Imagine what Stefan Bellof did in 1983 with a handshifted Porsche 956 and traffic on the track: 6:11 min. Unbelievable

@rahulsudhir666

19 күн бұрын

Stuff of absolute legends! The fact that it still stands in the top 5 after all these years of technological advancements shows how great a machine the 956 really was.

@nolibtard6023

19 күн бұрын

You also have to take into consideration the slightly different location of the start/finish line which was placed on Döttinger Höhe back then.

@biljancanin

19 күн бұрын

​@nolibtard6023 doesn't mean anything. You can place it wherever you want, the corners and straights still stay the same.

@THEKITPLUG

19 күн бұрын

@@biljancanin You cant be serious.

@t.e.r.sven2.0vs.daskaltest59

18 күн бұрын

@@THEKITPLUG It's a flying lap, so in my opinion it does indeed NOT matter.

That looked so crazy fast, yet over a minute slower than the 919 EVO... holy moly.

@Cloxxki

20 күн бұрын

With so much more power. Yeah, proper race cars have an edge. But if you look at the cornering speeds, GT3 race cars, not exactly the fastest ever GT series, are as fast or faster around bends. They just don't have the silly power. They could get the silly power, but race rules.

@ohedd

20 күн бұрын

Yea that tells you just how much you get out of stuff like tires and downforce that's just not legal on road cars.

@Jesko.

20 күн бұрын

That thing is F1 level fast and a highly upgraded version of the already ridiculously fast LMP1 Porsche 919 hybrid so it's expected.

@realMaverickBuckley

19 күн бұрын

Err.. you mean the LMP1 car that's basically an F1 car with a shell?

@borisglavocevic5250

19 күн бұрын

Rimac Nevera 💪💪💪💪

This just shows how impressive the gt black series, gt2 rs and 992 gt3 rs are. Especially the gt3 rs, with a quarter of the power, it still managed a sub 7. That's not a modified street car, it is a street car. The lotus is still mad impressive though.

@MrJWW

17 күн бұрын

Agreed GT3 RS for a road legal car is so wild!

@Jallu555

15 күн бұрын

It has 300% more aero than all of the over 7 minute time cars

@MrCyberamp

14 күн бұрын

6:44 with just 500 hp is insane

@skwdenyer

5 күн бұрын

I'd like to see the Evija on a warm, dry track. The big difference between the Evija and, say, the ID.R is in cornering and braking. The ID.R hit a peak of nearly 3.5g lateral, whereas the Evija - from the on-video display - looks to be peaking at well under 2g in both cornering and braking. I imagine that's a function of (a) the ID.R being a pure racing vehicle, with associated aerodynamics, and of course (b) being substantially lighter.

@renenowicki

2 күн бұрын

@@MrJWWbonkers!

WHOA! i didn't know i could hold my breath for 6 minutes and 24 seconds! what an amazing performance of Lotus and the driver on this epic piece of tarmac

1st: Porsche 919 Evo, 5m19secs 2nd:Volkswagon ID.R, 6m05secs 3rd: Porsche 956, 6m11secs 4th: Porsche 956, 6m16sec......... 5th: Lotus Evija X.....6m24secs

@nastystew6942

20 күн бұрын

There was a group C car that did 5 minutes on the original 17 mile course.

@Steefanari

20 күн бұрын

​@@nastystew6942 lol okay then, what car was it? When was it? Who was driving? Don't be that guy

@kiliank7768

20 күн бұрын

PORSCHE owns Nurburgring🫡

@ianm.w1563

20 күн бұрын

Wow it is said that if Koenigsegg Jesko attempts a lap record they might do a 6min 21 sec in their lap attempt, it will speak volumes on the inefficiencies that come with electric powered race cars

@Colby_0-3_IRL_and_title_fights

20 күн бұрын

Porsche 956 did it in race conditions too

Thank you for posting the full Lap with original audio! The intensity of the near silent drive makes you not realise just how fast the car is going, until you see the numbers! >_< Great video so far guys!

@adrienrostagni5837

20 күн бұрын

When was that ? Notice that he take the curb @ 1:44 ...Old lap or they manage to hit the new curb with no damage ?

@prolapsed5104

19 күн бұрын

When he floors it into any sort of straight the acceleration looks like the video is sped up, utterly wild performance!

@purwantiallan5089

18 күн бұрын

​@@prolapsed5104well thats really cool info.

