The Lamborghini Huracan Performante has broken the lap record around Autocar's handling track during our comprehensive road test.
As part of our comprehensive road test, Autocar puts machines through their paces on a seven-corner, 1.53-mile handling track, located at the MIRA proving ground in Nuneaton. It's a high-speed track designed to take cars to the edge of their grip and test their high-speed stability. The quickest speed recorded on the track was 131.6mph, achieved by the McLaren P1 hypercar.
The Huracan lapped that circuit in 1min 05.30secs during a recent road test, which you can read in full in this week's Autocar magazine. It eclipsed the previous mark of 1min 05.70secs set by the Porsche 918 Spyder.
These are the top 20 cars to have lapped the Autocar handling track:
1 Lamborghini Huracán Performante: 1min 05.30secs
Lamborghini's done it; beating the mighty and long-standing first-place holder, the Porsche 918 Spyder around our dry handling track. The Performante's not just breaking hearts around our track, its recent performance at the Nürburgring has firmly rendered it a bedroom-wall favourite already.
Quite excited to find out what this bit of kit has to say about our MIRA dry handling lap record next week. Certainly got potential #quick pic.twitter.com/eLWZ6Bg0XT
— Matt Saunders (@TheDarkStormy1) September 19, 2017
2 Porsche 918 Spyder: 1min 05.70secs
It might be four years old and it might be only sixth on the top road-legal laps of the Nürburgring, but Porsche’s 918 Spyder has only just been knocked from the top spot around our handling circuit, almost half a second ahead of the closest challenger, but the same time off the pace of the new circuit champion.
You can read our Porsche 918 Spyder review here.
3 McLaren 720S: 1min 06:10secs
McLaren’s on the war path with the 720S, beating all of its direct rivals and even the far more powerful and hardcore P1 in the process. It’s also one of the newest entries into our top 20, so its podium position isn’t necessarily guaranteed for long.
You can read our McLaren 720S review here.
4 McLaren P1: 1min 06.80secs
The big daddy of McLaren completes the top three, beaten only by its 720S stablemate and its fiercest rival, the Porsche 918 Spyder. It’s close, though; just 1.1sec separates the two. Its follow-up model, codenamed P15, could shake things up in a few months’ time, however.
You can read our McLaren P1 review here.
5 Radical SR3 SL: 1min 08.00secs
The radical, erm, Radical is one of the most extreme road-legal cars there is. With 300bhp on tap, it’s also the least powerful in our top 20, but weighing a feathery 765kg, it’s the second lightest after the Ariel Atom 500 V8. It’s level pegging with the (disqualified) Ferrari 488 GTB in its lap time.
You can read our Radical SR3 SL review here.
6= McLaren 650S Spider: 1min 08.30secs
Yes, another McLaren; this time it’s the father of the 720S, the 650S. With just 0.3sec between it and the Ferrari 488 GTB, there’s something of a tense rivalry on our leaderboard. The McLaren is lighter than the Ferrari, but has 641bhp - 20bhp down on the 488.
You can read our McLaren 650S Spider review here.
6= Ferrari 458 Speciale: 1min 08.30secs
Completing the Ferrari-McLaren sandwich is the 458 Speciale - Ferrari’s hot range-topper to the 458 range. It’s clear to see the step change in Ferrari performance; the entry-level 488 is quicker than this heated-up supercar.
You can read our Ferrari 458 Speciale review here.
6= Mercedes-AMG GT R: 1min 08.30secs
The quickest car with a three-pointed star around the Nürburgring is joint sixth around our circuit. Mercedes claims an unprecedented level of motorsport technology into one of its production cars for the GT R and clearly it’s paid off.
As part of our comprehensive road test, Autocar puts machines through their paces on a seven-corner, 1.53-mile handling track, located at the MIRA proving ground in Nuneaton. It's a high-speed track designed to take cars to the edge of their grip and test their high-speed stability. The quickest speed recorded on the track was 131.6mph, achieved by the McLaren P1 hypercar.
The Huracan lapped that circuit in 1min 05.30secs during a recent road test, which you can read in full in this week's Autocar magazine. It eclipsed the previous mark of 1min 05.70secs set by the Porsche 918 Spyder.
These are the top 20 cars to have lapped the Autocar handling track:
1 Lamborghini Huracán Performante: 1min 05.30secs
Lamborghini's done it; beating the mighty and long-standing first-place holder, the Porsche 918 Spyder around our dry handling track. The Performante's not just breaking hearts around our track, its recent performance at the Nürburgring has firmly rendered it a bedroom-wall favourite already.
Quite excited to find out what this bit of kit has to say about our MIRA dry handling lap record next week. Certainly got potential #quick pic.twitter.com/eLWZ6Bg0XT
— Matt Saunders (@TheDarkStormy1) September 19, 2017
2 Porsche 918 Spyder: 1min 05.70secs
It might be four years old and it might be only sixth on the top road-legal laps of the Nürburgring, but Porsche’s 918 Spyder has only just been knocked from the top spot around our handling circuit, almost half a second ahead of the closest challenger, but the same time off the pace of the new circuit champion.
You can read our Porsche 918 Spyder review here.
3 McLaren 720S: 1min 06:10secs
McLaren’s on the war path with the 720S, beating all of its direct rivals and even the far more powerful and hardcore P1 in the process. It’s also one of the newest entries into our top 20, so its podium position isn’t necessarily guaranteed for long.
You can read our McLaren 720S review here.
4 McLaren P1: 1min 06.80secs
The big daddy of McLaren completes the top three, beaten only by its 720S stablemate and its fiercest rival, the Porsche 918 Spyder. It’s close, though; just 1.1sec separates the two. Its follow-up model, codenamed P15, could shake things up in a few months’ time, however.
You can read our McLaren P1 review here.
5 Radical SR3 SL: 1min 08.00secs
The radical, erm, Radical is one of the most extreme road-legal cars there is. With 300bhp on tap, it’s also the least powerful in our top 20, but weighing a feathery 765kg, it’s the second lightest after the Ariel Atom 500 V8. It’s level pegging with the (disqualified) Ferrari 488 GTB in its lap time.
You can read our Radical SR3 SL review here.
6= McLaren 650S Spider: 1min 08.30secs
Yes, another McLaren; this time it’s the father of the 720S, the 650S. With just 0.3sec between it and the Ferrari 488 GTB, there’s something of a tense rivalry on our leaderboard. The McLaren is lighter than the Ferrari, but has 641bhp - 20bhp down on the 488.
You can read our McLaren 650S Spider review here.
6= Ferrari 458 Speciale: 1min 08.30secs
Completing the Ferrari-McLaren sandwich is the 458 Speciale - Ferrari’s hot range-topper to the 458 range. It’s clear to see the step change in Ferrari performance; the entry-level 488 is quicker than this heated-up supercar.
You can read our Ferrari 458 Speciale review here.
6= Mercedes-AMG GT R: 1min 08.30secs
The quickest car with a three-pointed star around the Nürburgring is joint sixth around our circuit. Mercedes claims an unprecedented level of motorsport technology into one of its production cars for the GT R and clearly it’s paid off.
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