Mercedes-AMG One sets new Nürburgring lap record for road-legal production cars – 6 hours 35,183 minutes
The Mercedes-AMG One set a new road-legal production car and super sports car record at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife with a time of 6 hours 35,183 minutes over the entire 20,832 km.
On the shorter 20.6 km version of the track, it’s a German publication sports car use for Super Test outings, AMG One with a time of 6 hours 30,705 minutes.
Context is needed to explain the speed of the F1 supercar that passed through the Green Hell. The previous record holder was 991-generation Porsche 911 GT2 RS equipped with the Manthey Performance Kit managed to set the time to 6 hours 43.3 minutes.
The AMG One beats the Porsche by about 8 seconds, which is quite a while in the performance car world. On the shorter version of the track, Porsche’s time is 6 hours 38,835 minutes, which is also 8 seconds slower than the One.
The man responsible for the Mercedes-AMG victory was driver Maro Engel, who won the DTM as well as the Nürburgring 24 Hours. “It was truly an unforgettable experience. I didn’t expect that we could set such lap times with these race conditions. In some key areas of the track, it has not yet dried completely and is therefore very complex. It was a particular challenge,” said Engel.
For the record spin, the team chose maximum camber values within the vehicle’s distribution tolerances, while Engel chose Race Plus driving mode. This tightens the chassis, lowers the vehicle, and sets the electric motors up to deliver all the power and maximum aerodynamics possible.
Tires are Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R MO (Mercedes Original) fitted as standard and ordered exclusively for the AMG One. As for the rest of the car, it’s pretty much the stuff, with a powertrain that features essentially the racing engine used in the Mercedes-AMG F1 cars Lewis Hamilton drives.
The V6 1.6-liter turbocharged hybrid has two electric motors, with one acting as the Engine Heat Generator to capture energy from the exhaust, while the other is the Engine-Engine Generator. get power to drive the crankshaft. There are two more electric motors at the front of the car, contributing to a total system capacity of 1,063 PS.
