RE: Lotus Evija X sets third fastest 'ring time ever
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An incredibly tenuous 'record' to claim.
It's basically a Time Attack build - will people now claim 'their' car is a record holder at some track because a Time Attack car on Slicks set a fast time?
Bellof did 6.11 in the 962 - there are 'plenty' of road legal 962s around, surely that's the fastest road 'chassis' round the place if Lotus want to play that game.
It's basically a Time Attack build - will people now claim 'their' car is a record holder at some track because a Time Attack car on Slicks set a fast time?
Bellof did 6.11 in the 962 - there are 'plenty' of road legal 962s around, surely that's the fastest road 'chassis' round the place if Lotus want to play that game.
Don't wish to sound like a harbinger of doom but I can see what's round the corner (no pun intended).
All this 'Nurburgringery' and obsession with being top of the leader board for a particular segment of the market is some day SOON going to result in some serious t
tting of armco and or death/injury/damage/lawsuit/ban from testing here.
I doubt the Touristenfahrten is long for this earth as a direct result.
Well known fact that nearly all serious injuries/fatalities at the Ring involve vehicles with a running stopwatch.
All this 'Nurburgringery' and obsession with being top of the leader board for a particular segment of the market is some day SOON going to result in some serious t
tting of armco and or death/injury/damage/lawsuit/ban from testing here.I doubt the Touristenfahrten is long for this earth as a direct result.
Well known fact that nearly all serious injuries/fatalities at the Ring involve vehicles with a running stopwatch.
Gad-Westy said:
Surely Stefan Bellhof’s 6.11 time 41(!) years ago makes this the fourth fastest time ever? Though I’d also assume quite a few other group c cars also went quicker than the lotus.
These are the fastest ever laps on the 20,832m layout of the Nordschleife if you include the lap times from 1983, the only year this configuration was used for international competition:| Position | Time | Car | Driver | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5:19.546 | Porsche 919 Hybrid EVO | Timo Bernhard | 2018-06-29 |
| 2 | 6:05.336 | Volkswagen ID.R | Romain Dumas | 2019-06-03 |
| 3 | 6:11.13 | Porsche 956 | Stefan Bellof | 1983-05-28 |
| 4 | 6:16.85 | Porsche 956 | Jochen Mass | 1983-05-28 |
| 5 | 6:24.047 | Lotus Evija X | Dirk Müller | 2023-10-13 |
| 6 | 6:26:19 | March 832-BMW (F2) | Christian Danner | 1983-04-23 |
| 7 | 6:26.81 | March 832-BMW (F2) | Beppe Gabbiani | 1983-04-23 |
| 8 | 6:27.10 | Porsche 956 | Jackie Ickx | 1983-05-28 |
| 9 | 6:29.17 | Maurer MM83-BMW (F2) | Stefan Bellof | 1983-04-23 |
| 10 | 6:30.77 | Minardi FLY281B-BMW (F2) | Alessandro Nannini | 1983-04-23 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 | 6:35.183 | Mercedes-AMG One | Maro Engel | 2022-10-28 |
- positions 11-16 are another 956 and some more F2 cars.
Sean 2000 said:
Managed 33 seconds before I was bored of the wind noise!
There is a YouTube video of a sports/hyper cars going around the famous Goodwood Roundabout.Then out of nowhere, a bizarre electric vehicle tries to perform the most idiotic drift and fails.
It's not so much that it didn't work out, but more the pathetic noise it emitted while doing so.
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