The Porsche 919 Evo Has Just Set A 5m19s Nurburgring Lap Record

Porsche's '919 tribute' has just crushed the 35-year-old outright lap record of the Nurburgring Nordschleife - by 52 seconds! Check out the on-board footage right here

Hold onto your hats – and just about everything else, people – because the all-time outright Nurburgring lap record has just been obliterated.

Porsche’s rules-free 919 Evo, based on its hybrid Le Mans racer but with all the restrictions taken away, has clocked a barely-believable 5m19.545s lap of the famous Nordschleife. Driven by Porsche LMP1 pilot Timo Bernhard, that’s not just a few seconds better than Stefan Bellof’s 1983 lap record; it whacks that 6m11.13s time over the head and eats it for breakfast. It’s not quite under five minutes, but still…

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We reported almost a month ago that the 919 had been spotted at the Nurburgring as part of a photoshoot alongside the iconic 956 C, which, not-so-coincidentally, was the car Bellof completed his lap in.

As it turns out, that wasn’t the only reason it was there. Exactly as we’d hoped, the 919 Evo went for the outright lap record. It didn’t just take it, though: it smashed it by 52 seconds.

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All we can do is sit, open-mouthed at the astonishing speed of that car. Freed from WEC regulations its new aerodynamics kit adds over 50 per cent more downforce, for corner speeds that should look insane on the on-board footage.

About that, Porsche: please release the on-board footage immediately, so we can spend the next 72 hours watching it on repeat.

EDIT: On-board footage now released and embedded above. Say goodbye to your weekends, everyone.

Hat tip to Robert Gracie and AutoAddiction!

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Nathan Vonlanthen

Boi

06/29/2018 - 09:31 |
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Shane Koshie

Wooh🔥

06/29/2018 - 09:32 |
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Anonymous

Over to you Koenigsegg…

06/29/2018 - 09:35 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Be serious,no chance in hell they catching that record

06/29/2018 - 09:41 |
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Robert Gracie

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Koenigsegg would be like “Right hold my Swedish Beer…..”

06/29/2018 - 11:09 |
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Robert Gracie

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Think of the budgets….

06/29/2018 - 11:56 |
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Sir Wafel (WhyBeAre of CT) (Multipla Squad) (propane)

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Yeah, no. They would have to build a racecar not based on a street car and that’s not happening.

06/29/2018 - 12:45 |
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woulditfitonmyhonda

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Wasn’t koenigsegg banned from the nurburgring after the one:1 crash

06/29/2018 - 13:46 |
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87CarreraG50

Never been so proud to own a Porsche, congrats to them!

06/29/2018 - 09:38 |
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CannedRex24

Took us 35 years

Totally worth it in my opinion

06/29/2018 - 09:49 |
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I’m sure it could’ve done before, but noone bothered

06/30/2018 - 08:04 |
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them*

07/02/2018 - 05:31 |
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Jakob

Wow, this is incredible. I expected the car to be fast, but I wouldn’t have expected it to be this fast. Who was the driver?

06/29/2018 - 09:55 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Jakob

Timo Bernhard

06/29/2018 - 10:03 |
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Anonymous

In before all the doubters and haters get their hands on this news. Yes, this wasn’t during a race. Yes, somehow, it took this long for the record to break. What the hell does it matter? Can you really call yourselves gearheads if all you do is deny this achievement? It’s amazing how nitpicky a lot of people are. Just sit down, shut up, relax and enjoy one of the greatest things to happen this year.

06/29/2018 - 10:05 |
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Nishant Dash

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

This is probably the greatest thing in this decade lol! I’m so fckin happy haha! I’m Nishant btw

06/29/2018 - 14:03 |
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Blade noir

Now that’s my kind of Evo

06/29/2018 - 10:14 |
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Same lmao

06/29/2018 - 11:37 |
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Tomás Ribeiro (Audi is life)

I’m sure James May will want to have a go.

06/29/2018 - 10:15 |
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dmackster1124

Damn

06/29/2018 - 10:32 |
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