WORLDS FASTEST NURBURGRING HYPERCAR LAP - EVIJA X

[@stubones]

That looked so crazy fast, yet over a minute slower than the 919 EVO... holy moly.

[@Cloxxki]

With so much more power. Yeah, proper race cars have an edge. But if you look at the cornering speeds, GT3 race cars, not exactly the fastest ever GT series, are as fast or faster around bends. They just don't have the silly power. They could get the silly power, but race rules.

[@ohedd]

Yea that tells you just how much you get out of stuff like tires and downforce that's just not legal on road cars.

[@Jesko.]

That thing is F1 level fast and a highly upgraded version of the already ridiculously fast LMP1 Porsche 919 hybrid so it's expected.

[@realMaverickBuckley]

Err.. you mean the LMP1 car that's basically an F1 car with a shell?

[@borisglavocevic5250]

Rimac Nevera 💪💪💪💪

[@D15Deutz]

Imagine what Stefan Bellof did in 1983 with a handshifted Porsche 956 and traffic on the track: 6:11 min. Unbelievable

[@rahulsudhir666]

Stuff of absolute legends! The fact that it still stands in the top 5 after all these years of technological advancements shows how great a machine the 956 really was.

[@nolibtard6023]

You also have to take into consideration the slightly different location of the start/finish line which was placed on Döttinger Höhe back then.

[@biljancanin]

​@nolibtard6023 doesn't mean anything. You can place it wherever you want, the corners and straights still stay the same.

[@THEKITPLUG]

@@biljancanin You cant be serious.

[@t.e.r.sven2.0vs.daskaltest59]

@@THEKITPLUG It's a flying lap, so in my opinion it does indeed NOT matter.

[@L4WNY..]

1st: Porsche 919 Evo, 5m19secs 2nd:Volkswagon ID.R, 6m05secs 3rd: Porsche 956, 6m11secs 4th: Porsche 956, 6m16sec......... 5th: Lotus Evija X.....6m24secs

[@nastystew6942]

There was a group C car that did 5 minutes on the original 17 mile course.

[@Steefanari]

​@@nastystew6942 lol okay then, what car was it? When was it? Who was driving? Don't be that guy

[@kiliank7768]

PORSCHE owns Nurburgring🫡

[@ianm.w1563]

Wow it is said that if Koenigsegg Jesko attempts a lap record they might do a 6min 21 sec in their lap attempt, it will speak volumes on the inefficiencies that come with electric powered race cars

[@Colby_0-3_IRL_and_title_fights]

Porsche 956 did it in race conditions too

[@trackah123]

With that sound , speed and everything else, it's almost like watching those little RC cars with a dashcam built in haha.

[@TillURide420]

Yeah. It’s boring as hell

[@Heartfromsomewhere]

Yeah. It’s pretty fun 😃

[@27steve]

Great to see Lotus back with performance road car engineering

[@bradwilliams1691]

I'd love to see Lotus back into F-1.

[@georgesheffield1580]

They have always been around building small ,LIGHT ,extreemly good handling cars , not big bloated ,overpowered ,highly modified stuff . Cater ham 7 is still around and gets close to these speeds ,easily .

[@Walking_Adventures691]

Thank you for posting the full Lap with original audio! The intensity of the near silent drive makes you not realise just how fast the car is going, until you see the numbers! >_< Great video so far guys!

[@adrienrostagni5837]

When was that ? Notice that he take the curb @ 1:44 ...Old lap or they manage to hit the new curb with no damage ?

[@prolapsed5104]

When he floors it into any sort of straight the acceleration looks like the video is sped up, utterly wild performance!

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@prolapsed5104well thats really cool info.

[@jetnavigator]

Utterly soulless. What a shame.

[@Walking_Adventures691]

@@jetnavigator You might think its soulless, and that is fine. But you cant take away the fact that its insane engineering and beautiful driving

[@cephasmakuzva]

Very cool lotus gave you the honour to exclusively document this. Incredibly impressive especially when fundamentals are shared from the eviya. Watching that lap it looked like it was played at x2 speed.

[@curtisducati]

Just a shame they have to wait hours for another lap as charging , waste of time tech until battery's are better , we will look back at this in 10 years and it will look like a BetaMax video ...Very outdated

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@curtisducatior even 10 hours in fact.

