Don’t look so surprised. The new hypercar’s hybrid-assisted V-6 pumps out more than 1,000 hp.
. In circling the winding 12.92-mile course in 6:35.183, he easily beat the previous mark of 6:43.300, which was set last year by a Porsche 911 GT2 RS Manthey, by 8.117 seconds. The gap between first and second is actually bigger than that between second and fifth .
Making the One’s record that much more impressive was the conditions it was set in. It’s autumn in Germany, so it was set on a chilly day with a light wind. In fact, AMG claims the track was actually damp and dirty when Engel officially set the record on his last run of the day. “That was really an unforgettable experience,” the lauded driver said in a statement. “I didn’t expect that we would be able to set such a lap time with these track conditions. In some crucial areas of the track, it hadn’t dried completely yet and was therefore tricky. That was a special challenge.”As impressive as the hypercar’s Nürburgring record is, it shouldn’t come as a complete shock. The One is basically a street-legal racecar.
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