Yahoo Autos The Porsche 919 Evo Just Obliterated the Nurburgring Record With a 5:19.55 Lap Time
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 just obliterated the all-time record.
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, Porsche threw out the LMP1 rulebook and made a high-downforce, high-horsepower monster.
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 that adheres to the regulations for no race series.
This story is developing.
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