annual Tsukuba Circuit time attack event recently. With driver Tsugio Matsuda at the helm of the 2020 GT-R NISMO, Nissan was able to break the 1-minute lap challenge and take the fastest lap time for a production car at 59.361 seconds.

Kotsu Times Sha Co., Ltd, the publisher of CAR Top and GT-R Magazine among others, has been hosting the Tsukuba Circuit time attack event since 1982. For nearly four decades, over 1,000 cars have participated in the event for ultimate bragging rights. The 2020 GT-R NISMO is the second production model car to ever break the 1-minute lap time at the event. The first car was a Porsche 911 GT3, which held the previous record.