Recordlap of the Porsche 918 at the Nordschleife, onboard with Marc Lieb
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The P1 and LaFerrari have to put over 900hp to the ground via 2 rear wheels vs. the Porsche's AWD and electric motor torque.
I'll be curious of the lighter weight will be able to offset what is possibly the Porsche's advantage out of the turns?
I'll be curious of the lighter weight will be able to offset what is possibly the Porsche's advantage out of the turns?
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It can and will beat 6:57 easily
Call me crazy, but after looking closely at the speedometer in the video during the home stretch around 7:30 mark till braking at end of stretch I'm seeing at most 290kph which translates to 180mph. Way below the cars top speed. Im thinking Porsche left something on the table here. Its the longest straight at Nurburgring. If you look at the speed on one of the shorter straights earlier in the run 2:14 the car easily hits the 300kph mark before braking and comes really close again at 2:38 and 4:40 on tricky high speed sections. Clearly I have too much time on my hands. 
Lieb turns a dial on the column as he starts that final stretch and really doesn't seem to be pushing the car hard at all. I am guessing they knew they had the record set at that point and didn't want to show all their cards yet.
Lieb turns a dial on the column as he starts that final stretch and really doesn't seem to be pushing the car hard at all. I am guessing they knew they had the record set at that point and didn't want to show all their cards yet.
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Call me crazy, but after looking closely at the speedometer in the video during the home stretch around 7:30 mark till braking at end of stretch I'm seeing at most 290kph which translates to 180mph. Way below the cars top speed. Im thinking Porsche left something on the table here. Its the longest straight at Nurburgring. If you look at the speed on one of the shorter straights earlier in the run 2:14 the car easily hits the 300kph mark before braking and comes really close again at 2:38 and 4:40 on tricky high speed sections. Clearly I have too much time on my hands. Lieb turns a dial on the column as he starts that final stretch and really doesn't seem to be pushing the car hard at all. I am guessing they knew they had the record set at that point and didn't want to show all their cards yet.
Lieb turns a dial on the column as he starts that final stretch and really doesn't seem to be pushing the car hard at all. I am guessing they knew they had the record set at that point and didn't want to show all their cards yet.
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Call me crazy, but after looking closely at the speedometer in the video during the home stretch around 7:30 mark till braking at end of stretch I'm seeing at most 290kph which translates to 180mph. Way below the cars top speed. Im thinking Porsche left something on the table here. Its the longest straight at Nurburgring. If you look at the speed on one of the shorter straights earlier in the run 2:14 the car easily hits the 300kph mark before braking and comes really close again at 2:38 and 4:40 on tricky high speed sections. Clearly I have too much time on my hands. Lieb turns a dial on the column as he starts that final stretch and really doesn't seem to be pushing the car hard at all. I am guessing they knew they had the record set at that point and didn't want to show all their cards yet.
Lieb turns a dial on the column as he starts that final stretch and really doesn't seem to be pushing the car hard at all. I am guessing they knew they had the record set at that point and didn't want to show all their cards yet.ChuckJ
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I need to read up on it but I think the e-motors can run at peak anyway. The battery only acting as a storage device at that point. Just like the P1 and LaF.
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Call me crazy, but after looking closely at the speedometer in the video during the home stretch around 7:30 mark till braking at end of stretch I'm seeing at most 290kph which translates to 180mph. Way below the cars top speed. Im thinking Porsche left something on the table here. Its the longest straight at Nurburgring. If you look at the speed on one of the shorter straights earlier in the run 2:14 the car easily hits the 300kph mark before braking and comes really close again at 2:38 and 4:40 on tricky high speed sections. Clearly I have too much time on my hands. Lieb turns a dial on the column as he starts that final stretch and really doesn't seem to be pushing the car hard at all. I am guessing they knew they had the record set at that point and didn't want to show all their cards yet.
Lieb turns a dial on the column as he starts that final stretch and really doesn't seem to be pushing the car hard at all. I am guessing they knew they had the record set at that point and didn't want to show all their cards yet.Did you notice how fast Lieb was driving on the bottom of the Fuchsröhre...?
Understeering...yes...or maybe it was just waiting for ePTV Plus doing it's job...
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McLaren going back to break 918 record. LaFerrari, don't count on it. Maranello only cares about FIORANO times
. LaFerrari will not run the ring. Ferrari will just claim a time that's faster without verification, and get away with it.
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Call me crazy, but after looking closely at the speedometer in the video during the home stretch around 7:30 mark till braking at end of stretch I'm seeing at most 290kph which translates to 180mph. Way below the cars top speed. Im thinking Porsche left something on the table here. Its the longest straight at Nurburgring. If you look at the speed on one of the shorter straights earlier in the run 2:14 the car easily hits the 300kph mark before braking and comes really close again at 2:38 and 4:40 on tricky high speed sections. Clearly I have too much time on my hands. Lieb turns a dial on the column as he starts that final stretch and really doesn't seem to be pushing the car hard at all. I am guessing they knew they had the record set at that point and didn't want to show all their cards yet.
Lieb turns a dial on the column as he starts that final stretch and really doesn't seem to be pushing the car hard at all. I am guessing they knew they had the record set at that point and didn't want to show all their cards yet........ran on semi slicks though, so time did not count. There is MORE in the tank for the 918