[@namechecksout6300]

10 seconds slower that the other track only I.D R! One full minute slower than the 919 Evo.

[@Grover91]

Which just shows how MENTAL that 919 lap was.

[@James1Hiscox]

Yes.

[@Dtp2296]

Amazing effort from lotus

[@jj_mccarron]

great effort from lotus considering its a road car platform with more aero bolted on it

[@olchiopa]

to the ID R there are appr 19 seconds missing. And the aero and underfloor (even the drs) looks like a copy of the VW concept

[@chrisculley3756]

That car just looks sick. It just looks fast. It's aggressive looking it's just really a phenomenal piece of engineering. I can't wait to see the footage of this car hauling ass around this amazing track. RLTW 3/75

[@Hyperious_in_the_air]

RIP this car, stuffed into the wall less than 100ft off the start line at Goodwood

[@shininglama_]

I was metres away it was crazy

[@Khaelos84]

WHOA! i didn't know i could hold my breath for 6 minutes and 24 seconds! what an amazing performance of Lotus and the driver on this epic piece of tarmac

[@plang42]

Do you hold your breath when you are asleep? As this was extremely boring.

[@igorrabczewski6605]

​@@plang42if that was extremely boring for you theres something wrong for you

[@zionkid420]

I can't believe I am even able to say this let alone be serious about it... It feels like there is still time left on the board for that car AND driver. Wow. This was insane. Thank you so much for this James & Lotus.

[@cynaptyc]

He did mention that the fronts were spinning at times. If they tame that, bet they could eventually take #1!?

[@kaumohlamonyane272]

This just shows how impressive the gt black series, gt2 rs and 992 gt3 rs are. Especially the gt3 rs, with a quarter of the power, it still managed a sub 7. That's not a modified street car, it is a street car. The lotus is still mad impressive though.

[@MrJWW]

Agreed GT3 RS for a road legal car is so wild!

[@Jallu555]

It has 300% more aero than all of the over 7 minute time cars

[@MrCyberamp]

6:44 with just 500 hp is insane

[@skwdenyer]

I'd like to see the Evija on a warm, dry track. The big difference between the Evija and, say, the ID.R is in cornering and braking. The ID.R hit a peak of nearly 3.5g lateral, whereas the Evija - from the on-video display - looks to be peaking at well under 2g in both cornering and braking. I imagine that's a function of (a) the ID.R being a pure racing vehicle, with associated aerodynamics, and of course (b) being substantially lighter.

[@renenowicki]

@@MrJWWbonkers!

[@Swiftwinter]

Mind utterly blown. 🤯🤯🤯 Thanks for documenting this incredible achievement.

[@proximityroars5149]

I was eating dinner whilst watching this and I just realised I had completely stopped eating during the entire lap, just amazing seeing an electric car go around the Nurburgring.

[@samuelboston5121]

The driver is amazing. He's clearly remembered the entire course and is placing the car where it will be one second into the future. That's the only way I can describe it

[@Cloxxki]

It's the most loved track in the world. Thousands of drivers know it by heart :)

[@JustMamba]

Yup. I've never been there personally, but I know it by heart from sim racing

[@MuppetsSh0w]

No way he rememberes the whole track... lol

[@Smaaaaaash]

@@MuppetsSh0w Absolutely does. Not only that, but knows every curb and every bump. It's quite easy to do with enough hours.

[@xbox70333]

@@MuppetsSh0w i remember my cornering speed, gear shifts, bumps and curbs and i dont even race, i just play sim racing lol, takes around 1000km of driving around the ring to memorise

[@hugovale6360]

I appreciate this effort by Lotus and it's a remarkable achievement, but I would also like to see the what the production version can do in the Nurburgring.

[@Retheraq]

A 2000 hp electric car with no aero? They are not insane 😂

[@hugovale6360]

@@Retheraq Rimac did it

[@UKCheeseFarmer]

@@hugovale6360 More than likely a Rimac power-train in the Lotus?

[@jjjfo1818]

@@Retheraqno aero?!? Have you seen the thing? It’s an aero machine

[@biljancanin]

​@@jjjfo1818 it's real not

[@patrickbrady8736]

Huge thanks to Lotus for letting Mr JWW document this moment in Lotus History. Then there's YORKIE again crushing the cinematography.

