Heck, remember way, way, way back to when the official word from Nurburgring was that "all slots are taken, no chance this year"?
Road & Track said:
Was probably true at that time - the big lie was the claim that Tesla couldn't possibly get track time, because the calendar is full for this year.
Then on September 21 an entirely new slot was opened, apparently for Tesla.
The unexpected magic of Nürburgring officials having control over the schedule of an only partially utilized, profit oriented racing track. A shocking development that no fair journalist coveting Tesla could possibly have anticipated!
Not the same image but similar theme. I've had this shirt for years now (only with a Model X on it) and amazing how many people don't get it. Model 3 Evolve By Mad Hungarian Products from Mad Hungarian's EVOLVEwear | Teespring
Yeah, I wouldn't want to see raw gasoline injected into an electric cycle either.
I firmly believe you can judge a website by the quality of the people who visit/comment there. By that metric, Jalopnik is pure garbage.
For those following the Nürburgring race, the key dates to watch are September 18, September 21 and September 25, because those are the days on which Tesla has purchased exclusive track time (longest slot about ~2 hours), according to:
Tesla has built an improvised repair, maintenance and recharging facility right on Nürburgring premises:
Tesla is testing and tuning on the Ring every day, and their driver is Thomas Mutsch, who is not as well known as Nico Rosberg, but is considered a Nürburgring specialist, who achieved several official Nürburgring lap records.
Here's a video from yesterday, the Plaid prototype can be seen at 2:48, the Taycan at 5:00:
(Does anyone here have time to load that video into a video editor and compare the frame count between the Model S and the Taycan run? Both were driving that corner aggressively and were accelerating out of it hard, were not hindered by other cars and the camera vantage is identical - so time measurement with ~0.1 sec accuracy should be possible.)
Tesla is certainly taking this very seriously.
If the article is accurate then Tesla's earliest Nürburgring record attempt (or at least the first hot lap) can be expected on September 18, Wednesday next week - weather permitting.
For those following the Nürburgring race, the key dates to watch are September 18, September 21 and September 25, because those are the days on which Tesla has purchased exclusive track time (longest slot about ~2 hours), according to:
Tesla has built an improvised repair, maintenance and recharging facility right on Nürburgring premises:
Tesla is testing and tuning on the Ring every day, and their driver is Thomas Mutsch, who is not as well known as Nico Rosberg, but is considered a Nürburgring specialist, who achieved several official Nürburgring lap records.
Here's a video from yesterday, the Plaid prototype can be seen at 2:48, the Taycan at 5:00:
(Does anyone here have time to load that video into a video editor and compare the frame count between the Model S and the Taycan run? Both were driving that corner aggressively and were accelerating out of it hard, were not hindered by other cars and the camera vantage is identical - so time measurement with ~0.1 sec accuracy should be possible.)
Tesla is certainly taking this very seriously.
If the article is accurate then Tesla's earliest Nürburgring record attempt (or at least the first hot lap) can be expected on September 18, Wednesday next week - weather permitting.
