A few months ago we reported on a Koenigsegg being spotted testing at the Nürburgring. Shortly after, there was also an accident at the ‘Ring involving one of the company’s cars.
Now it has surfaced that the company was actually busy performing some tests for an all-out record attempt next year.
Compared to earlier this year, the battle for new records had gone a little quiet, partly owing to the arrival of winter in Germany.
Following Porsche’s release that the 918 has achieved a 6:57 seconds record, McLaren only confirmed that its P1 has managed “to achieve a sub-07:00 minute time”. Ferrari simply didn’t even bother to release or claim a time.
In 2015 Koenigsegg will beheading to the ‘Ring with both its Agera R and its latest One:1, the later referred to by its founder as the world’s first megacar, owing to its power output.
According to the company founder, Christian von Koenigsegg, they have analyse the sector times of their laps, and that they should be on course to comfortably beat the Porsche’s time.
One would think that is achievable, as the Agera R, and even more so with the One:1, are both significantly more powerful, lighter, and offer more downforce than the Porsche 918.
What is even more astonishing is that according to Koenigsegg’s test driver, Robert Serwanski, the Agera R achieves a speed of 400 km/h (!) down the ‘Ring’s Döttinger Höhe.
In a clever move, Von Koenigsegg also confirmed that the company would be open “to far greater levels of scrutiny” than other manufacturers.
He touches on a variety of points when he said: “It’s very frustrating sometimes, there are so few stories and so few facts, what is a Nürburgring record? What state was the car running in when it was set? We’re willing to put our car on the scales, let anyone come and analyse the fuel we’re running on, see the tyres we’re running on – people can come and check. We want to do this without any doubt.”
What time will the One:1 set in perfect conditions? It seems as low as 6:30 seconds.
Source: Car and Driver via WorldCarFans
