Porsche Taycan breaks its own record on the Nordschleife circuit by 26 seconds

“26 seconds “It's half eternity in motorsport,” says Kevin Jeck, head of Porsche's Taycan series. This makes the time even more impressive. 7:07.55 minutes on Nürburgring Nordschleifewhich development driver Lars Kern has now achieved.

Cairn has his own Private record Powder, which he drove in August 2022 in a Taycan Turbo S Sport Sedan equipped with the Performance Package.

Porsche explains this essence with Taycan pre-production model It was on the way (it would be interesting to see which series model would follow). The Stuttgart-based company does not provide any data on engine performance. For safety reasons, the test car was with the described car Roll cage Beside Racing bucket seats installation.

Compared to the record set in 2022 by the Taycan Turbo S, the times are much better: when driving to Schwedenkreuz, the pre-production car is 25 km/h faster. When the test driver crossed the finish line in the area of ​​Runway 13 (T13) that day, he had just passed the entrance to the Nordschleife and ahead of the Antoniusbuche section of the track during the 2022 record race with the Taycan Turbo S. So the distance between the pre-production car and the current Turbo S is More than 1.3 km.

“I pushed as hard as I could, but that was all I could do,” Lars Kern said.