Are Lap Records A Thing Of The Past? Management Imposes Speed Limits At Nurburgring

No, the management of the Nurburgring has not specifically stated that carmakers can’t attempt to set new lap records. Things don’t work that way. Instead, the people handling the Green Hell have enforced stronger speed restrictions this week, which means that any record attempt is now compromised.

We found out about the velocity limitations from the team who is producing the APEX movie, a Sony-collaboration 4K documentary that follows the past three years of efforts done by automakers who battle it out on the halo car level.

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MDarringer - 6/19/2015 12:48:26 PM

+1 Boost

That just shows their cluelessness. Lap times at the Ring are good advertisement for the brands that quote them. THUS, the Nurburgring folks should be finding a way to MARKET the living crap out of lap times and Nurburgring testing.

ATrain - 6/20/2015 7:59:40 PM

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Couldn't agree more with you Matt.

If they are concerned about lawsuits due to accidents, they should consider other means like limiting traffic or establishing pre-requisites. Imposing limits will just diminish the appeal.