[@kryptonite5]

Each time I view this video and the part where the car is doing the lap time it's mind blowing how much the driver pushed the car and how much handling and power and downforce it produced... 🔥🔥🔥🖤💛💯

[@BC-ni3sk]

Incredibly fast and a thrilling ride even for remote viewing on a computer! Thanks for the ride.

[@tobytoxd]

Congratulations to Lotus, that's a really great laptime for a ... "car"! 😅No, seriously a stuning record lap! And also a great coverage and moderation. I really enjoyed that, thank you!

[@kenlevie1877]

James, James, James, that was f#*ing insane. I’m not a fan of EV but Holy Shit that was epic sound of the wind whistling. The single camera full lap was brilliant showing just how fast and difficult that lap was. Congratulations James, you were chosen to film this because you and your team is the best. Thank you Sir.

[@kishlayverma6622]

I have more respect for the driver than the car itself, humans can only get so much better with their reflexes through practice as tthe neurotransmitter speed is chemically limited plus adding the amount of G's he is experiencing in all directions adds to how difficult these records are to accomplish, makes me wonder how much faster can a human piloted car be than this!

[@Czeslaw_cn4tv]

True, but this car doesn't even come close to how fast drivers can go when the machinery allows for it so I wouldn't expect this man to be on the edge. Edit: check the 919 Evo lap if you want to see something really fast.

[@kishlayverma6622]

@Czeslaw_cn4tv yes, I am aware of the 919 evo, that thing is mental!

[@ouch9326]

how about mc murty spierling? also why full electric when you can combustion to replace most the batttery with super capacitor and fuel with electric motor er wheel, allowing max power to weight ratio? electric car is not even best for "environmental" or financial issues compare to lightweight effceint hybrid because combustion fuel is anaerobic bacterial mass that is sustainable unlike battery and solid magnet electric motor (the normal stuff) which cant be fully recycled. let alone as high power machine like this.

[@ACplanet]

I reckon a low 4 minute lap would be the limit of human reflexes. 4:39 on the sim is my pb. Even then my brain is struggling to keep up

[@kishlayverma6622]

@@ouch9326 Oh the whole "EVs are gonna save this planet" is bullcrap if the electricity you use comes from burning fossil fuels, which is the case for most of the country, also mining lithium, cobalt etc for battery and semiconductors is somewhat neglected when they preach about EVs being clean.

[@Грандбісер-СупермаркетРукоділл]

Great job from Lotus & Mr.JWW! Thanks guys.

[@thefelrider]

That looked absolutely insane!

[@jeffcanfixit]

Thanks for showing the entire lap... That is soooo over the top fast. 👍👍🏁

[@samuelboston5121]

Is Louis speaking english at the beginning 😅. What they have done with an electric platform is absolutely monumental! I'm glad they were able to prove the concept on one of the most challenging tracks of all time. It makes the achievement that much better

[@hlcepeda]

Right?I He sounds like a toffee-nosed upper crust character from a Monty Python skit. That aside, it's great to see eternal mavericks LOTUS continue to push boundaries.

[@squidishtendencies1523]

Bro hit it with the dry ice like it was overclocked!

[@clogivemeaname]

Evija X- Kingpin Edition

[@timpindell8178]

Because it was :)

[@ciriusn]

Well... that's because it is, everything is running at maximum performance, so therefore the extrem cooling.

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

@@ciriusn So actually, not a "production-like" car...

[@Dr.TJ_Eckleburg]

@@fridaycaliforniaa236Production battery pack and production chassis. Otherwise it’s heavily modified.

[@pasi2305]

5:40 you got "the power down" moment. With this much power I totally can relate.

[@not_stephen]

at 5:45 he's getting horny

[@nickb-]

Well done Lotus, great achievement and the sort of challenge the industry needs to tackle to keep EV technology moving forward. 360 km/hr is extraordinary. BTW, that orange Evija looks stunning!

[@jtherealtor]

Imagine how much better it would've been with 1900hp from a TT V10 or V12.

[@Ourdirtytwo]

Thanks KZbin engineer!

