Oh, no! Say it isn’t so! The management team in charge of running the show at the fabled Nürburgring Nordschleife have motioned to ban car manufacturers from attempting and publishing timed laps of the legendary, 20.8 km-long circuit.
According to the people behind the automotive documentary, APEX, the decision stemmed from an earlier accident at the circuit involving 23-year old racing driver, Jann Mardenborough and several spectators at the opening round of the VLN endurance race series. In the accident, Jann’s Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 went airborne and flipped over safety fence, injuring many and killing one spectator.
Since then, several speed limits were imposed on high-speed sections of the circuit – Flugplatz and Tiergarten, for instance. The latter is now limited to just 200 km/h, a speed easily accessible by most of today’s performance cars.
Officially, the management insists that said restrictions will be reviewed come the end of the year – for now, any attempts at a lap record will not be tolerated under these new laws. However, things aren’t as clear cut as they appear to be – Lamborghini recently ran its Aventador LP750-4 SV around the circuit in under seven minutes. The management claims that the run was conducted a day prior to the latest round of restrictions.
Conspiracy theorists (yours truly has a taste for the dramatic, after all) are more than welcomed to speculate that the whole move was meant to restrict Swedish hypercar manufacturer, Koenigsegg, from displacing the Porsche 918 Spyder – the latter currently holds a lap time of six minutes and 57 seconds.
Koenigsegg wants to claim ultimate bragging rights with its One:1 megacar and judging from the other records the car has been setting, it’s actually no big surprise should the One:1 top the 918 Spyder. In fact, the firm’s calculations suggest that One:1 will be able to smash the 918’s lap time by more than 10 seconds.
GALLERY: Koenigsegg One:1
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So they’re banning it because of a flying Datsun…
and kill someone and injured so others……..
Like that, the UMW Toyota from Malaysia with no VSC, sure fail in the Nurburgring. Sure skid and die. No wonder why so many Toyota owners in Malaysia die
Nvm…UMW covered the incident therefore nobody know.
nice move, afterall this circuit’s being overrated for years.. good job jann and ur flying Datsun!
bagus la.
tak ada apa yang nak dibanggakan dengan track negara Penjajah…
baik fikir dan buat satu track yang seumpama ini di negara ini dan boleh digunapakai untuk tujuan RnD, test dan sebagainya..
jadikan negara ini satu hub baru :)
this article is about The Koenigsegg or The Nurburgring?
got confused.
btw, Take a look at youtube how this car One:1 made.
awesomeness.
Most supercars/hypercars involving amazing technologies and engineering in their R&D and manufacturing. Not only this One:1, but also Bugatti Veyron, Lamborghinis and Pagani. Meanwhile, the manufacturing plant itself are amazing; as those for McLaren, Porsche and Ferrari.
Btw one thing I respect for Koenigsegg is that they produce such an amazing car with technologies from pinnacle of automotive, from just a small building near an old WW2 runway. Plus most of their invention are developed in-house, without outsourcing from other vendors; their brake system, engine management, etc.
The idea behind cam-less engine, carbon fibre wheel and airspeed-actuated rear spoiler are impressive. Christian von Koenigsegg really manages to translate what’s in his mind into real product.
yeah man, 100% agreed.
That guy got my respect.
All manufacturers.. Please test your car and smash time at Gombak-Bentong stretch.
speed limit on a race track???
It’s actually a public toll-road during normal days when there’s no race.
You obviously unaware the history of this race track. Go read so you know why. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%BCrburgring
I learned a new word today: megacar. I thought hypercars were the quickest and the most expensive ones haha.
Time to promote Sepang to car manufacturers to benchmark their car here.
the accident
https://youtu.be/gDLhR1ssAOc