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He took his Tesla Model S Plaid to the Nordschleife during the first public session of 2023, in less than ideal conditions: 8° C (46° F) weather with rain in certain areas and a dirty track due to a race that had took place the day before. Sebastian Vittel is a different race car driver with more than 6,000 laps of the Nürburgring Nordschleife under his belt, many of which were accumulated in endurance races. It wasn't him who posted the actual winning lap in 2021, though that accolade went to Johannes Van Overbeek.īefore you get your hopes up too high, there's no typo in the above paragraph as we're not talking about former F1 world champion Sebastian Vettel. The electric performance sedan was driven by racing driver Sebastian Vittel, who was previously involved with Tesla's attempts to set a lap record on the Nordschleife. This is the first privately owned Model S Plaid that has lapped the fearsome German rack. Now, the Model S Plaid has been spotted at the Nürburgring once again, only this time it has nothing to do with Tesla. In September 2021, Tesla set a new record for production electric cars on the Nürburgring Nordschleife track in Germany.Īt the time, an unmodified Tesla Model S vehicle set a lap time of 7 minutes and 35.58 seconds at an average speed of 102.287 mph (164.615 kph).Īlmost a year later, the record was beaten by the Porsche Taycan Turbo S, which shaved more than two seconds off the Model S Plaid's time, setting a lap time of 7 minutes and 33.35 seconds on the same 12.9-mile (20.8-kilometer) loop of the Green Hell. Mind you, this is no average owner, it's endurance racing driver Sebastian Vittel (no typo). Tesla Model S on the Nurburgring driven by Sebastian Vittel Anya Taylor-Joy: from The Queen's Gambit to Super Mario Bros.
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