Seat Leon Cupra sets Nurburgring record

[Deako]

Megane will nail it and be much cheapness tbh 

The Megane 275 will not be cheap.

[Mannystk]

Pretty f*ckin nice!

[AndrewJB]

Megane will nail it and be much cheapness tbh 

We had an interesting conversation about the Megane over lunch.

Jordi drove the "car" that Renault set the previous record with at the ring a few weeks after.. his lap time was 12 seconds slower than there record, another racing driver (whose name I forget) also drove the car that day and was another 1 second slower. In his words on a perfect day for driving aswell.

Read into it what you like but hes basically saying the Renault lap times are as dodgy as the Leon's (Yes they removed the A/C tut tut)

[tony_danza]

Over that distance on such a complex track with a different driver - although 12 seconds sounds a lot, it's a tiny % difference and certainly not inconcievable. Simply losing a fraction of a second per corner would account for it, especially with the knock on effects at the likes of Bergwerk and the run up to Hohe Acht.

So yeah.
Car "optimised"? Maybe. Probably.
All drivers capable of getting every last drop out of it? Hell no.

[AndrewJB]

a couple of kilos of weight removed would also give you 12 seconds haha..


Problem is none of these runs are verified by any governing body so they can tell us what they want, A notary was present for the SEAT run.

[tony_danza]

I sense you're trying to imply Renault have cheated more than SEAT cheated, so therefore the SEAT is better or more valid???

No matter how much either have bent the non-existent rules, the time is the time - they'll post a video of it and the last thing they'd do is fake it by clipping frames or speeding it up, the Internet would take it apart in seconds. PR disaster.

[AndrewJB]

Im saying they both bent "the rules" 

[simonp]

a couple of kilos of weight removed would also give you 12 seconds haha

So, Gene was fatter than the Renault driver?

[tony_danza]

Im saying they both bent "the rules" 

This is why I prefer Sport Auto's lap times.

Same driver, car plucked off a dealer forecourt & spanked. Maybe not the fastest ultimate time, but pretty much as close as you'll get and much more honest.

[simonp]

Renault did it then. With a stripped out R26.R style 275 dripping in motorsport parts. At least you will be able to buy one the same spec, though, unlike the Leon.

[xjay1337]

I'd rather have the Leon anyway... what's a few seconds either way.

All Renaults are built pretty badly.

[Tfsi_Mike]

Renault takes the record back with the 275R and Seat have the track today it seems 

[betty_swollox]

Renault did it then. With a stripped out R26.R style 275 dripping in motorsport parts. At least you will be able to buy one the same spec, though, unlike the Leon.

Doubt you could get the exact same spec that Renault used as part of the standard car??

Just sour because a poor mans golf beat a golf....

[rich83]

Ill take the Megane 

[betty_swollox]

Ill take the Megane 

Hahahah


Tbf they are meant to handle so well