The Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid-drive super car has set seriously quick lap of six minutes and 57 seconds around the 20.6-kilometre Nürburgring Nordschleife.
Porsche factory driver Marc Lieb beat former European Rally Champion Walter Rohrl and Porsche test driver Timo Kluck to the best lap time. However all three drivers managed to break the 7-minute barrier.
Marc Lieb averaged 179.5 km/h on his record breaking lap. Porsche ran two 918 Sypder's each producing 652kW and fitted with 'Weissach package' to increase the driving dynamics, and fitted with the standard Michelin tyres developed specifically for the 918 Spyder.
'The radical hybridisation of the 918 Spyder from the very outset is what made this lap record possible,' says Dr. Frank Walliser, head of the 918 Spyder project. 'The lap time on the Nordschleife is and remains the toughest measure of a super sports car. Posting a time of 6m 57s, we achieved a result of which everyone in the development team and at Porsche as a whole is rightly proud.' said Wolfgang Hatz, member of the Porsche AG Board of Management in charge of Research and Development.
The Porsche 918 Spyder Consumption Figures:
combined fuel consumption: 3.3–3.0 l/100 km;
combined energy consumption: 12.5–13.0 kWh/100 km;
CO2 emissions: 79–70 g/km
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