The man himself admits he wasn't going 100% and he can do a better lap.
Porsche 918 Spyder blitzes Nurburgring record

 

Can't believe there were no comments on the picture of the car off the ground. Awesome pic. Someone should start a thread of Porsche's like that. Great pics.

 

Keep in mind that the weather is a major factor in the Ring....

 

There is more time in the car

 

Surely the time is pretty amazing, but some of you guys acting like Porsche made the impossible possible and Ferrari and Mclaren have no clue about anything.

It was very obvious that Porsche will land a great time, they're not the first time on the Ring for testing. Porsche has more experience than anyone else on the Ring, thats a huge advantage. So the laptime isn't very suprising.

I wish Porsche would bring a non hybrid version, with less weight etc. The 918 is a compromise, so there are a lot of emotions going lost for me because all these hybrid shit.

And who says Mclaren had problems to achieve 7:05 ? Maybe it was just a normal test run like porsche did it thousand times at the ring with a lot worser times?

Let's wait and see, until now nothing magical happened.

 

Haha, anything below 7.00 min is magic, my friend!
And just because of the "hybrid shit", now Mclaren and ferrari will have sleepless nights.

 

[QUOTE=Cartel...893;1441336]Porsche has more experience than anyone else on the Ring, thats a huge advantage. So the laptime isn't very suprising.

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Man, that's seriously lame. Let someone put Kimi in a supercar that isn't a Porsche and tell me there is no advantage? Lame.
Google the best lap times of cars and tell me the 6:57 is a bunch of nothing. I've had a few of the cars on the list. So for the 918 to beat a GT2 RS by over 25 seconds, or a Viper ACR by 15 seconds, is incredible. The next car is the Gumpert. You ever driven one of those? Beat it by 15 seconds. I guess Gumpert has no drivers and Porsche got em on the advantage deal. Lame again.

 

[QUOTE=GTCole;1441342]Especially when you consider the car is an economical , luxuriously appointed , do it all , 4 wd , spyder never designed to just be about ultimate lap times rather more a car that is good at everything .
It's a bloody impressive achievement .

 

Cartel is proving himself to be quite the idiot.

 

Regardless of what brand you are passionate about, this time is stunning. Realistically clients wanting either the P1/ LaFerrari/ 918 will not purchase the car based on these times, they will be buying based on what 'tickles their fancy'
Yes Porsche has experience of the ring and some fantastic drivers but so do many other companies. If buyers were looking for the 'fastest' possible time at the ring then all three of these cars would not tick that box.

The video shows how Porsches incredible engineering has produced an awesome next generation Supercar. Yes people will wonder what a lighter 'non hybrid' version would be like. But why not celebrate this remarkable car for what it is. If you hanker after a car with no hybrid batteries and a manual gearbox etc, Porsche made one of those .....it's called the Carrera GT.



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