The Porsche 919 Evo Just Obliterated the Nurburgring Record With a 5:19.55 Lap Time

Road and Track ^ | 29 Jun, 2018 | Chris Perkins

[MtnClimber]

Last year, I wrote a story about Stefan Bellof's 6:11.13 Nürburgring lap time set back in 1983 in a Porsche 956. I said it was a record that would remain unchallenged unless Porsche took its 919 LMP1 car to the 'Ring. That's exactly what it's done. Running a 5:19.55 around the famous Nordschleife, the Porsche 919 Evo driven by Timo Bernhard just obliterated the all-time record.

That's 51.58 seconds faster than Bellof's time, which is almost hard to believe. Onboard footage from Bernhard's lap, which you can see below, doesn't even look like real-life, but it is.

Unlike Bellof's 1983 record, which was set during qualifying for the Nürburgring 1000km, this record saw Porsche rent out the track just for itself with the company using a car not homologated for any race series. The 919 Evo is the same car that beat Lewis Hamilton's 2017 pole at Spa Francorchamps earlier this year. It's basically built to set lap records like this. To send off its three-time Le Mans-winning 919 after it was retired from sports-car racing, Porsche threw out the LMP1 rulebook and made a high-downforce, high-horsepower monster.

[HeadOn]

WOW. I’m tired just watching the video. All tensed up.

I like twisty roads, and drive my stick shift on them when I have a chance, and I’m trying to figure out when you have time to shift. Do they have clutch pedals in those, or paddles on the steering wheel? “Wheel”, right - more like a laptop on a stick.

[Doogle]

Yt Linky
https://youtu.be/PQmSUHhP3ug

[Paal Gulli]

Mid-engine, blown 123 cu.in. V-4 (bank angle unkown) producing north of 500 bhp. Plus an additional 250 bhp from electric motors. Tech specs here.

[Chode]

wicked graphics... thought it was real till the incar then looked at the notes

Video Produced by Assetto Corsa Racing Simulator
http://www.assettocorsa.net/en/

[Chode]

i wish

[ROCKLOBSTER]

What Makes Porsche’s 1160hp F1-Beating LMP1 Car So Fast?

Well....it might just be, the 1160HP.

[Chode]

heh heh heh heh... oh yeah