Damn it, just saw 918 vid with sound. Ruined it for me. I forgot it had that ugly flat plane crank engine sound.

 

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?

 

Lots more understeer than I expected.

 

Amazing!!!.... even if he shifted so quickly I didn't see his hand move from the wheel!

ChuckJ

 

+1...

 

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.

 

I'm pretty sure that the battery drained after the 1st lap, which would explain the diminished speed on the back side straight. I'm sure that if they recorded a second lap it would increase in time. The same holds true for La Ferrari and the McLaren P1.

 

Looked to me like he left something on the table at the first part of the run also, but could have been the tires weren't warmed up.

ChuckJ

 

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.

 

These conversations are so cool. I never thought I'd actually enjoy talking about hybrids.

Imagine when these are all electric...

 

So far in all Sport Auto's supertests every car has clocked it's top speed either at Flugplatz or Schwedenkreutz's crest's uphill. That long straight towards Tiergarten is mostly uphill, and actually quite steep one. And yes, the battery must have been almost empty at that moment too. Still, in those speeds it'll only run with V8 and rear electric motor. Front one is offline.

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...

 

An up close look at this awesome car - - -

 

And here is the awesome interior - - -

 

McLaren maybe. P1 did run a 7:04 at the ring. Deemed too slow by Woking.
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.

 

A little secret, the 918 did do 6:48 just for ****s and giggles after they broke 7mins.......ran on semi slicks though, so time did not count. There is MORE in the tank for the 918