Mercedes-AMG One sets Nurburgring record, could’ve gone faster: Watch the run
In September 2018, Mercedes-AMG claimed it did not see the purpose of utilizing the One to set a brand new file on the Nürburgring. It has clearly modified its thoughts: The Components One-derived hypercar simply set a brand new file for street-legal manufacturing automobiles on Germany’s grueling monitor.
DTM pilot Maro Engel lapped the Inexperienced Hell in 6.35.183 on October 28, although the file wasn’t introduced till now. As compared, the Porsche 911 GT2 RS MR logged a time of 6:38.835 in June 2021, and the Mercedes-AMG GT Black Sequence took 6:43.616. It sounds just like the One might have been even faster in higher climate circumstances: AMG defined that the monitor was damp and barely soiled.
Mercedes made no modifications to the One to set the file; if it had, it would not be eligible to assert the manufacturing automobile crown. The corporate notes it dialed within the most camber values earlier than letting Engel free on the monitor, nonetheless. The automobile’s gasoline-electric hybrid drivetrain consists of a turbocharged, 1.6-liter V6 engine and 4 electrical motors. The system is carefully associated to the one which powers AMG’s championship-winning Components One automobile, and it delivers 1,063 horsepower on this utility. Whereas setting a file with this a lot energy would possibly sound straightforward, Engel stresses it is fairly tough. He notably needed to profit from the brake vitality recuperation system.
“We tried to seek out the optimum deployment technique through the pre-tests. Like Lewis Hamilton and George Russel on their race weekends, I additionally needed to deploy {the electrical} vitality of the hybrid drive in the very best manner. That is not straightforward, particularly with this size of monitor,” he mentioned. He finally chosen the “Race Plus” driving mode that gives the very best aerodynamic profile and lowers the journey peak.
Information are supposed to be damaged. Whereas the One’s is critically spectacular, we will not assist however surprise who will handle to beat it.
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