Mercedes breaks the Nurburgring record… which they set themselves

Mercedes is making history again with its AMG ONE, managing not only to reduce the old Nürburgring record (20,832 meter track) set in 6 minutes 35 seconds and 183 thousandths, to 6 minutes 29 seconds and 90 thousandths, if not even dropping below the mark of 6 minutes 30 seconds, which seemed impossible for a registered car.

The AMG ONE from Mercedes is what we could describe as “formula 1, suitable for the road“As the technology comes from the top category of motorsport, the main difference lies in the dimensions of the chassis that this hypercar is equipped with, which, in the opinion of many, should not be in the same category as the rest of the production cars that try to surpass these cars. records, considering that this is a racing car that the German marque managed to register for the street.

It’s getting bigger and bigger Brands typically design hypercars with the goal of being as powerful and aerodynamic as possible.. Following in the footsteps of Mercedes, brands such as Hennesey or McLaren with the recently introduced W1 are incorporating all sorts of racing technologies to take their cars to the next level, thus “forgetting” supercars and developing track cars suitable for off-road driving. road.

AMG ONE is one of them. ideal weather conditions (temperatures of 15 and 20 degrees on the asphalt, as well as a completely dry track providing ideal grip), added to a hybridization system such as that used by Lewis Hamilton and George Russellor active aerodynamics, the wind was in favor of pilot Maro Engel to achieve the record.

This model limited to 275 pieces, priced at €2.3 million.has full power 1063 horses (782 kW) thanks in large part to, as we already mentioned, the hybrid powertrain from Formula 1, consisting of an internal combustion engine and four electric motors. This allows you to achieve maximum speed 352 km/hAnd it also has something that even Formula 1 drivers don’t equip their cars with: fully variable AMG Performance 4Matic+ all-wheel drive, as well as a hybrid rear axle and an electric front axle.