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The Stig vs The 'Stang: how fast can the Ford Mustang GTD lap the Top Gear test track?

The Stig vs The 'Stang: how fast can the Ford Mustang GTD lap the Top Gear test track?

Forget the Green Hell - this is the only lap time that counts. Over to our friendly white-suited automaton

Published: 08 Jan 2026

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Stig Laps are back, and once again we've unleashed the white-suited automaton on an unsuspecting Dunsfold.

Kicking off our latest series of laps, we’ve lined up the very same Ford Mustang GTD that set a sub-seven-minute lap at the Nürburgring. Go big, and go Stig, as they don't say.

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How fast can the mad Mustang go, and can it best the benchmark set by its arch-rival, the Porsche 911 GT3 RS? Time to find out.

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