Porsche: Exclusive trip in the 918 Spyder 🎥
The special "Porsche pur" show at the autobau Erlebniswelt Romanshorn also features a 918 Spyder. Go for a test drive with AutoSprintCH before your visit. Mark Lieb has set the lap record on the Nordschleife for road cars at 6.57 minutes in a Porsche 918 Spyder. Driving a car like that is something even journalists can [...]
Mark Lieb set the Nordschleife lap record for road cars at 6.57 minutes in a Porsche 918 Spyder.
Even as a journalist, you can only dream of driving a car like this. And then one day the opportunity comes along and the boss says you're flying to Portugal: Porsche is organizing driving experiences with Panamera E-Hybrid models.
An event designed to get people in the right mood for the Porsche Tycan. The fully electric sports car that will soon go into production in Zuffenhausen.
Thumbs up means more speed
And then you're standing in the almost deserted pit lane at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve in the southern late autumn sun-and so is the Porsche 918 Spyder as a surprise guest, so to speak. In white, not silvery like the variant in the autobau Erlebniswelt.
Porsche works driver Richard Lietz asks for a cab ride. In other words, a ride. The professional explains every turn, every braking point, and carries the valuable super sports car with the carbon chassis around the circuit like a gem.
In turn 3 he looks questioningly, I signal thumbs up for speed, and Richard lets fly.
The two-seater, which can easily be brought from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.6 seconds, sucks on the road surface. We are driving with normal street tires, not in race mode.
The acceleration is phenomenally fun. It's over far too quickly - or so I thought. But then the question of all questions: "Would you like to drive yourself? Of course!"
Respect for every movement of the 918
Richard Lietz changes into a frog-green 911 GT3 RS and drives in front. He sets the racing line and I follow behind.
Did someone say hybrid and boring in the same breath? No way. I step on the gas carefully at first, trying to imagine how Mark Lieb set the lap record on the Nürburgring's Nordschleife for road cars at 6'57" in a Porsche 918 Spyder.
I have respect for the car, enjoy every turn-in point, every acceleration out, the feeling of being able to control the car with its combined 887 hp. In the end, I'm driving at speeds that I've never managed on a racetrack with my capabilities. No, I won't reach the top speed of 345 km/h even after a hundred laps, but I get an idea of what the 918 Spyder can do. Unforgettable.
The perfect way to get in the mood for your visit to the autobau Erlebniswelt - right?
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