McLaren P1 vs. the Nürburgring-Nordschleife
What is it that brings us back here? What drives us to go faster, push harder and brake later? Just to lap the Nordschleife in under 7 minutes....:

 

Okay thanks for that mclaren

 

Great video McLaren, great video. I literally got goosebumps when the P1 and all its roaring came into play at the 1:19 mark.

 

Great video!!! I would like to know the times, but wow the car sounds/looks amazing.

 

Awesome video but seriously, they release this but not the actual time.

 

Top Gear's Exclusive: McLaren P1’s 'Ring lap time

McLaren has only revealed that the P1 ‘achieved its one remaining performance target' - a Nürburgring lap time starting with a ‘six' - that necessitated an average speed ‘in excess of 111mph' around the 13-mile track.

Let's do the math:

111 mph = 49,62 m/s
Nordschleife = 20600 m

Lap time: 20600/49,62 = 415,16 s = less than 6 min 55,2 s

 

That's why they do not reveal it. only ~3 secs faster than 918 it's embarassing.

 

I think it's time will be about 6:40.

Faster than a 918 & Zonda R. I hope.

 

They are not being quite so obvious as you would imagine so you are making an incorrect assumption. To say "in excess of 111 mph" could imply anything better. It doesn't mean just that or just some small percentage better that. It could even mean in excess of 115 mph or...

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I like that they left a question out there. The 918 seems to be evolving some how. It's numbers seem to improve weekly. I'm sure the Ferrari will do the same thing. It doesn't make sense for anyone to lay a hard number down. The next company will just adjust the tune, pull out some weight or use NASA compounds in the tires. McLaren has never really established a time for the 12C. I think the only number is from 2010 before the upgrade. In fact if I remember correctly it was suspiciously exact to the 458. I would like to see a race series with cars certified as stock driven on a sample of 3-4 tracks. That would be interesting.