Porsche has simply introduced a brand new Nurburgring lap document for electrical automobiles. The model’s growth driver driver, Lars Kern, set the observe ablaze in a pre-series Taycan with a lap time of seven min 07.55 seconds.

Throughout his latest outing, Kern improved on his previous-best lap by a whopping 26 seconds, beating the Tesla Mannequin S Plaid within the course of. As chances are you’ll recall, the earlier document was set in a Taycan Turbo S Sport in August 2022.

“Twenty-six seconds is half an eternity in motorsport. Lars’ lap time of seven:07.55 minutes on the Nordschleife is sensational, placing the Taycan in the identical league as electrical hypercars,” says head of the mannequin line, Kevin Giek. “And the spectacular factor about it’s that over a number of laps, Lars clocked virtually precisely the identical time.”

In keeping with Porsche, the Taycan used for the document run was outfitted with a roll cage and racing bucket seats. It was 15.5 mph sooner than the Taycan Turbo S heading into the Schwedenkreuz.

Porsche will launch an onboard video of the whole lap in mid-March.

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