@jetnavigator

16 күн бұрын

Utterly soulless. What a shame.

@andrewseath6994

16 күн бұрын

@@jetnavigator You might think its soulless, and that is fine. But you cant take away the fact that its insane engineering and beautiful driving

Bro hit it with the dry ice like it was overclocked!

@clogivemeaname

18 күн бұрын

Evija X- Kingpin Edition

@timpindell8178

17 күн бұрын

Because it was :)

@ciriusn

17 күн бұрын

Well... that's because it is, everything is running at maximum performance, so therefore the extrem cooling.

@fridaycaliforniaa236

16 күн бұрын

@@ciriusn So actually, not a "production-like" car...

@Dr.TJ_Eckleburg

15 күн бұрын

@@fridaycaliforniaa236Production battery pack and production chassis. Otherwise it’s heavily modified.

I can't believe I am even able to say this let alone be serious about it... It feels like there is still time left on the board for that car AND driver. Wow. This was insane. Thank you so much for this James & Lotus.

Very cool lotus gave you the honour to exclusively document this. Incredibly impressive especially when fundamentals are shared from the eviya. Watching that lap it looked like it was played at x2 speed.

@curtisducati

20 күн бұрын

Just a shame they have to wait hours for another lap as charging , waste of time tech until battery's are better , we will look back at this in 10 years and it will look like a BetaMax video ...Very outdated

@purwantiallan5089

18 күн бұрын

​@@curtisducatior even 10 hours in fact.

10 seconds slower that the other track only I.D R! One full minute slower than the 919 Evo.

@Grover91

20 күн бұрын

Which just shows how MENTAL that 919 lap was.

@James1Hiscox

20 күн бұрын

Yes.

@Dtp2296

20 күн бұрын

Amazing effort from lotus

@jj_mccarron

20 күн бұрын

great effort from lotus considering its a road car platform with more aero bolted on it

@olchiopa

20 күн бұрын

to the ID R there are appr 19 seconds missing. And the aero and underfloor (even the drs) looks like a copy of the VW concept

damn every car manufacturer has to build crazy stuff to go fast at the Nordschleife, whilest Porsche just builds their 911 gt3 rs every couple of years and then gives it to Manthey and then beating every fucking hypercars ass. I love it

@teunmathon6795

3 күн бұрын

Dude the gt3-rs didn’t set the lap time, that was the 919 hybrid evo, an upgraded version of their Le Mans car. A Gt3-rs is way way slower than these hypercars

@renebartkowiak7122

Күн бұрын

What are you talking about? The 911 GT3 RS is not near the laptime of these hypercar. The record belongs to Porsche but to their 919 Evo (LMP1 car without any restrictions)

The driver is amazing. He's clearly remembered the entire course and is placing the car where it will be one second into the future. That's the only way I can describe it

@Cloxxki

17 күн бұрын

It's the most loved track in the world. Thousands of drivers know it by heart :)

@JustMamba

16 күн бұрын

Yup. I've never been there personally, but I know it by heart from sim racing

@MuppetsSh0w

15 күн бұрын

No way he rememberes the whole track... lol

@Smaaaaaash

13 күн бұрын

@@MuppetsSh0w Absolutely does. Not only that, but knows every curb and every bump. It's quite easy to do with enough hours.

@xbox70333

12 күн бұрын

@@MuppetsSh0w i remember my cornering speed, gear shifts, bumps and curbs and i dont even race, i just play sim racing lol, takes around 1000km of driving around the ring to memorise

Huge thanks to Lotus for letting Mr JWW document this moment in Lotus History. Then there's YORKIE again crushing the cinematography.

I appreciate this effort by Lotus and it's a remarkable achievement, but I would also like to see the what the production version can do in the Nurburgring.

@Retheraq

20 күн бұрын

A 2000 hp electric car with no aero? They are not insane 😂

@hugovale6360

20 күн бұрын

@@Retheraq Rimac did it

@UKCheeseFarmer

20 күн бұрын

@@hugovale6360 More than likely a Rimac power-train in the Lotus?