[@helpmehelp3009]

Lotus are always light small engined and fast, remember when they won indianapolos with tiny engine twice?

[@barrypreshner7188]

@@Ourdirtytwo Anyone backing the McMurty??

[@-joo3033]

Worse...

[@theocelot3957]

It will never be as smooth as an eletric hypercar. And it will not have the same smart power managing that 4 engines can give. It will be fast, but the weight distribution, the aerodynamics and even the ground would not be enough.

[@danskwarrior2708]

damn every car manufacturer has to build crazy stuff to go fast at the Nordschleife, whilest Porsche just builds their 911 gt3 rs every couple of years and then gives it to Manthey and then beating every fucking hypercars ass. I love it

[@CheesyChair]

Dude the gt3-rs didn’t set the lap time, that was the 919 hybrid evo, an upgraded version of their Le Mans car. A Gt3-rs is way way slower than these hypercars

[@renebartkowiak7122]

What are you talking about? The 911 GT3 RS is not near the laptime of these hypercar. The record belongs to Porsche but to their 919 Evo (LMP1 car without any restrictions)

[@TheJon2442]

​@@CheesyChairand capable of every day driving?

[@HyviaVideoitaMansenlale]

Is this? ​@@TheJon2442

[@nilsmarkus4044]

only 6 seconds faster than an AMG One on road tires? i mean 6:24 is fast but after the intro i thought they were aiming for a sub 6 minutes time

[@coolguy_2997]

6:35.183 for the amg one

[@biljancanin]

​@@coolguy_2997 yeah, on street legal tires with a street legal car. But 6:30 with some mods. This one was a whole rebuild. Besides the chassis and drive train, nothing is original. Calling the others purposely build is hypocrisy. They literally did the same thing and got only a 6:24 with that... Sometimes keeping the mouth shut and being humble is the better option. Also, just mere 14 seconds faster than a Porsche GT2 RS MR is rather pathetic

[@coolguy_2997]

@@biljancanin I’m just correcting that the amg one did the same full length lap in 6:35 (not 6:30) and gt2 r/s mr did in 6:43 (not 6:38)

[@dawn-moon]

@@biljancanin they can't change the weight of the road battery. They could have put in a battery half the size, but if the battery is a structural component ( don't know if this is the case here ), they're stuck with todays batteries. But I agree, the intro made me expect we were going to have a real fastest lap, and not a "fastest" lap , with a lot of excuses...

[@biljancanin]

@@coolguy_2997 the 43 is set by the GT2 RS. The MR, or, Manthey Racing did a 38.8 and is road legal. Something we can't say about the Evija X. But for real, calling others out like the ID-R, the 919 evo and so on is pathetic when you burst out a mere 24 with all these mods

[@alexandervanwyk7669]

This was insane to watch for free. Thanks for the upload. I was always a fan of Colin Chapman's heritage, however I have this against him that he always seems to sacrifice human safety for speed. (Jim Clark, Jo Siffert etc). Hope current Lotus engineers will never compromise on safety again. Love from down under Africa.

[@Blade5067]

that was perfect, ive done it in 8:45 in an evo 8. this man literally did everything perfect, it was unbelievable

[@DaftyBoi412]

Holy crap that thing is INSANE! It sounds like an angry boiling kettle when it really gets going! :O

[@festo8885]

I nodded off half a lap in due to the sound

[@harrison2995]

that car MOVES

[@kspots.1]

agreed so sick

[@Jesko.]

That acceleration though

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@kspots.1the acceleration is shockingly as fast as FORMULA 3 GEN 4 (GEN 3 EVO) CAR.

[@kspots.1]

@@purwantiallan5089 tru

[@MRJAYDANGEROUS]

With 2000bhp and slicks And Couldn't beat the Id-r with 600

[@tlrprice7]

Sounds like a crazy roller-coaster

[@garagewindowrailway]

Milton Abbas + Fontmell Parva = Milton Parva? Lovely cameos, story line and great modelling. A unique set of videos. Please keep them coming.

[@pkphilips2]

Thank you for featuring my car in this video

[@kronkite1530]

Dedicated race car, true, but I can’t get over how a 1980s Porsche 956 Endurance Race Car was quicker! From the NINETEEN EIGHTIES! Or how ludicrous their WEC car was to run 5:19.

