India, June 24 -- The prototype of the 2020 John Cooper Works GP lapped the Nordschleife-Nurburgring in less than 8 minutes. Its predecessor had set a lap time of 8:23 minutes. The company will only make 3000 units of the car

Mini is getting the hottest of their hot hatches - the John Cooper Works GP, ready for launch next year. The UK-based carmaker recently lapped its prototype at the Nordschleife-Nurburgring, and the results were indeed exciting. The car improved on its predecessor's 8:23 minutes lap time by nearly 30 seconds. While Mini hasn't released the exact timings, they did announce that the lap time for the prototype was less than eight minutes. With the car still in the development stages, this isn't the official lap time.

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