"RightFootDown" (rightfootdown)
06/19/2015 at 11:30 • Filed to: None
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"RightFootDown" (rightfootdown)
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Edit: I just realized this story was Front Paged on Jalopnik so I’m going to make it a bit different.
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Folks, if you haven’t heard, it looks like Nürburgring management has just banned lap times. This means manufacturers can no longer attempt to break records due to a speed limit in place on a particular area of the track. Word is that track management will revisit ban in a years time. The original story broke from !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . They were planning to film the Koenigseggs One and caught wind just before leaving for Europe. Quote below.
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The decision to ban timed laps stems from an accident earlier this year at a VLN race, involving driver Jann Mardenborough, in which a spectator was killed. Track management reacted by imposing a speed limit at Flugplatz, where the crash occurred. Since then, management has imposed further restrictions in other high-speed sectors. This is a particularly disappointing development for Koenigsegg, since the One:1’s flat-out speed in those sectors would likely have given it a lap-time advantage. In Tiergarten, for instance, a long, fast section where Christian estimates the One:1 could easily hit 300 kph, speed is now restricted to just 200 kph.
Official word from Nurburgring management is that these restrictions will be reviewed at the end of the year, but for the time being, manufacturers like Koenigsegg are banned from attempting lap-time runs — even if they’ve rented out the entire track for themselves.
So what happens now? The world waits for the ban to be revisited in a years time or do manufacturers choose a new benchmark?
Personally, while the Nurburgring is epic and it’s history can not be understated, do we really need a 13 mile course for a benchmark where so many variables are in play? I’m onboard with the notion of using nearby !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . And why not? It is a long high-speed track with motorsports provenance. Or better yet, come stateside to a circuit like the four-mile West Grand course at !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Chime in below and let us know your thoughts.
Alfalfa Romeo
> RightFootDown
06/19/2015 at 11:41 |
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I’m not too heartbroken, honestly. It’s not really the most accurate benchmark. Differences in drivers and road conditions are magnified more than usual over the 13 mile track.
Steve in Manhattan
> RightFootDown
06/19/2015 at 12:40 |
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So how will we know whether a car is merely insanely fast, or obscenely fast?
Wonder what Sabine Schmitz has to say about this?