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918 Spyder Runs Record-Breaking 6:57 Nürburgring
As the standard against which all performance models are judged, the lap record for Germany's storied 12.8-mile Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit is under constant assault. In addition to providing the official statistician track with job security, record-chasing runs are universally accepted, objective measure of a car's performance, and shaving seconds gives automakers reasons to grab some headlines. Of course, many try to set a new standard, but most fail. Porsche’s hybridized 918 Spyder is not among the failures.
Not only did the 918's record-toppling 6 minutes, 57 seconds lap obliterate its own previous low of 7 minutes, 14 seconds, but the team — comprised of rally ace Walter Röhrl, company test driver Timo Kluck, and factory racer Marc Lieb — bettered it on the first try. The time is just nine seconds slower than the lap turned in by the Radical SR8LM, although that's a production car only in the absolute loosest sense of the term. The Porsche 918 is street-legal worldwide, which is enough for us to say it holds the mark. The Gumpert Apollo Sport is now the second quickest by this standard, having posted at 7:11 in 2009.
© Provided by Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. Not only did the 918’s record-toppling lap obliterate its own previous low of 7 minutes, 14 seconds, but the team bettered it on the first try.
Lieb was behind the wheel for the quickest lap, posting an average speed of 111.53 mph. Two 887-hp 918s were prepped to run, both equipped with the optional weight-shaving (and crazy expensive — it costs $ 84K) Weissach package. The tires fitted were the 918's standard-issue Michelins, which were specifically developed for the car.
The 918 Spyder just made its global production-spec debut at the Frankfurt auto show. Of the run, Porsche R&D head Wolfgang Hatz said, “We promised a great deal with the 918 Spyder, namely to redefines. . . performance. We have kept our word. ”Uh, yeah.
by Hearst Magazine
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