It all looks so effortless.

But to lap the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 7 minutes 15.63 seconds it’s a safe bet that the result was anything but. This is the edo competition Porsche 911 GT2 RS—a 612bhp (456kW), 1284kg animal. edo competition is the brainchild of Edo Karabegovic who started out working on Ferraris. Now, though, edo will breathe a wickedly new lease of life into the who’s who of supercar manufacturers. Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Ferrari, Porsche, Maserati and more. If you have the money, edo competition has the technology.

As you can see from this clip, with Patrick Simon behind the wheel at least, the results are truly heroic.

For those learning the track, this footage has a course marker in the top left of screen to show the car’s progress around the circuit, so you may like to bookmark this page as a handy reference.