Porsche 918 6.57 min Nordschleife Record Onboard Mark Lieb

Wow, what a car! Looks like full automatic control of the gearbox from that clip, I could not see any paddles or movement from the driver to shift gears?

If that is the future of hybrid cars, then bring it on!

Conrad

 

Awesome car. 616 hp (or 887 hp with the addition of the electric motors).

For comparison, Hans Stueck did ~6.55 with the E46 GTR race car with 480-500 hp, on slicks.

John

 

Awesome car ... I like it more than the LaFerrari and McLaren P1 ... Still who will buy all of these 1€ Million cars?

 

Advertised in the US at 850K dollars I can see some reverse importation happening in future.

 

to me it also sounds like there is a lot of traction control going on. Driver over powers often and the system regulates. Also on the bumps you hear it, each time there is brief traction loss and reduction in engine power. In kesselchen he lifts in numerous places, I wonder if with more laps he would be able to keep it flat or if that is all there is with those tires. Would have been nice to see the speeds. Looked like well over 260 kmh there.

John

 

Me thinks these tyres are gone after Brünnchen. before PG1 it hits the curb, and in Galgenkopf it drifts
given the weight of this apparatus, it is unbelievable fast.
Its hard to see that the engine stops imediately after the car stands still. Nice heat accumulation around the engines

Daniel