Five minutes. Around the Nördschleife. Let that sink in for a moment.
Has it sunk in? Okay, now we head on to the details: Porsche tracked its vaunted 919 Hybrid Evo racecar for this event. It was driven by by five-time Nürburgring 24 Hours winner Timo Bernhard. I don’t know who that is, either.
The former record, coincidentally, was also held by Porsche. It was a Rothmans Porsche 956C driven by Stefan Belloff. The record time of 6:11.13 stood for 35 years. Until this Bernhard chap shattered it with a mind boggling 5:19.55. How did that happen? Well, on one straight it registered a speed of 368 kph. three-freaking-hundred-bloody-sixty-eight kilometers per hour!
Rothmans Porsche 956C
But we won’t let you imagine the pace. You can watch it below since I’m still lost for words. It still hasn’t sunk in.