@21sled

20 күн бұрын

@@Retheraqno aero?!? Have you seen the thing? It’s an aero machine

@biljancanin

19 күн бұрын

​@@21sled it's real not

Great to see Lotus back with performance road car engineering

Thanks for showing the entire lap... That is soooo over the top fast. 👍👍🏁

Congratulations to Lotus, that's a really great laptime for a ... "car"! 😅No, seriously a stuning record lap! And also a great coverage and moderation. I really enjoyed that, thank you!

that car MOVES

@kspots.1

20 күн бұрын

agreed so sick

@Jesko.

20 күн бұрын

That acceleration though

@purwantiallan5089

18 күн бұрын

​@@kspots.1the acceleration is shockingly as fast as FORMULA 3 GEN 4 (GEN 3 EVO) CAR.

@kspots.1

16 күн бұрын

@@purwantiallan5089 tru

@MRJAYDANGEROUS

15 күн бұрын

With 2000bhp and slicks And Couldn't beat the Id-r with 600

Amazing! I was so anxious for the driver I wanted it to be over after the first 90 secs:-) Incredible speed. Brilliant. Thank you.

With that sound , speed and everything else, it's almost like watching those little RC cars with a dashcam built in haha.

I have more respect for the driver than the car itself, humans can only get so much better with their reflexes through practice as tthe neurotransmitter speed is chemically limited plus adding the amount of G's he is experiencing in all directions adds to how difficult these records are to accomplish, makes me wonder how much faster can a human piloted car be than this!

@Czeslaw_cn4tv

19 күн бұрын

True, but this car doesn't even come close to how fast drivers can go when the machinery allows for it so I wouldn't expect this man to be on the edge. Edit: check the 919 Evo lap if you want to see something really fast.

@kishlayverma6622

18 күн бұрын

@Czeslaw_cn4tv yes, I am aware of the 919 evo, that thing is mental!

@ouch9326

18 күн бұрын

how about mc murty spierling? also why full electric when you can combustion to replace most the batttery with super capacitor and fuel with electric motor er wheel, allowing max power to weight ratio? electric car is not even best for "environmental" or financial issues compare to lightweight effceint hybrid because combustion fuel is anaerobic bacterial mass that is sustainable unlike battery and solid magnet electric motor (the normal stuff) which cant be fully recycled. let alone as high power machine like this.

@ACplanet

18 күн бұрын

I reckon a low 4 minute lap would be the limit of human reflexes. 4:39 on the sim is my pb. Even then my brain is struggling to keep up

@kishlayverma6622

7 күн бұрын

@@ouch9326 Oh the whole "EVs are gonna save this planet" is bullcrap if the electricity you use comes from burning fossil fuels, which is the case for most of the country, also mining lithium, cobalt etc for battery and semiconductors is somewhat neglected when they preach about EVs being clean.

James, James, James, that was f#*ing insane. I’m not a fan of EV but Holy Shit that was epic sound of the wind whistling. The single camera full lap was brilliant showing just how fast and difficult that lap was. Congratulations James, you were chosen to film this because you and your team is the best. Thank you Sir.

Mind utterly blown. 🤯🤯🤯 Thanks for documenting this incredible achievement.

Is Louis speaking english at the beginning 😅. What they have done with an electric platform is absolutely monumental! I'm glad they were able to prove the concept on one of the most challenging tracks of all time. It makes the achievement that much better

@hlcepeda

16 күн бұрын

Right?I He sounds like a toffee-nosed upper crust character from a Monty Python skit. That aside, it's great to see eternal mavericks LOTUS continue to push boundaries.

After watching soo many Misha Videos i can say that Car is blisteringly Fast that is No joke that's a Track Demon how it ate up those corners the undulations sheesh that driver is Badass

@Cloxxki

20 күн бұрын

Just like a run of the mill GT3 race car? How must faster in which corners?

@ramonblackz7020

20 күн бұрын

@Cloxxki didn't watch the whole video did u Bro dude Said approximately 100km faster than a Gt3 in the corners watch it again

@divinasi0n

20 күн бұрын

@@ramonblackz7020 I think you misheard. He said it's 100km/h faster INTO a corner - as in, on the brakes. 😂 GT3 racecars eat this two ton computer on wheels for breakfast round corners.

@ericship8383

16 күн бұрын

@@divinasi0neat is an overstatement 😂 the gt3 race cars do around 6:30 on the Nurburgring

@divinasi0n

16 күн бұрын

@@ericship8383 More like 6:15. And thats all in the corners because GT3s are way way slower on the straights.

Sounds like a crazy roller-coaster

Lotus doing Lotus things. That was awesome to watch.