[@danielvipin7163]

Hybrids are fast , because they have the acceleration of an ev with the top end of a petrol motor. The Porsche lap on 919 evo is insane, that car rockets from 80-300 in an instant then the ice engine carries the speed till 370 or 380 when the electric boost runs out. Its a symphony of peak performance.

[@Shadowboost]

@@danielvipin7163 not to mention they didn't have the budget or time to put in a big ICE engine in there. Easily could have 400-500 more hp.

[@Cloxxki]

That was an heavily modifed WEC car, to be fair. But what a glorious project, to get a car with a "roof" to modern F1 laptimes. Way higher topspeed than Evija X despite tiny battery and hugely less peak power as well. How much power was left at the end, to go 350 kph? Maybe under 1000 hp? It's even got DRS for crying out loud. I know not a lot of time is won adding 30 kph at top speed, but still...

[@justincharles6585]

That was a shorter circuit

[@gregstop8259]

double on kg

[@FriendlieGhost]

Absolutely insane. I can’t even imagine what that feels like. That car is pulling over 1G accelerating at 192mph 😅😅 Thanks for this exclusive. Absolutely impressive. What a feat of engineering and design, dedication and development on Lotus’s part.

[@peterpan1275]

i'm pretty sure its km/h, still unimaginable for us normies :D

[@kryptonite5]

I started to watch this video with so much hype and excitement (not knowing it was a air head ) but when it paced around the the Nürburgring I fell asleep to the wind slushing noise it made at over 280km/h it was so whipishly relaxing I fell asleep to this video and had the best sleep of my life now I am commenting on it feeling fresh and it is a beautiful new sunny day good morning to Team Lotus much love nd respect 😄✌️

[@georgesheffield1580]

So smooth and silently.

[@earthtaurus5515]

You lucky sod 🤪, with headphones the sound inside the car is bonkers... it must have been absolutely nuts inside the car. Phenomenal amount of engeering not just by Lotus but all the partner orgs as well. Next level driving by Dirk Müller.

[@Mew-ip3iy]

It's still not really impressive as we don't see Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro lap time. Then I'll care because there is a fair benchmark to make comparisons. It would be better if the road car was faster than the Mercedes AMG One. Anyway, 6:24m is a very good lap time. Congratulations 🎉

[@James1Hiscox]

Agree.

[@nelsonclub7722]

6:24:047 - 6th fastest and he didn't die - so pretty good I'd say

[@ouch9326]

919 porsche faster. how about mc murty spierling? also why full electric when you can combustion to replace most the batttery with super capacitor and fuel with electric motor er wheel, allowing max power to weight ratio? electric car is not even best for "environmental" or financial issues compare to lightweight effceint hybrid because combustion fuel is anaerobic bacterial mass that is sustainable unlike battery and solid magnet electric motor (the normal stuff) which cant be fully recycled. let alone as high power machine like this

[@ericship8383]

@@ouch9326the 919 isn’t based off a street car though

[@d3f4ult_q8]

Absolutely incredible

[@Cloxxki]

It's wild looked at in isolation but when you step back and see the specs and what other cars accomplish at lower budgets with restrictive regulations, even on road tyres...it seems pretty underwhelming to me.

[@Iseenoobpeoples]

@@Cloxxki It's only 14 seconds faster than the UNMODIFIED Porsche GT2 RS that has 1300hp less and cost 1.9M$ less!

[@Vikingcat01]

All I'm thinking is the amount of down force , and tyre compound that is simply keeping this car on the track without it taking off is truly mind blowing. 🏅

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

One day, the human brain will be overwhelmed by the power and speed of these new/next gen cars. One day we will have Tool Assisted Speedruns (TAS), like in Trackmania Nations Forever, because only AI will be able to cope with the ridiculously small amount of processing time left for our brains to execute each maneuver during a track record.

[@NemanjaDuvnjak-ie7tg]

This was last year? He took a curb at Foxhole so aggressively!

[@FrankDBoyce]

good eye!!

[@Cloxxki]

Compare to the much less powerful 911 Evo though ;-)

[@ericship8383]

@@Cloxxkithat isn’t a street legal car nor is it based off a road car

[@MRJAYDANGEROUS]

​@@ericship8383nor is this.. No matter how much they lie..

