WORLDS FASTEST NURBURGRING HYPERCAR LAP - EVIJA X

A Nurburgring class record!? Evija X is a track version of the all-electric Evija hypercar.  While the core of the road going hypercar remained the same (chassis, battery, gearbox, e-motors, drive shafts), new parts were added to meet the requirements of one of the most demanding circuits in the world, pushing the limits and boundaries of the EV hypercar.  New parts added include revised carbon body including splitter and wing with DRS, all new suspension dampers, carbon / carbon brakes, wheels and competition tyres. 
It was tested on the Nurburgring first in June 2023, then early October, and returned Friday 13 October to see what was achievable. It was a damp day, so we weren’t expecting too much... sighting laps only in the morning and then two pacey laps in the afternoon, hitting a time good enough to class fastest car with a production chassis. We think it has more to give... so watch this space. 
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[@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.

[@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 💪💪💪💪

[@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!

[@patrickbrady8736]

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

[@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

[@andrewseath6994]

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.

[@andrewseath6994]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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?

[@21sled]

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

[@biljancanin]

​@@21sled it's real not

[@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

[@teunmathon6795]

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)

[@27steve]

Great to see Lotus back with performance road car engineering

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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!

[@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.

[@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

[@jeffcanfixit]

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

[@ramonblackz7020]

After watching soo many Misha Videos i can say that Car is blisteringly Fast that is No joke that's a Track Demon how it ate up those corners the undulations sheesh that driver is Badass

[@Cloxxki]

Just like a run of the mill GT3 race car? How must faster in which corners?

[@ramonblackz7020]

@Cloxxki didn't watch the whole video did u Bro dude Said approximately 100km faster than a Gt3 in the corners watch it again

[@divinasi0n]

@@ramonblackz7020 I think you misheard. He said it's 100km/h faster INTO a corner - as in, on the brakes. 😂 GT3 racecars eat this two ton computer on wheels for breakfast round corners.

[@ericship8383]

@@divinasi0neat is an overstatement 😂 the gt3 race cars do around 6:30 on the Nurburgring

[@divinasi0n]

@@ericship8383 More like 6:15. And thats all in the corners because GT3s are way way slower on the straights.

[@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.

[@tlrprice7]

Sounds like a crazy roller-coaster

[@maximumpat1]

Amazing! I was so anxious for the driver I wanted it to be over after the first 90 secs:-) Incredible speed. Brilliant. Thank you.

[@trackah123]

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

[@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

[@MRVSKIN]

Looks absolutely brutal

[@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.

[@grundyb]

That’s awesome! I can’t remember that many different turns and having the map in the screen really helps seeing what’s going on. I would need a navigator with me. 🏁💨☀️🍻

[@YZ450f24]

One of the best looking cars ever made

[@feelincrispy7053]

Absolutely not.

[@lynch6642]

I was thinking more like the Hennessey venom

[@MRJAYDANGEROUS]

If your blind

[@imtheguvnor]

@@feelincrispy7053 Make no mistake, this car is stunning IRL

[@johnjobber2219]

Pretty fugly

[@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

[@LordHolley]

That is amazing!!! I never get tired of watching fast laps at "Green Hell!"

[@earlsnapp5209]

I frankly feel privileged this morning... Thank you James for sharing your experience with Lotus at "The Green Hell"... From Portland, Oregon In the Morning AM

[@jtherealtor]

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

[@Ourdirtytwo]

Thanks KZbin engineer!

[@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

[@Swiftwinter]

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

[@jamesmarshall1673]

Such an insane car. Thanks for showing us

[@kentdaigle]

AMAZING !!

[@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.

[@BC-ni3sk]

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

[@jeremyharper3462]

Lotus doing Lotus things. That was awesome to watch.

[@s._81]

damn it looks crazy insane.

[@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!

[@nigeldewallens1115]

That was just stunning! I know what it was like looking after the racing car I had and it was nothing like the technology you guys had and it nearly broke me! Bravo! To you and to the driver! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👌

[@bco529283]

OMG your hand eye coronation is on another level to control that vehicle great video as usual 🎩🥃

[@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

[@simonpeart7981]

Considering how insanely quick he looked doing that time, it's insane to believe that the 919 Evo did it over a minute quicker.

[@iceblade019]

With half the power no less

[@pkphilips2]

Thank you for featuring my car in this video

[@guyinoakland]

Amazing. Conglobulations to all! Fantastic driving skills. Wow.

[@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 😄✌️

[@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..

[@Seeyan86]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@pasi2305]

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

[@user-fq8io4rp5d]

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

[@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

[@DDE_ADDICT]

This is NUTS

[@timmzey_1985]

Top quality production. Hard to believe that something has gone round there a minute quicker 😮.

[@justincharles6585]

I know right 😮

[@thefelrider]

That looked absolutely insane!

[@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.

[@khabaaustralia]

Flying a Jet on a pre-determined coarse

[@avmelidor]

As you said; Beautifully purposeful

[@purpdillinger5022]

Now THAT was fast!!....what a beautiful car!!❤

[@divinasi0n]

4500KG of downforce and it only manages 2G in the corners. Without 2000HP I'm not convinced that it would beat a Porsche Cup car with 1/4 the downforce and 1/4 the power (judging by Misha's Cup car ride-along on street tires). Something tells me this record won't stand for too long. I'm happy for you all the same, James.

[@dan110024]

I'm wondering if the less than ideal surface would be lowering the G's through the corner. I wonder what it would pull around a smooth track.

