Lexus LFA hits the N?rburgring [video]

The Lexus LFA on the Nürburgring

A lap at racing speed with the onboard camera

Cologne. It is the unfulfilled dream of every spectator at the edge of the track, the Nürburgring-Nordschleife for a round next to the pilot to sit in the cockpit and experience the 20.8-kilometer-long roller coaster at racing speed. The "Gazoo Racing team showed last Saturday, great understanding of the desires of the fans. Even the Japanese Mission team was of course unable to offer effective taxis in the Lexus LFA. But the team took the chance, one of the two racing car with an onboard camera equip. Fans put their pictures-follow now in the position one lap at racing speed from the perspective of the passenger.

By watching this video you directly into the cockpit of the Lexus LFA with the number 111, when the VLN race on Saturday finished fifth overall. At the wheel of more than 560 bhp carbon fiber cars sitting Hiroaki Ishiura, one of three professional drivers who are at the ADAC 24 hour race on 25 pilot of June, the CAA will.

The CAA, with the start number 111 started from position 12 and finished the race in fifth place with an average speed of 161.139 km / h. His fastest lap was completed with an average speed of 170.540 km / h, corresponding to a lap time of 8:34.416 for the combination of the shortened GP-track and the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring. What speed is hiding behind those abstract numbers, the video illustrates better than words.

The use of the Lexus LFA for long-distance race at the Nürburgring is unique worldwide. Still, the major coordinated on the north loop of the legendary Eifel course supercar is just here to compete with the competition.