Imagine how much better it would've been with 1900hp from a TT V10 or V12.

@Ourdirtytwo

15 күн бұрын

Thanks KZread engineer!

@helpmehelp3009

Күн бұрын

Lotus are always light small engined and fast, remember when they won indianapolos with tiny engine twice?

One of the best looking cars ever made

@feelincrispy7053

16 күн бұрын

Absolutely not.

@lynch6642

16 күн бұрын

I was thinking more like the Hennessey venom

@MRJAYDANGEROUS

15 күн бұрын

If your blind

@imtheguvnor

15 күн бұрын

@@feelincrispy7053 Make no mistake, this car is stunning IRL

@johnjobber2219

14 күн бұрын

Pretty fugly

Looks absolutely brutal

Thank you for featuring my car in this video

Holy crap that thing is INSANE! It sounds like an angry boiling kettle when it really gets going! :O

@festo8885

13 күн бұрын

I nodded off half a lap in due to the sound

only 6 seconds faster than an AMG One on road tires? i mean 6:24 is fast but after the intro i thought they were aiming for a sub 6 minutes time

@coolguy_2997

19 күн бұрын

6:35.183 for the amg one

@biljancanin

19 күн бұрын

​@@coolguy_2997 yeah, on street legal tires with a street legal car. But 6:30 with some mods. This one was a whole rebuild. Besides the chassis and drive train, nothing is original. Calling the others purposely build is hypocrisy. They literally did the same thing and got only a 6:24 with that... Sometimes keeping the mouth shut and being humble is the better option. Also, just mere 14 seconds faster than a Porsche GT2 RS MR is rather pathetic

@coolguy_2997

19 күн бұрын

@@biljancanin I’m just correcting that the amg one did the same full length lap in 6:35 (not 6:30) and gt2 r/s mr did in 6:43 (not 6:38)

@dawn-moon

18 күн бұрын

@@biljancanin they can't change the weight of the road battery. They could have put in a battery half the size, but if the battery is a structural component ( don't know if this is the case here ), they're stuck with todays batteries. But I agree, the intro made me expect we were going to have a real fastest lap, and not a "fastest" lap , with a lot of excuses...

@biljancanin

18 күн бұрын

@@coolguy_2997 the 43 is set by the GT2 RS. The MR, or, Manthey Racing did a 38.8 and is road legal. Something we can't say about the Evija X. But for real, calling others out like the ID-R, the 919 evo and so on is pathetic when you burst out a mere 24 with all these mods

4500KG of downforce and it only manages 2G in the corners. Without 2000HP I'm not convinced that it would beat a Porsche Cup car with 1/4 the downforce and 1/4 the power (judging by Misha's Cup car ride-along on street tires). Something tells me this record won't stand for too long. I'm happy for you all the same, James.

@dan110024

20 күн бұрын

I'm wondering if the less than ideal surface would be lowering the G's through the corner. I wonder what it would pull around a smooth track.

@DragonFury-gq5zo

20 күн бұрын

I wonder if it is due to the weight that means it can corner as quickly

@giacomo9854

20 күн бұрын

I was wandering the same, it didn't seem a proper maximised lap, with slick tyres alone you should reach 2G, add all that downforce and you should have more Wondering if they didn't warm them up properly

@michaelgakanga

20 күн бұрын

@@giacomo9854oh definitely they didn’t warm up properly. The driver even mentioned he didn’t have much time. I bet he would have shaved a whole 10 seconds in the next 5 laps.

@rkwjunior2298

20 күн бұрын

That's what I was thinking. Mercedes AMG one did 6.35 with half the horsepower amd I'm sure alot less downforce.

Incredibly fast and a thrilling ride even for remote viewing on a computer! Thanks for the ride.

That is amazing!!! I never get tired of watching fast laps at "Green Hell!"

I was eating dinner whilst watching this and I just realised I had completely stopped eating during the entire lap, just amazing seeing an electric car go around the Nurburgring.

damn it looks crazy insane.

Such an insane car. Thanks for showing us

Dude hit ludicrous speed!! That was amazing 🔥

AMAZING !!

Dedicated race car, true, but I can’t get over how a 1980s Porsche 956 Endurance Race Car was quicker! From the NINETEEN EIGHTIES! Or how ludicrous their WEC car was to run 5:19.

