[Rumor] McLaren P1 laps Ring in 6:47

[Mook]

10 seconds faster than the 918.

Yesterday McLaren released official performance stats for the new P1, including a blistering 2.8-second 0-62 time, along with additional acceleration and braking figures. But that doesn't tell the whole story.

No, what enthusiasts will really be waiting to see is how fast the new McLaren P1 will hustle around the Nürburgring. Rumor had it that the Big Mac had clocked a 7:04 lap time, but McLaren wouldn't confirm it, and with just cause: the Porsche broke the seven-minute barrier (and the lap record for street-legal production cars) around the same time, and McLaren apparently thought it could do better.

Well, it looks like it has, if the latest rumors emanating from the Nordschleife prove accurate. According to YouTube user swsthebest1994, who uploaded the video below, McLaren has managed a 6:47 lap time, which would make it a solid 10 seconds faster than the Porsche 918 Spyder. We'll have to wait on official confirmation of the time, but if it's true, we could have a new Ringmeister on our hands – and a challenge set not only for Porsche, which says it can still best its own time, but also Ferrari.

Dat sound. (you only need to watch the 2 or 3 passes it makes. rest of the vid is junk)

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[Chester Copperpot]

Oh good lawd. Dat sound indeed.

 

[SRT41320]

 

[SLO G 63]

Pics from the ring

 

[bikrboy128]

insert wheniwinthelotto post here.

am i the only one who thinks the rear looks goofy with the wing down?

 

[Fish]

insert wheniwinthelotto post here.

am i the only one who thinks the rear looks goofy with the wing down?

No, it looks goofy.

Those pics look like a GT/Forza snapshot though.

 

[Xfirez51]

Texhnologically speaking, the P1 is the pinnacle. Just an incredible machine, AND it's a hybrid.
Spectacular.

 

[Mook]

NOT SO FAST

The magic mark at the Nürburgring once stood in the sevens. Anything that could lap the vaunted Nordschleife in less than eight minutes was considered biblically fast. But with all manner of vehicles clocking lap times that start with a seven, the goal post has moved below the seven-minute mark and into the sixes.

Discounting barely-legal track cars from Radical, whose LMP-style pseudo-racers top the time charts, the Porsche 918 Spyder holds the record as the fastest street-legal production car ever to lap the Ring at 6:57. A blindingly fast lap time, to be sure, but the 918 isn't the only new hybrid hypercar in its class. According to official factory statements, the McLaren P1 has lapped the winding German circuit in under seven minutes. And rumor has it that its actual lap time, though not confirmed, was clocked at 6:47. That would already make it considerably faster than the Porsche, but that's not the end of the story.

According to an unnamed inside source cited by Autocar, the P1 has actually lapped the Nürburgring in "six minutes 30 something." That would make it nearly half a minute faster than the Porsche, and a good ten seconds quicker even than the Radical SR8 LM. For its part, McLaren has yet to confirm the time, but we're sure it will in due course.

For that matter, though Maranello has tested the new LaFerrari to the track, it has yet to announce any official time. But with the gauntlet thrown down, we wouldn't be surprised to see a scarlet-clad test team heading north to Germany in the near future. The last time they did, they clocked a 6:58 lap time with the 599XX, but while production-based, that car was never meant to drive on public streets.

 

[firemandan1700]

am i the only one who thinks the rear looks goofy with the wing down?

Holy shit! That's fast
lol I like it with the wing down. Makes the body lines look smoother.