It’s official: Porsche’s mad prototype has gone around the Nordschleife quicker than anything.
Last year, I wrote a story about Stefan Bellof’s 6:11.13 Nürburgring lap time set back in 1983 in a Porsche 956. I said it was a record that would remain unchallenged unless Porsche took its 919 LMP1 car to the ‘Ring. That’s exactly what it’s done. Running a 5:19.55 around the famous Nordschleife, the Porsche 919 Evo driven by Timo Bernhard just obliterated the all-time record.
That’s 51.58 seconds faster than Bellof’s time, which is almost hard to believe … More
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