@danielvipin7163

20 күн бұрын

Hybrids are fast , because they have the acceleration of an ev with the top end of a petrol motor. The Porsche lap on 919 evo is insane, that car rockets from 80-300 in an instant then the ice engine carries the speed till 370 or 380 when the electric boost runs out. Its a symphony of peak performance.

@Shadowboost

20 күн бұрын

@@danielvipin7163 not to mention they didn't have the budget or time to put in a big ICE engine in there. Easily could have 400-500 more hp.

@Cloxxki

20 күн бұрын

That was an heavily modifed WEC car, to be fair. But what a glorious project, to get a car with a "roof" to modern F1 laptimes. Way higher topspeed than Evija X despite tiny battery and hugely less peak power as well. How much power was left at the end, to go 350 kph? Maybe under 1000 hp? It's even got DRS for crying out loud. I know not a lot of time is won adding 30 kph at top speed, but still...

@justincharles6585

20 күн бұрын

That was a shorter circuit

@gregstop8259

19 күн бұрын

double on kg

5:40 you got "the power down" moment. With this much power I totally can relate.

That must be one hell of a ride! It must be weird to go that fast with so little noise. You are one lucky guy to be able to see these kind of events/cars.

Absolutely incredible

@Cloxxki

20 күн бұрын

It's wild looked at in isolation but when you step back and see the specs and what other cars accomplish at lower budgets with restrictive regulations, even on road tyres...it seems pretty underwhelming to me.

@Iseenoobpeoples

18 күн бұрын

@@Cloxxki It's only 14 seconds faster than the UNMODIFIED Porsche GT2 RS that has 1300hp less and cost 1.9M$ less!

Considering how insanely quick he looked doing that time, it's insane to believe that the 919 Evo did it over a minute quicker.

@iceblade019

18 күн бұрын

With half the power no less

OMG your hand eye coronation is on another level to control that vehicle great video as usual 🎩🥃

Great job from Lotus & Mr.JWW! Thanks guys.

Flying a Jet on a pre-determined coarse

This car is insane, wow!

@stubones

20 күн бұрын

Yet still slower than the VW.

@TheTechnoaddict

20 күн бұрын

​@@stubonesid r was a purpose build racecar. This one is based on a road car with road car mechanics like the gearbox. This car is impressive even if it is not the fastest. Maybe u lack knowledge in automotive engineering to understand what an achievement this is.

@AndrewTSq

19 күн бұрын

@@TheTechnoaddict this is also a purpose built racecar.. its not roadlegal.

@TheTechnoaddict

19 күн бұрын

@@AndrewTSq it's based on a road version with road legal mechanics. The id-r is not.

@biljancanin

19 күн бұрын

​@@TheTechnoaddict dude, it's a mere 6 seconds faster than an actual road legal AMG ONE that is not build specifically for this track. Chassis and the drive train, that's what it has from the street legal version. Body is purposely build for this, taken everything out that is not necessary. Literally making it into a race car and it was still just 6 seconds faster that an actual street legal car and barely 14 seconds faster that a freaking Porsche 911 that you can actually see on the roads from time to time. It's embarrassing calling out hypercars, but literally doing the exact same shit

Wow, that’s like a video game! Great job Lotus! Thanks for sharing James! Amazing life you live! ☁️ 9️⃣ vibe…

6:24:047 - 6th fastest and he didn't die - so pretty good I'd say

@ouch9326

18 күн бұрын

919 porsche faster. how about mc murty spierling? also why full electric when you can combustion to replace most the batttery with super capacitor and fuel with electric motor er wheel, allowing max power to weight ratio? electric car is not even best for "environmental" or financial issues compare to lightweight effceint hybrid because combustion fuel is anaerobic bacterial mass that is sustainable unlike battery and solid magnet electric motor (the normal stuff) which cant be fully recycled. let alone as high power machine like this

@ericship8383

16 күн бұрын

@@ouch9326the 919 isn’t based off a street car though

Absolutely insane. I can’t even imagine what that feels like. That car is pulling over 1G accelerating at 192mph 😅😅 Thanks for this exclusive. Absolutely impressive. What a feat of engineering and design, dedication and development on Lotus’s part.

@peterpan1275

19 күн бұрын

i'm pretty sure its km/h, still unimaginable for us normies :D

fascinating to watch, thanks for video. half of the time thought it was sped up lol

That looked absolutely insane!

