Huracan Performante clocks 6min 52sec 'ring lap
Faster than an Aventador SV, faster even than a Porsche 918 Spyder and here's how
By any stretch that is a fast lap - faster than the Aventador SV's 6min 59sec, faster than the Porsche 918 Spyder's 6min 57sec. Heck, it's only four seconds off the pace of a V8-powered Radical weighing a fraction less and fully pushing the boundaries of what anyone could define as 'road legal'.
How has it achieved this time? We don't know yet, beyond a quick glimpse at the Aerodinamica Lamborghini Attiva branded active aero, which has moveable channels in the front splitter and in the bodywork in front of the fixed rear wing that can bleed air to reduce drag at high speeds while letting the downforce help where it matters in the corners.
More on the car when we know it, for now appreciate the talents of Marco Mapelli and his willingness to prove that 'old fashioned' supercars with high-revving, big capacity naturally-aspirated engines are more than a match for any fangled hybrid hypercar. His SV lap was the stuff of legend, this one on the Huracan demonstrates both he and Lamborghini really mean business.
Watch the video here
Lambo has simply battered Porsche, Ferrari and McLaren, and it is now the only supercar maker with 2 roadcars below the 7min Nurb mark.
And keep in mind:
Porsche 918 = £600k to £1.2m...
Lambo HP = £250-300k...
The Huracan has destroyed a million-dollar car.
that's what you get when you aren't designing cars to look good on the cover of autocar.
what i mean by that is because it doesn't 'do' smoky burnuts allows the test driver (who has massive plums by the way...) to aim at the apex and bury the throttle early and let the understeer take him to the exit curb wthout worrying that the rear tyres are about to flare up and fire him over the armco. it's all very unspectacular (you know what i mean) but ruthlessly efficient. as long as he used a smooth initial steering input, the car would respond faithfully and reliably every time. Nothing to do with marketing b
ks about 'moveable flaps'some of the places he was burying the throttle were making me wince. top effort. in a ferrari, he would have been feathering all over the show...
is how I am after watching that...
Ill post the proof so its official
Ill post the proof so its official
I think a lot of these times are coming from the current generation of tyre. The Cup 2s and PZero Trofeo's are very, very close to a slick in their performance. For a road tyre to be capable of nearly 1.5G 5-10 years ago would be ludicrous.
I'm pretty confident there isn't actually much funny business here. Just a very, very well optimised track car with a decent wedge of power! Top effort.
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