The Mercedes-AMG ONE creamed all comers to get 6:35.183 minutes, a new record for road-legal production vehicles as well as in the super sports car category.

 Mercedes-AMG ONE is a road legal formula 1 machine with a hybrid drive. The 782 kW hypercar has a top speed limited to 352 km/h, and drips with cutting edge production and technology. The record for the 20.832 track happened at exactly 17:14:31, with racing driver and AMG brand ambassador Maro Engel on board.

 

“That was really an unforgettable experience,” said Maro Engel after completing the record lap. “I didn’t expect that we would be able to set such a lap time with these track conditions. In some crucial areas of the track, it hadn’t dried completely yet and was therefore tricky. That was a special challenge. We tried to find the optimal deployment strategy during the pre-tests. Like Lewis Hamilton and George Russell on their race weekends, I also had to deploy the electrical energy of the hybrid drive in the best possible way. That’s not easy, especially with this length of track. In addition, the DRS function had to be used optimally. But that’s also a real Formula 1 feeling. I would like to thank you for this opportunity and the trust you’ve placed in me. It was definitely something very special to drive this incredible car on the Ring.”

 

“I’m proud of the whole AMG team – everyone who was involved in this project. The various departments in Affalterbach as well as our colleagues at HPP in Brixworth never gave up and continued to push the dream of this vehicle. This success is the well-deserved reward for their hard work. Even though the AMG ONE is certainly more at home on a Grand Prix circuit than on the Nordschleife – as is so often the case with this project – we’ve simply gone one step further. We’re the first ever to have taken on the challenges of the Nürburgring with a super sports car. That’s also what makes this project so unique and I’m very happy about this fantastic lap time,” said Philipp Schiemer, Chairman of the Board of Management of Mercedes‑AMG GmbH.

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ABOVE: 2022 Mercedes-AMG ONE driver Maro Engel records fastest lap at Nürburgring-Nordschleife

Let’s set the scene: The weather was bright and sunny with a mere hint of wind. The Nürburgring in can be moody in autumn. Bits of the track were damp, others a little dirty, but vital parts of the trak, such as the “Kesselchen”, the ideal line was still notdry.

By the time the track was dry enough for a firstt fast lap, less than an hour remained in which to record a fastest ever.

The Car:

Mercedes-AMG ONE has brought Formula 1 hybrid-drive technology from track to road. It teams 1 combustion engine with 4 electric motors. The 782 hypercar has a carbon monocoque and carbon body, AMG Performance 4MATIC+ all‑wheel drive with a hybrid-driven rear axle and electrically driven front axle with torque vectoring.

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Mercedes-AMG is the first with a hypercar on the Ring

AMG ONE is not only the fastest road-legal vehicle on the Nordschleife, but also number 1 in the Nürburgring “super sports car” category.

The fast lap times were precisely measured by the neutral experts of “wige SOLUTIONS”. An independent notary also certified the proper condition of the vehicle and the measurements with an 11-page certificate. The spectacular drive can be witnessed via a video here.

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