It's still not really impressive as we don't see Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro lap time. Then I'll care because there is a fair benchmark to make comparisons. It would be better if the road car was faster than the Mercedes AMG One. Anyway, 6:24m is a very good lap time. Congratulations 🎉

@James1Hiscox

20 күн бұрын

Agree.

I started to watch this video with so much hype and excitement (not knowing it was a air head ) but when it paced around the the Nürburgring I fell asleep to the wind slushing noise it made at over 280km/h it was so whipishly relaxing I fell asleep to this video and had the best sleep of my life now I am commenting on it feeling fresh and it is a beautiful new sunny day good morning to Team Lotus much love nd respect 😄✌️

Top quality production. Hard to believe that something has gone round there a minute quicker 😮.

@justincharles6585

20 күн бұрын

I know right 😮

Now THAT was fast!!....what a beautiful car!!❤

This was last year? He took a curb at Foxhole so aggressively!

@FrankDBoyce

20 күн бұрын

good eye!!

@Cloxxki

20 күн бұрын

Compare to the much less powerful 911 Evo though ;-)

@ericship8383

16 күн бұрын

@@Cloxxkithat isn’t a street legal car nor is it based off a road car

@MRJAYDANGEROUS

15 күн бұрын

​@@ericship8383nor is this.. No matter how much they lie..

Now, let's lap a "standard" Evija just to see the difference in performance (and also just for fun, because why not)

As you said; Beautifully purposeful

Bit of a stretch to say it's got loads of concessions to being a street car... I imagine it's only good for one lap before it needs charged and cooled again? To be honest, I find a Mercedes AMG GT Black Series going 20 seconds slower with just over 1/4 the horsepower and street tyres much more impressive. Because it'll do 5 laps in a row and drive you back to the hotel in relative comfort.

@Dtp2296

20 күн бұрын

You do know any internal combustion car can only do 1 lap before cooling off also? the tyres, brakes, heat soak in all the engine components.

@djdalby

15 күн бұрын

@@Dtp2296oh so they change cars every lap in the 24 hour endurance races?

@imtheguvnor

15 күн бұрын

@@djdalby The are not balls out max speed. It's endurance.

@djdalby

13 күн бұрын

@@imtheguvnor so modern properly cooled race cars can only do one lap full out….got it.

I mean it looks mental, so how a 919 Evo was over a minute faster... 😮 And a 1983 Porsche 956 was 13 seconds quicker! Only 6 seconds quicker (or possibly 11 for the "full" lap) than an AMG One though

@anthonygibbo1881

20 күн бұрын

That lap is the limit I believe it's infknsane you have to imagine how hard he was pushing , just , next no no THEE level no one going to beat that record anytime soon I don't believe, but if they do, well I would eat my hat 😂😂

@Dtp2296

20 күн бұрын

The track ia very different now. It gets overhauled and modified every winter

@coolguy_2997

19 күн бұрын

6:35.183 for the amg one

@mta01ajd

19 күн бұрын

@@coolguy_2997 yep, hence me saying "or possibly 11" (I couldn't be bothered to check that the Lotus did a full lap)

@Vortigon

3 күн бұрын

in 1983 the track was only 13 miles long - don't compare the two.

Great job all round - well done everyone.

This was insane to watch for free. Thanks for the upload. I was always a fan of Colin Chapman's heritage, however I have this against him that he always seems to sacrifice human safety for speed. (Jim Clark, Jo Siffert etc). Hope current Lotus engineers will never compromise on safety again. Love from down under Africa.

This is NUTS

LOTUS is back in the game

I'm glad everything went well and the driver's ok. I have an old Intel CPU I overclocked to 6.12GHz a long time ago using phase change cooling and LN2. It technically worked for a few moments... I feel the same about this EV. It's an overclocked version of an already fast machine which ran a single fast lap and no one will ever duplicate it. Like Bonneville(Utah) machines, it's a fascinating, proof of concept, science project but that's about it. I'm old and like old man things now. I wanna smell the race fuel, hear the engine, see the flames, etc. I don't think I'll ever drool over an electric vehicle.

Loved the handling of my Esprit S2 way back, lots of great adventurous fun... keep hoping to get back in the game with something more contemporary... but this would scare the I Can't Drive Fifty-five out of me... and cause my banker to black out on loan request. Great Vid, JWW, and sound quality, too.