[@syed1x]

damn it looks crazy insane.

[@MRVSKIN]

Looks absolutely brutal

[@moosewild4239]

Kudos to the driver. What a ride. Thoroughly enjoyed watching that run.

[@Geoff-lu3qv]

Gotta love the haters. Just enjoy the ride for what it is. Great car and driver.

[@chillout1109]

Now, let's lap a "standard" Evija just to see the difference in performance (and also just for fun, because why not)

[@mta01ajd]

I mean it looks mental, so how a 919 Evo was over a minute faster... 😮 And a 1983 Porsche 956 was 13 seconds quicker! Only 6 seconds quicker (or possibly 11 for the "full" lap) than an AMG One though

[@anthonygibbo1881]

That lap is the limit I believe it's infknsane you have to imagine how hard he was pushing , just , next no no THEE level no one going to beat that record anytime soon I don't believe, but if they do, well I would eat my hat 😂😂

[@Dtp2296]

The track ia very different now. It gets overhauled and modified every winter

[@coolguy_2997]

6:35.183 for the amg one

[@mta01ajd]

@@coolguy_2997 yep, hence me saying "or possibly 11" (I couldn't be bothered to check that the Lotus did a full lap)

[@Vortigon]

in 1983 the track was only 13 miles long - don't compare the two.

[@vierchristopher]

Shame they didn't bring the production spec, in order to compete with the nevera and try to take the record.

[@AdminAbuse]

They will never beat a Rimac

[@Cloxxki]

Nevera als needs to be brought back on a cooler day. Without all the heavy data logging equipment. I'm a bit disappointed with Nevera. Like AMG One and Lotus Eletre, it gained many hundreds of kgs since sales started. Why??? Bad engineering or bad sales tactics?

[@BluesAdam]

Am I weird for enjoying EV sound? People say EV sucks because it lacks the sound of an ICE but that trademark visceral, demonic screech that EVs make is something else. It is so subtle but so scary. I am not a car guy so I don't know what makes that sound. Is it the batteries, the motors or the driveshaft I have no idea but I hear that unmistakable sound in every EV pretty much. This high pitch, skin tingling sound. I love it!

[@Heartfromsomewhere]

Same opinion here, or even some quieter one it still sounds like a spaceship/an electrified supercharger whine Also the sound came from the electrons in the motors I believe

[@Heartfromsomewhere]

Nvm it’s the sound of the magnetic field in the motors

[@Bennyboy1212-f4e]

Yes.

[@alvarotelesgts12]

This car is insane, wow!

[@stubones]

Yet still slower than the VW.

[@TheTechnoaddict]

​@@stubonesid r was a purpose build racecar. This one is based on a road car with road car mechanics like the gearbox. This car is impressive even if it is not the fastest. Maybe u lack knowledge in automotive engineering to understand what an achievement this is.

[@AndrewTSq]

@@TheTechnoaddict this is also a purpose built racecar.. its not roadlegal.

[@TheTechnoaddict]

@@AndrewTSq it's based on a road version with road legal mechanics. The id-r is not.

[@biljancanin]

​@@TheTechnoaddict dude, it's a mere 6 seconds faster than an actual road legal AMG ONE that is not build specifically for this track. Chassis and the drive train, that's what it has from the street legal version. Body is purposely build for this, taken everything out that is not necessary. Literally making it into a race car and it was still just 6 seconds faster that an actual street legal car and barely 14 seconds faster that a freaking Porsche 911 that you can actually see on the roads from time to time. It's embarrassing calling out hypercars, but literally doing the exact same shit

[@drumdone]

Bit of a stretch to say it's got loads of concessions to being a street car... I imagine it's only good for one lap before it needs charged and cooled again? To be honest, I find a Mercedes AMG GT Black Series going 20 seconds slower with just over 1/4 the horsepower and street tyres much more impressive. Because it'll do 5 laps in a row and drive you back to the hotel in relative comfort.

[@Dtp2296]

You do know any internal combustion car can only do 1 lap before cooling off also? the tyres, brakes, heat soak in all the engine components.

[@djdalby]

@@Dtp2296oh so they change cars every lap in the 24 hour endurance races?