[@DragonFury-gq5zo]

I wonder if it is due to the weight that means it can corner as quickly

[@giacomo9854]

I was wandering the same, it didn't seem a proper maximised lap, with slick tyres alone you should reach 2G, add all that downforce and you should have more Wondering if they didn't warm them up properly

[@michaelgakanga]

@@giacomo9854oh definitely they didn’t warm up properly. The driver even mentioned he didn’t have much time. I bet he would have shaved a whole 10 seconds in the next 5 laps.

[@rkwjunior2298]

That's what I was thinking. Mercedes AMG one did 6.35 with half the horsepower amd I'm sure alot less downforce.

[@user-qp8hw7qq9y]

LOTUS is back in the game

[@cybernetix86]

That must be one hell of a ride! It must be weird to go that fast with so little noise. You are one lucky guy to be able to see these kind of events/cars.

[@chillout1109]

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

[@mazrimirl]

Great Achievement, but i guess Lotus didn't think their road going Evija could beat the time set by the Rimac Nevera road Car so they had to bring a track only version to try to get a Win out of the day.

[@1183newman]

Fairly sure they were going for fastest EV which isn't the Rimac. They were 16 seconds off fastest which puts them in second.

[@skierpage]

​@@1183newman what matters to owners is the performance of the car they buy. I think Lotus is still trying to enable all 2000 horsepower in the road-legal Evija before it actually delivers the cars. "There's a substantially different track-only version of this car that's really quick on the 'Ring" isn't much of a selling point.

[@1183newman]

@@skierpage Supposedly only things different are the body, suspension and tyres. The chassis and drive train are identical.

[@stevendavis6157]

​@@1183newmanIn order for lotus to take that title. They'll need to use a production model and not a highly modified version. Lotus hypercar still hasn't claimed anything above rimac.

[@AndrewDBrown2020]

Great job all round - well done everyone.

[@Andrew-zx9wx]

Dude hit ludicrous speed!! That was amazing 🔥

[@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

[@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.

[@colemank7753]

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

[@RoamingStoned]

Wow, excelent passenger view, great drive

[@robertward90]

3:55 editing mistake ._.

[@MaartenOosterbaan]

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

[@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?

[@ricopaxton]

Well made 🤘

[@garagewindowrailway]

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

[@lovelehstuff]

Wow will be a customer track only car

[@cephasmakuzva]

Shows what is technically possible

[@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 ❤️💛💚

[@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.

[@burgundyexpress]

My microwave can cook sausages faster than my BBQ but nobody cares.

[@somenygaard]

Bbq tastes better

[@burgundyexpress]

@@somenygaard And sounds better!

[@soaringeagle]

So what why do you have to be an idiot?

[@jbfree_]

Exactly take your electric and shove it

[@NoGoodHandlesComingToMind]

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

[@evilgtlee]

Amazing lap, amazing driver, amazing car 🙌

[@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!

[@aventusV33]

Won't the Valkyrie AMR Pro just easily run quicker than this ? It's a like to like comparison as well

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

This uses a road chassis whereas the AMR Pro was built to race. I imagine there are 3 areas this car might be faster, on the carousel and out of corners on to straights. Everywhere else it will be slower. The Valkyrie AMR Pro can potentially get close to the IDR but none will touch the 919 Evo so no records will be broken either way.

[@aventusV33]

​@@F1ll1nTh3Blanks the AMR Pro is based on the same chassis as the road legal Valkyrie. It will definitely be quicker out of corners, carousel, since it probably is quite heavy, maybe not. I am surprised a 2000hp car with time attack aero on slicks is only 20 seconds quicker than the SVJ.

[@joebeus6886]

​@@aventusV33 ...also only 11 sec quicker than "Road legal" Merc AMG One!

[@connormoran3425]

@aventusV33 the AMR Pro actually only shares only a couple of components with the regular Valkyrie (engine and headlights), other than that it is a completely bespoke chassis, body etc.

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

@@aventusV33 It's modified for WEC, so it's different from the road Valkyrie. The Evija X chassis is taken straight from the roadcar with no changes. So it's not the same. The Valkyrie relying on more ground effect will hurt its pace in the carousel and it's less powerful but it's also like 500 or so kilos lighter.

[@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.

[@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.

[@TheDemonGamerOfFleetStreet]

Well played Lotus that was a stupendous lap time for what is essentially a car you can drive on a public road, that has gotta be a record for a road going car surely?

[@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.

[@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.

[@cuananderson861]

That was insane! Well done Lotus

[@EvoSupra]

LOVE THIS CONTENT. give me more please!

[@y2kazan868]

Ehhhhhhhhhhh

[@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.

[@mattcangie]

I'm glad everything went well and the driver's ok. I have an old Intel CPU I overclocked to 6.12GHz a long time ago using phase change cooling and LN2. It technically worked for a few moments... I feel the same about this EV. It's an overclocked version of an already fast machine which ran a single fast lap and no one will ever duplicate it. Like Bonneville(Utah) machines, it's a fascinating, proof of concept, science project but that's about it. I'm old and like old man things now. I wanna smell the race fuel, hear the engine, see the flames, etc. I don't think I'll ever drool over an electric vehicle.

[@mocmaniac1571]

I'm often watching Mischa doing laps here and have a feeling of the speeds around the Nurburgring. Except in tight corners, the video seems to be speed up ! The accelerations are really impressive ! Impressive car !

[@VoiDukkha]

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

[@ipadair5977]

😂👍

[@marcellio8907]

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

[@niki7040]

Not impressive at all. A track-prepped electric car that can barely go faster than a Mercedes AMG One, which is a street-legal car with a good range as well. Electric cars are a joke except for those going around town.

[@AC-wl7ve]

even the ones going around town arent helping the environment. where do you think that electricity is coming from, way less efficient than ice.