Great Achievement, but i guess Lotus didn't think their road going Evija could beat the time set by the Rimac Nevera road Car so they had to bring a track only version to try to get a Win out of the day.

@1183newman

20 күн бұрын

Fairly sure they were going for fastest EV which isn't the Rimac. They were 16 seconds off fastest which puts them in second.

@skierpage

20 күн бұрын

​@@1183newman what matters to owners is the performance of the car they buy. I think Lotus is still trying to enable all 2000 horsepower in the road-legal Evija before it actually delivers the cars. "There's a substantially different track-only version of this car that's really quick on the 'Ring" isn't much of a selling point.

@1183newman

19 күн бұрын

@@skierpage Supposedly only things different are the body, suspension and tyres. The chassis and drive train are identical.

@stevendavis6157

19 күн бұрын

​@@1183newmanIn order for lotus to take that title. They'll need to use a production model and not a highly modified version. Lotus hypercar still hasn't claimed anything above rimac.

Its crazy how fast this was amd then to think there are even faster cars outthere and one did it in an active race.

@Theq50guy12

20 күн бұрын

The 919 evo was unrestricted after it raced, which is when it set the lap so it wasn’t during an active race but I can see why.

@watchnocatch171

20 күн бұрын

@@Theq50guy12 He was talking about the 956, not the 919.

@Theq50guy12

19 күн бұрын

@@watchnocatch171 i see now

Wow, excelent passenger view, great drive

That was insane! Well done Lotus

3:55 editing mistake ._.

@MaartenOosterbaan

20 күн бұрын

what are you saying? I can't hear you writing!

Shame they didn't bring the production spec, in order to compete with the nevera and try to take the record.

@AdminAbuse

20 күн бұрын

They will never beat a Rimac

@Cloxxki

20 күн бұрын

Nevera als needs to be brought back on a cooler day. Without all the heavy data logging equipment. I'm a bit disappointed with Nevera. Like AMG One and Lotus Eletre, it gained many hundreds of kgs since sales started. Why??? Bad engineering or bad sales tactics?

I'm often watching Mischa doing laps here and have a feeling of the speeds around the Nurburgring. Except in tight corners, the video seems to be speed up ! The accelerations are really impressive ! Impressive car !

Well done Lotus, great achievement and the sort of challenge the industry needs to tackle to keep EV technology moving forward. 360 km/hr is extraordinary. BTW, that orange Evija looks stunning!

40 years after Stefan Bellof but still 13 seconds slower

@Cloxxki

20 күн бұрын

There is no real way to overcome weigh. Bellof's car was....650 kg? Less? Evija X add a full ton? And a mild crash would kill you, as he sadly experienced shortly after. I find modern (race) cars too heavy. A lot of the weight seems to be there for safety...because it's so heavy.

@apophisstr6719

20 күн бұрын

@@Cloxxki For purpose-build modern race cars, yes, it's because of the much higher safety standard. For this particular project...I think it's the battery weight that dragged it down. From the onboard, it honestly felt like a Bugatti at times especially under braking, the car was struggling at corner entry even in places where the acceleration zone was short.

So, worlds fastest lap is the 3rd fastest lap?

@Spacezee110

15 күн бұрын

Fastest hypercar lap. 3rd in the world.

@abebroham6417

12 күн бұрын

Hypercar? Categorically maybe?

@ruger8412

11 күн бұрын

The 1 & 2 are full blown racecars prototypes. This car you can technically buy. Racecars requires special licenses & no road use. Atleast in the US im sure European countries are even more strict on regulations.

That's about the speed and accuracy I used to be able to do that track on games consoles. I think it Forza I used to play on with totally souped up car's and achieved a lap in 8 minutes ❤️💛💚

Milton Abbas + Fontmell Parva = Milton Parva? Lovely cameos, story line and great modelling. A unique set of videos. Please keep them coming.

Wow will be a customer track only car

@cephasmakuzva

20 күн бұрын

Shows what is technically possible

3:54, *audio issue - please thumb-up for visibility* - reporting for revision

That's very fast. And it serves to emphasise how utterly mental the Porsche 919 Evo was.

One day, the human brain will be overwhelmed by the power and speed of these new/next gen cars. One day we will have Tool Assisted Speedruns (TAS), like in Trackmania Nations Forever, because only AI will be able to cope with the ridiculously small amount of processing time left for our brains to execute each maneuver during a track record.