[@imtheguvnor]

@@djdalby The are not balls out max speed. It's endurance.

[@djdalby]

@@imtheguvnor so modern properly cooled race cars can only do one lap full out….got it.

[@GraveUypo]

@@Dtp2296 all of that cools down on the straights. the heat soak on ICE cars is not anywhere near as severe as electric cars. it's only really a problem on very slow speed power circuits. which this isn't.

[@hanskans5655]

5.19,54 Porsche german ❤

[@charlesmiller6281]

Seems pretty fast. Until you realize the Porsche 919 did it in 5:19 .... five years ago.

[@dwaynezilla]

Really nice work from Lotus here. This is the kind of cutting edge that racing usually operates in and develops out, with some of what's learned percolating down to consumer cars. With electric cars, I would think there's a lot of room for tweaking since it's nowhere as refined as gasoline cars.

[@sebastianjo752]

Its crazy how fast this was amd then to think there are even faster cars outthere and one did it in an active race.

[@Theq50guy12]

The 919 evo was unrestricted after it raced, which is when it set the lap so it wasn’t during an active race but I can see why.

[@watchnocatch171]

@@Theq50guy12 He was talking about the 956, not the 919.

[@Theq50guy12]

@@watchnocatch171 i see now

[@EmanuelCunha-y2w]

LOTUS is back in the game

[@DDE_ADDICT]

This is NUTS

[@chriskelvin248]

I had just finished watching a gorgeous video about Iceland, stepped away with earbuds in to grab another slice of pizza. Next video starts in queue and I hear nothing but whistling wind. I assume YT selected another Iceland landscape, but to my complete surprise it’s a record-setting ‘ring lap!!!!!!

[@TschingisTube]

Finally someone who puts pressure on the EV vs ICE discussion :)

[@soaringeagle]

Everyone put pressure on the ice versus ev discusdion ev wins always

[@robertward90]

3:55 editing mistake ._.

[@MaartenOosterbaan]

what are you saying? I can't hear you writing!

[@khabaaustralia]

Flying a Jet on a pre-determined coarse

[@JonasWindey]

40 years after Stefan Bellof but still 13 seconds slower

[@Cloxxki]

There is no real way to overcome weigh. Bellof's car was....650 kg? Less? Evija X add a full ton? And a mild crash would kill you, as he sadly experienced shortly after. I find modern (race) cars too heavy. A lot of the weight seems to be there for safety...because it's so heavy.

[@apophisstr6719]

@@Cloxxki For purpose-build modern race cars, yes, it's because of the much higher safety standard. For this particular project...I think it's the battery weight that dragged it down. From the onboard, it honestly felt like a Bugatti at times especially under braking, the car was struggling at corner entry even in places where the acceleration zone was short.

[@rastaralph7154]

That's about the speed and accuracy I used to be able to do that track on games consoles. I think it Forza I used to play on with totally souped up car's and achieved a lap in 8 minutes ❤️💛💚

[@colemank7753]

Wow, that’s like a video game! Great job Lotus! Thanks for sharing James! Amazing life you live! ☁️ 9️⃣ vibe…

[@MH3GL]

Very weird watching a Ring lap, and not hearing the rev and acceleration of the engine. Somehow takes away from the thrill and excitement.... 😕

[@scottoates9062]

So, worlds fastest lap is the 3rd fastest lap?

[@Spacezee110]

Fastest hypercar lap. 3rd in the world.

[@abebroham6417]

Hypercar? Categorically maybe?

[@ruger8412]

The 1 & 2 are full blown racecars prototypes. This car you can technically buy. Racecars requires special licenses & no road use. Atleast in the US im sure European countries are even more strict on regulations.

[@lovelehstuff]

Wow will be a customer track only car

[@cephasmakuzva]

Shows what is technically possible

[@jscott9360]

Lotus doing Lotus things. That was awesome to watch.

[@joncraig]

I have never seen something accelerate so fast let alone the handling and the braking but most of all, the COMMITMENT from the driver is just BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO!!!! Well done to all of you involved at Team Lotus!! @LotusCars - Could you imagine Sabine having a go in that car!!! RIP

[@tropicthndr]

Meh, world’s fastest nonsense title. Just go to the 919 vid. There’s only one worlds fastest. This vid is just a lie.

