AMG Project One could assert Nurburgring lap time record, says AMG supervisor

Addressing Autocar, normally downplayed AMG big boss Tobias Moers said it's "sensible to estimate" that the Mercedes-AMG Project One would take the supreme lap record at the Nürburgring. That implies he's not looking at beating the 6:47.25 lap the Porsche 911 GT2 RS set last September. Nor is he discussing the 6:43.22 lap the McLaren P1 XP1 LM Prototype set in May 2017. Evidently Moers implies beating one of two lap records set 35 years prior, them two by Stefan Bellof in a Rothmans Porsche 956.

Amid fitting the bill for the 1983 Nürburgring 1000 KM, Bellof ran the 20.832-kilometer Nordschleife in 6:11.13. In the race that end of the week, Bellof timed a 6:25.91. Moers wouldn't uncover whatever else about the Project One 'Ring endeavor, however Autocar says AMG has considered both of Bellof's lap records in detail, and the greatest test to influencing the fantasy to work out as expected is "finding the correct driver."

The Porsche 956 and the AMG Project One have a couple of things in like manner. The Project One exists because of Formula 1, Porsche utilized a 956 body as testbed for the TAG-marked F1 motor that would control McLaren to three F1 Driver's Championships and two Constructors Championships. The 956 and Project One have some expertise in air; the 956 was one of the main Group C racers to utilize ground impacts air, the significantly sleeker Project One will produce air downforce equivalent to a large portion of the auto's body weight. Concerning exchange from dashing to street autos, the 1982 Porsche 956 changed to advanced fuel infusion that utilized less fuel however kept up strength and expanded torque, and the 1983 Porsche 956 was the principal race auto to utilize a twofold grasp transmission. The Project One speaks to the discount exchange of F1 tech to street utilize.