Crazy that a gt2rs is only 20 seconds slower with 1/3rd hp and 1/3rd downforce.

@AC-wl7ve

19 күн бұрын

yah this looks horrible. if i wasnt convinced by ev tech before im definitely not now. you can just tell how heavy this thing must be with those batteries, it looks very unstable under braking, and the battery must be completely fried after one lap. not only that but it was probably the most boring on-board ive ever seen with with no noise and no shifting.

Won't the Valkyrie AMR Pro just easily run quicker than this ? It's a like to like comparison as well

@F1ll1nTh3Blanks

20 күн бұрын

This uses a road chassis whereas the AMR Pro was built to race. I imagine there are 3 areas this car might be faster, on the carousel and out of corners on to straights. Everywhere else it will be slower. The Valkyrie AMR Pro can potentially get close to the IDR but none will touch the 919 Evo so no records will be broken either way.

@aventusV33

20 күн бұрын

​@@F1ll1nTh3Blanks the AMR Pro is based on the same chassis as the road legal Valkyrie. It will definitely be quicker out of corners, carousel, since it probably is quite heavy, maybe not. I am surprised a 2000hp car with time attack aero on slicks is only 20 seconds quicker than the SVJ.

@joebeus6886

20 күн бұрын

​@@aventusV33 ...also only 11 sec quicker than "Road legal" Merc AMG One!

@connormoran3425

20 күн бұрын

@aventusV33 the AMR Pro actually only shares only a couple of components with the regular Valkyrie (engine and headlights), other than that it is a completely bespoke chassis, body etc.

@F1ll1nTh3Blanks

20 күн бұрын

@@aventusV33 It's modified for WEC, so it's different from the road Valkyrie. The Evija X chassis is taken straight from the roadcar with no changes. So it's not the same. The Valkyrie relying on more ground effect will hurt its pace in the carousel and it's less powerful but it's also like 500 or so kilos lighter.

Well played Lotus that was a stupendous lap time for what is essentially a car you can drive on a public road, that has gotta be a record for a road going car surely?

All I'm thinking is the amount of down force , and tyre compound that is simply keeping this car on the track without it taking off is truly mind blowing. 🏅

Ehhhhhhhhhhh

My microwave can cook sausages faster than my BBQ but nobody cares.

@somenygaard

19 күн бұрын

Bbq tastes better

@burgundyexpress

19 күн бұрын

@@somenygaard And sounds better!

@soaringeagle

3 күн бұрын

So what why do you have to be an idiot?

@jbfree_

2 күн бұрын

Exactly take your electric and shove it

@kevinfunk83

Күн бұрын

Lol

Amazing lap, amazing driver, amazing car 🙌

Timo Bernhards 5min19sec Lap is Legendary

These boring ass ev cars still can't touch proper race cars (ie combustion engines) around this track

@AC-wl7ve

19 күн бұрын

and and ice car can do it till the cows come home, this thing needs to be cooled by dry ice and recharged after one lap. i bet the electricity used to power this lap could probably power 2000 homes as well. we are really taking a step backwards with this ev shit.

So how are EV cars supposed to be the thing of the future when you have to do all these things to make sure the battery doesn’t explode?? My guess is that gas is here to stay. And thankfully so.

Those Prototype cars are something different entirely. This is a monument achievement considering what it is lapping against. Electric cars have such a different feel as well. When your not on the throttle it feels almost like your braking. You have to absolutely keep the throttle down cause if you lift you won't coast like a combustion engine, you will be hemorrhaging time when you lift much more than you traditionally would. So I can imagine getting past that sensation would take some time for the driver to overcome. Incredible marriage of man and machine. I would LOVE to lap the Ring with that car. I know the track by heart these days. Would be so interest in what zi could do in it.

I remember as a kid , the Lotus Europa was my favorite matchbox car.

horrible lap. worse than a GT3. just a lot of power

@ipadair5977

17 күн бұрын

😂👍

@marcellio8907

16 күн бұрын

You can't compare a real car with a battery on wheels...

Not impressive at all. A track-prepped electric car that can barely go faster than a Mercedes AMG One, which is a street-legal car with a good range as well. Electric cars are a joke except for those going around town.

@AC-wl7ve

19 күн бұрын

even the ones going around town arent helping the environment. where do you think that electricity is coming from, way less efficient than ice.