The Mercedes-AMG One lapped the 12.92-mile (20.8-kilometer) configuration of the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 6 minutes 35.183 seconds to smash the document for manufacturing autos across the well-known monitor. A Porsche 911 GT2 RS with Manthey Racing upgrades beforehand held the title with a time of 6 minutes 43.0 seconds. This makes the One 7.817 seconds faster across the course.
Within the barely shorter 12.8-mile (20.6-kilometer) configuration, the One’s time was 6:30.705. For comparability, the GT2 RS earlier document holder coated the gap in 6:38.835.
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The Mercedes One set the document on October 28, 2022, and the timing brought about some challenges. When the staff began, the Nordschleife nonetheless had damp sections, together with on the perfect line in some areas. When circumstances lastly improved, Mercedes had lower than an hour remaining within the block of time with the monitor to itself. Driver Maro Engel was solely capable of do 4 quick laps.
Engel already set a brand new document earlier than time ran out, however monitor circumstances saved enhancing. He went out for one final lap and managed to go even faster.
“I didn’t anticipate that we might be capable to set such a lap time with these monitor circumstances. In some essential areas of the monitor, it hadn’t dried fully but and was due to this fact tough. That was a particular problem,” Engel stated.
Mercedes employed a notary to verify this AMG One was a production-spec automobile. The automotive’s setup included setting the suspension’s camber values for the wheels on the most supply tolerances. Mercedes says it could be potential for an proprietor to arrange the automobile identical to the record-setting machine.
The AMG One has a complete output of 1,049 horsepower (782 kilowatts) coming from a Method-One-derived 1.6-liter V6 and 4 electrical motors. The automotive can attain 62 miles per hour (100 kilometers per hour) in 2.9 seconds and 124 mph (200 kph) in 7.0 seconds. The highest velocity is 219 mph (352 kph). When going across the ‘Ring, Engel managed to take the One to 210 mph (338 kph) on the lengthy Döttinger Höhe part of the Nordschleife.
Mercedes is making simply 275 examples of the One. Buyer deliveries of the hypercar started in August.
