Thanxs to Claudio, my (COTA) Personal
Assistant, F1 Spotter and Austin Sherpa - who alerted me to the news that the
'Uber BAD ARSE McLaren P1 "Hypercar" has most likely set the new all
time track record at what's known as thee "Green Hella!" This title
being bestowed upon the Nurburgring's famous Nordschleife circuit by NO less
than Sir Jackie Stewart...
And I just LUV' how Zed Internetz works, as I
could only find the very difficult to listen to video link from Malaysia once,
which indeed claims that the McLaren P1 broke
the sub-seven minute mark.
Yet according to who you believe? McLaren is
either the second or third auto manufacturer to do so, with la Scuderia
claiming to be the first Supercar producer to break the seven minute barrier
with its production based Ferrari 599XX, to which Y'all can watch the video by
clicking Here.
Yet Der Fatherland's Porsche has also claimed
a sub-seven minute lap at the Green Hell, ironically at the same 6:58 mark as
Ferrari claims, with a Porsche 918 setting the similar time vs. Ferrari.
But now apparently, ex-McLaren F1 pilot
'Checa, aka Sergio Perez(?) has blistered the Nordschleife aboard a P1 -
besting those times by ten seconds on street tyres and going even faster on
slicks, while we await the official announcement of the McLaren's time...