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On the Nordschleife, after a reliability run with road legal bikes and tyres, a single lap time trial from standing start covered an incomplete lap of about 20.7 km. As the event was discontinued after 1994 in which Dähne's time was not beaten, his 1993 time remains the fastest officially timed motorcycle lap ever on the 20.832 m variant.
Street-legal, Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R, OEM "Weissach Package", OEM deletion of audio and communication system, KW Competition 3-way race suspension, larger wing and dive planes, Porsche Motorsport bucket seat and harness on driver's side. Porsche conducted test. 6:44.749 on the 20,832 m lap.
Sometimes an additional term is written next to the time (such as Hot). This indicates that The Stig and the Top Gear team consider that the prevalent weather conditions have affected the lap time or car's performance. The time on the board is not changed: e.g. 1:50 MM (Mildly Moist) is deemed to be equivalent to 1:48 on a normal dry track.
Dirk Müller piloted the Evija to a time of 6:24.047, and only the Volkswagen ID.R and Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo have lapped Germany's Green Hell quicker. Lotus Evija X Runs Third-Fastest ...
The fastest time ever around the full Gesamtstrecke was by Louis Chiron, at an average speed of 112.31 km/h (69.79 mph) in his Bugatti. [ citation needed ] In 1929 the full Nürburgring was used for the last time in major racing events, as future Grands Prix would be held only on the Nordschleife .
Closing speeds between the fastest and slowest car classes is a common concern, as the track has many blind crests and corners. In 2023, a serious accident happened between a Porsche 911 GT3 R and a Dacia Logan SP3 - the slowest car in the field that year - after the Porsche hit the Logan at the high-speed Stefan-Bellof-S and sent it into the ...
At the time the race became the shortest-ever in terms of both laps and run-time, until the 2024 event would prove to be even shorter. [4] The winner of the race only completed fifty-nine laps in less than 10 hours of green- and yellow-flag running as a result of torrential rain and heavy fog. [ 5 ]
The twin-turbocharged 959 was the world's fastest street-legal production car when introduced, achieving a top speed of 317 km/h (197 mph), with some variants even capable of achieving 339 km/h (211 mph). Combining race-car performance with luxury-sedan comfort and everyday drivability in dry, wet and snowy conditions, it was considered the ...