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I highly doubt any customers could even come close to a 6:57 lap time.
Yep..but still..very impressive..it seems the "fat pig" was running fo its life
seriously, I never expected that..really impressive. However, I dont see in the video the complete lap from start to finish..or did I do something wrong ?. Anyhow, this is a factory driver..if we keep this 6:57 for the 918 then we also have to keep in mind the 7:14 being mentioned for the GT2RS.
Sport Auto will do the job and give us the real results..
Keep in mind that the record setting car was a special lightweight version according to AutoWeek.
I highly doubt that this race version will be available to customers at any price near list ...
Originally Posted by the_vetman
As explained in the other thread, it's just a Weissach package.
Even paddles are becoming obsolete.. How many gt3 reviewers talked ab how intuitive the box in automatic was, makin it redundant to shift..
On track, for sure, in most cases. That was true even with old PDK. I know the new PDK-S is greatly improved, but I on the street I'll still be shifting it for myself.
Yes I noticed that as well....unless he was out of juice to add power he should have hit over 300 kph easily as his entry on the straight was over 150 kph and he had 28 seconds of full throttle...
Originally Posted by Mike in CA
+1 I was just gonna say......he may have depleted the battery. Maybe he was fiddling with the control to make sure it was set in the right mode, but there just wasn't any more juice.
I don't know much about this car. Is the electric motor engaged in race mode? If so, out of juice could explain the drop in speed.
Here's a video clip from Jay Leno driving the 918 in Monterey end of Aug. It's a pretty good discussion and enjoyable video but takes a while to get to the driving part ... sorry if it is a repost.