[@NoGoodHandlesComingToMind]

3:54, *audio issue - please thumb-up for visibility* - reporting for revision

[@SnowRaver-p2v]

And it crashed a simple launch just recently lol that might be a world record

[@shininglama_]

I was metres away I can’t believe that happened 🤦‍♂️

[@arfamortis1]

2005, The late great Sabine Schmitz drove a standard Ford Transit to a record 10.08, that's far more impressive.

[@proparanoid]

Loved the handling of my Esprit S2 way back, lots of great adventurous fun... keep hoping to get back in the game with something more contemporary... but this would scare the I Can't Drive Fifty-five out of me... and cause my banker to black out on loan request. Great Vid, JWW, and sound quality, too.

[@wiegraf9009]

Active suspension is a hell of a thing. The speeds and lines they are able to take through the off camber corners look like they are defying physics but it's actually just melting the hell out of the tyres!

[@mitchellsteindler]

Crazy that a gt2rs is only 20 seconds slower with 1/3rd hp and 1/3rd downforce.

[@AC-wl7ve]

yah this looks horrible. if i wasnt convinced by ev tech before im definitely not now. you can just tell how heavy this thing must be with those batteries, it looks very unstable under braking, and the battery must be completely fried after one lap. not only that but it was probably the most boring on-board ive ever seen with with no noise and no shifting.

[@paulrogers7067]

Petrol engine please

[@Matoakas]

The one thing I actually have nothing against with e-cars is the acceleration. Damn i'ts fun to feel like you're in a rocket!

[@LNZT]

Absolutely amazing but yeah it’s insanely ”dead” if u will say that without an engine sound…

[@VoiDukkha]

horrible lap. worse than a GT3. just a lot of power

[@ipadair5977]

😂👍

[@NoComment2505]

You can't compare a real car with a battery on wheels...

[@sashap4876]

These boring ass ev cars still can't touch proper race cars (ie combustion engines) around this track

[@AC-wl7ve]

and and ice car can do it till the cows come home, this thing needs to be cooled by dry ice and recharged after one lap. i bet the electricity used to power this lap could probably power 2000 homes as well. we are really taking a step backwards with this ev shit.

[@GraveUypo]

@@AC-wl7ve you could technically power even more homes with the gasoline in the ICE. the fuel tank of a car stores about 3 to 4 times more energy than the batteries in an EV (gas has 30x the energy density of batteries). so that's not a real argument. but the rest, yeah.

[@SPiTFiRE_JiMMY]

So how are EV cars supposed to be the thing of the future when you have to do all these things to make sure the battery doesn’t explode?? My guess is that gas is here to stay. And thankfully so.

[@RobertWeigelt-df6lb]

Congratz! Fantastic performance! The BOSS 919 EVO is 65 seconds away with room to improve if needed...

[@mattving61]

That’s insanely fast. The sound though? I wonder if we’ll evolve to love it.

[@YoinkSkiddoddle]

This may not be the fastest lap time, but being third place, and behind two prototypes specifically built for this is amazing. To take a road chassis and break a speed record at Nurburg is bonkers

[@ryanbroos5143]

The EVIJA X gives a whole new meaning of "whistle while you work".

[@marksutherlandjr.2121]

Those Prototype cars are something different entirely. This is a monument achievement considering what it is lapping against. Electric cars have such a different feel as well. When your not on the throttle it feels almost like your braking. You have to absolutely keep the throttle down cause if you lift you won't coast like a combustion engine, you will be hemorrhaging time when you lift much more than you traditionally would. So I can imagine getting past that sensation would take some time for the driver to overcome. Incredible marriage of man and machine. I would LOVE to lap the Ring with that car. I know the track by heart these days. Would be so interest in what zi could do in it.

[@Seeyan86]

fascinating to watch, thanks for video. half of the time thought it was sped up lol

[@HOMAKiNGh7k]

OMFG, first minutes I was looking for any prove this is not speed up video… wow incredible rapidly fast. Hard to believe ❤❤❤

[@EugeneMorgan-nj4qy]

Vrooooooooom

[@brianjennings7644]

be nervous, damnit...now, "go!" 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏! Breathtaking! thank you..verry much.