13/12/2024
When Ford revealed the Mustang GTD, it came with a promise – that it would run Germany’s gruelling Nürburgring in under 7 minutes. At 20.8 kilometres long, with 73 curves and 300 metres of elevation change, the Nürburgring is the ultimate fitness test for a road performance vehicle and the standard by which all performance cars are measured; until now, no car from an American automaker has achieved a sub-7-minute lap. From build, to test, to the harrowing corners of the Nürburgring, we followed the drama as it unfolded.
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https://youtu.be/YuxuSLB1hg8?si=d7S30PWB4P0AsIHr
Client: Ford Motor Company, Ford Mustang, Ford Performance
Chrome Productions
Executive Producer: Joel Mishcon, Robert Chew, Lauren C Brooks
Executive Creative Director: Stephen Parker
Global Head of Production: Melly Cook
Head of Post Production: Ben Turze
Head of Technology: Joel Ogden
Director: Sam Strong, Stephen Tyler
Producer: Lauren C Brooks
Director of Photography: Cayne Tucker
Production Manager: Jamin Sandner
Production Assistant: Louis Ott, Robin Neven DuMont
2nd Unit DP: Severin Strauss, Dennis Grishnin, Nikolas Meyberg
Camera Operator: Dillon Deaton, Dominic Easter, Jan Schädle Ubeda, Peter Kaempf
Drone Operator: Skynamic, David Ketelhut
1st AC: Cameron Gonsalves, Felix Jost, Holger Pest, Johannes Suntrup, Rafa Quesada, Ryan Shackleford, Sage Pacetti, Tyler Hollman
DIT: Elisabeth Caic
Camera Crane: Format Industries
Grip & Electric: Adam Thomas, Courtney Poyser, Dave St. George, Gianluca Basile, Robin Ritter, Sam Holling, Trevor Stevens
Sound Mixer: Chris Breest, David Lasota, Geoff Gann, Jeremy Childers, Joel Tower, Liam Gremm, Tim Pattberg
Sound Utility: Johannes Aden, Cenk Orkun Karayijit
Stills Photographer: Giles Jenkyn, Harry George Hall, Chris Garrison
Editor: Matt Nettlefold
Motion Graphics: Andy Cardy
Senior Post Producer: Will Sellers
Grade: Cam Sander
Sound Design & Mix: Marcin Pawlik at 750mph
Music: Audio Network
Archive: Nürburgring 1927 GmbH & Co. KG, Ford Motor Company, Getty Images