- The McMurtry Spéirling is now the fastest closed-wheel car to ever lap the Hockenheimring.
- It’s over 14 seconds faster than the production car record held by the Mercedes-AMG One.
- And it happened to manage this at just 75 percent of its available power and downforce.
Several startup brands and companies profess that their future supercar or hypercar will be the best. On the other hand, the folks at McMurtry seem to walk softly and carry a big stick.
Just over a week ago, this pint-sized electric supercar proved it’s not a one-trick pony. Delivering 1,000 horsepower to the rear wheels thanks to its dual electric motors, it smashed the closed-wheel track record at the world-famous Hockenheimring.
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The record for closed-wheel cars now stands at 1.24.43 or 3.907 seconds faster than the quickest DTM race car qualified in 2020. It’s also 14.1 seconds faster than the Mercedes-AMG One, a track-focused hypercar with an F1-derived engine.
Oh, and there’s one more important detail; the Spéirling accomplished this feat at just 75 percent of its available power and with 75 percent of its available downforce.
The lap time had independent verification from a third party when it happened on June 8th. Max Chilton, former F1 racer, piloted the 1000 hp (745 kW) McMurtry to the record lap time. He’s the same man who now holds the record at the Goodwood Festival of Speed Hillclimb, also from behind the wheel of this McMurtry. While video from that event no doubt bares out how fast this car is, the film from Hockenheim is better.
In it, we get a very clear view of how much faster the Spéirling is compared to other hypercars. For example, on track next to a Pagani Huayra R, the McMurtry rockets around the outside of the Italian stallion as if it’s on a cool-down lap. To hear Chilton talk about the lap, it sounds as though he thinks there’s more in it.
Chilton repeatedly complains about his performance saying that he’s braking too late. Despite that, the car manages to grip and rip around the ring without error. No doubt, the fan system that literally sucks the car to the ground (ala Chaparral 2J) plays a large role in keeping this car on the track. It’s a stunning demonstration of what’s possible at the bleeding edge of hypercar technology.
