Porsche Sets Nürburgring Benchmark At 6m 30s For Any 918 Successor

Porsche’s fascination with the Nürburgring shows no sign of abating. Speaking to TopGear.com at the LA Motor Show, Porsche Motorsport boss Frank-Steffen Walliser laid down the gauntlet for the core of whichever car supercedes the 918 Spyder hypercar.

It won’t be whichever powertrain best fits the company’s increasingly electrified message, but whichever powertrain allows it to take nearly 30 seconds out of the 918’s 6m 57s lap of the ‘Ring.

“It must achieve a 6m 30s at the Nürburgring,” Walliser tells us. “I don’t care about the drivetrain, 6m 30s is the target. Sports cars are defined by their performance, then we have to look how to achieve it. An electric car in 6m 30s is quite a challenge.” So a hybrid may be unlikely, a fully electric hypercar even more so.

PUGPROUD - 11/29/2018 3:00:50 PM

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Is there a limit as to how fast a car can go round this track? Not likely the cars themselves, more likely the drivers.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 11/29/2018 7:33:59 PM

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-Pugproud- Correct. You put Sabine in that car a lady who knows the Ring better than anyone and she will set an awesome time because of her familiarity with the track. A car can only respond to its driver inputs. But that is an amazing time for a production car.

zlives - 11/29/2018 6:19:08 PM

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i am sure you can program the track on the car and let the computer drive without anyother traffic....

skytop - 11/29/2018 7:44:24 PM

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Pssst....before you marvel as the lap time, be aware the almighty Porsche 918 Spyder has a starting sales price of $845,000.