There's A New Nurburgring Record...For The Fastest Lap With A Trailer
Bored of car manufacturers obsessing over Nurburgring lap records? Here’s something that might provide an antidote. Or maybe it’ll just irk you further. Either way, it’s a Nordschleife record with a difference.
A German firm called Moetefindt - which specialises in racing car transportation - sent a Porsche Panamera Turbo Sport Turismo around the Green Hell…while towing one of its trailers.
Called the ‘FTP235’, it’s - as you can see - rather large. The twin-axle trailer was also loaded with a Porsche Junior tractor for good measure. Despite the heavy load and having a top speed of only 110mph, the car and trailer combo managed to lap the ‘Ring in an actually quite respectable 12 minutes and six seconds.
So far as we can see though, no one’s claimed a feat like this before, so this is best considered a benchmark for others to beat. Not that we’d expect people to be lining up to smash such a weird record…
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Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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INB4 cheap Christian van Koenigsegg jokes
You have no idea…
This comment has aged well
*>inb4 overused Christian van Koenigsegg jokes
Another day… Another challenge for this Swedish Boi
I alredy see a trailer hooked up to an Agera RS
Here’s a challenge for you, sir: Grow some hair.
Hmm I wonder if only a tyre mod that the caravan will be able to go 284mph, should be fun to watch him do it!
Soon…
Whats next? Running on the Ring record?
The Ring is about 13 miles long, so I say someone should organise a ‘Ring half marathon race.
Reminds of something
but I can’t quite remember it
I’VE DRIVEN OVER HIS PORTABLE LAVRATORY!
It’d be great to see Phil setting a lap record on the Nürburgring for completing a lap without breaking down or leaking oil. 😛
Fastest car to be pushed around the Nurburgring
Judging by recent form, I know one person who’d love to break that record…
I think these guys set the record at the ring
Next: Fastest Car Around the Nurnburgring With Maldonado as a driver.
That would be a longest Nurburgring lap ever, it would take infinity.
If he’s allowed an F1 car, then it’d be about 5:30 if the track is empty, and the heat death of the universe if there’s someone else on the track. Maldonado only generally crashes into other drivers.
Did somebody say record?
This is officially the most overused image of CT