Lifestyle Cockpit view: Porsche 918 Spyder <7 min. track record run in Nurburgrun

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NotBanjaxo

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I'm guessing that was the lap record for a road car at the time, last I heard a Mercedes AMG held the current best time.

The outright lap record was taken by the Porsche 919 Le Mans winning car a few years back, tweaked for extra performance as it wasn't constrained by the rules and regulations of the WEC, and programmed to deploy it's electrical energy at specific points on the track. It's mind bottling how fast it accelerates when the battery power is deployed.


View: https://youtu.be/PQmSUHhP3ug?si=3qUJK0Mf2OOtojDQ
 

sparkuri

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I'm guessing that was the lap record for a road car at the time, last I heard a Mercedes AMG held the current best time.

The outright lap record was taken by the Porsche 919 Le Mans winning car a few years back, tweaked for extra performance as it wasn't constrained by the rules and regulations of the WEC, and programmed to deploy it's electrical energy at specific points on the track. It's mind bottling how fast it accelerates when the battery power is deployed.


View: https://youtu.be/PQmSUHhP3ug?si=3qUJK0Mf2OOtojDQ
Unbelievable.

It's like an acid trip.
"Is it over??!"

No bro, it's only been 2 minutes.
 

NotBanjaxo

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Unbelievable.

It's like an acid trip.
"Is it over??!"

No bro, it's only been 2 minutes.
When deploying battery power alongside the ICU, it accelerates from 150-200 mph with the same ferocity that a hypercar goes from 0-60.