Other witnesses note that the observer started their stopwatch after the Tesla had already begun the course...
(Will post a link if I can find one in English.)
Waiting to be seen if this is a repeatable accomplishment or a case of seriously bad timing.
I'll wait for the official timing validated by the Ring. Until now, this is just vaporware. This is nearly baseless speculation passed off as an article.
For what it's worth, I'm better the Porsche will be faster.
Edit. Which day. 15th? If this was Sunday, no way he would cover the whole circuit on Touristenfahrten. Dottinger Hohe is not possible to run flat on tourist rides. 16th? That would be a track day or industry pool. If the picture is the actual car, there is no track day starting number so it would indicate industry pool. That would imply tesla actually doing testing. In such case, let’s wait and see!
The fact we're even entertaining the thought of an electric car (a 4-door sedan!) going sub-7:30 at the Nurburgring is crazy. It wasn't long ago none of this seemed possible.
The Porsche Taycan's 7:42 is a major achievement whether or not Tesla tops it.
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[ 2.4 ms ] story [ 27.2 ms ] threadWaiting to be seen if this is a repeatable accomplishment or a case of seriously bad timing.
For what it's worth, I'm better the Porsche will be faster.
Edit. Which day. 15th? If this was Sunday, no way he would cover the whole circuit on Touristenfahrten. Dottinger Hohe is not possible to run flat on tourist rides. 16th? That would be a track day or industry pool. If the picture is the actual car, there is no track day starting number so it would indicate industry pool. That would imply tesla actually doing testing. In such case, let’s wait and see!
The Porsche Taycan's 7:42 is a major achievement whether or not Tesla tops it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_N%C3%BCrburgring_Nords...