The 2025 Ford Mustang GTD is the first car from an American brand to complete a lap at Germany’s iconic Nürburgring Nordschleife in fewer than seven minutes.
Driven by Multimatic Motorsports driver Dirk Müller, the 815-horsepower Mustang GTD lapped the circuit, nicknamed “The Green Hell,” in an officially certified 6:57:685. It’s the fifth fastest time by a stock production sports car according to the Nürburgring’s official records and only the sixth vehicle in that class to break the seven-minute barrier.
“The team behind Mustang GTD took what we’ve learned from decades on the track and engineered a Mustang that can compete with the world’s best supercars,” says Jim Farley, president and CEO Ford. “We’re proud to be the first American automaker with a car that can lap the Nürburgring in under seven minutes, but we aren’t satisfied. We know there’s much more time to find with Mustang GTD. We’ll be back.”
Mustang GTD’s Nürburgring success, according to Ford, is due to the work of a small, dedicated team of engineers and designers who worked over the course of two years to turn the Mustang GT3 race car into the first-ever Mustang supercar. Ford documented its efforts in the run up to the timed Nürburgring run in “The Road To The Ring,” a 13-minute documentary that covers the challenge, drama, and excitement of developing Mustang GTD.
The documentary is a behind-the-scenes look at the testing of Mustang GTD, from iconic American tracks like Sebring, through to development sessions at the Nürburgring. It features Farley, Muller, Multimatic Chief Technical Officer Larry Holt, Mustang GTD Chief Program Engineer Greg Goodall, and Mustang GTD Design Manager Anthony Colard, as well as other members of the Ford and Multimatic team.
Ford says Mustang GTD represents the “apex of Mustang performance” and benefits from lessons learned by the Ford Performance Motorsports and Multimatic Motorsports Mustang GT3 program, in particular around aerodynamics and setup for tracks such as the Nürburgring. Mustang GTD, however, isn’t subject to the rules and regulations of GT3 racing, which prohibit much of the technology that allow a sub-seven-minute Nürburgring lap.
That includes carbon-ceramic brakes, active aerodynamics, a supercharger, and semi-active suspension. A carbon-fiber body is familiar from GT3 racing, and while the Mustang GTD that completed the sub-seven-minute lap was entirely stock, it did include motorsports-derived safety gear mandated by the Nürburgring. That includes a competition seat with a five-point harness and a roll cage.
