@@Max_RO1 well, I disagree. Left foot braking is when you have to physically switch between the clutch and the brake thus making it a technique that one would need to master.
The lack of a roaring engine some how makes this more visceral as its just that brutal acceleration and road sounds. Wow. Just wow. That driver has laser focus to survive that and get that car around like that. Mind blown.
I was gripping the edge of my desk watching him drive the whole way around. Absolutely fantastic driving, and agreed the sound makes it more gripping!!!
Agreed. The sheer physics of what's happening are on greater display. I feel like you can get a much better sense of the level of grip this way as well.
Hats off, Dirk Müller ! As many said already, in various ways : this looked like an incredibly fast lap. So close to unreal, in fact ! Thanks for "raw" footage and sound, it helps realise that this video isn't played faster than it was filmed.
Blah blah blah.... This Lotus is NOT a "production car" at all! If you want to see what's really "unreal", just watch Timo Bernhards record lap in the Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo. This lap was on a totally new level! With more than 2000 hp from four electric motors in a very light car, a lap time of "only 6:24 min." isn't that impressive at all! This is only 20 seconds faster than with a Porsche 911 GT2 RS (Generation 991) from five years ago.... The forthcoming new Porsche 992 GT2 RS most certainly will beat the Lotus Evija lap time.... With not even half of the Lotus power. Just think about that?!
@user-jf8gd3lv7q you sound quite angry and dismissive about someone just posting their own opinion with your reply..its as if you think there opinion isn't worth the time of day and your opinion trumps everyone else.
@@Porsche1969 also fun fact the porsche is a lmp1 car with no rules and it costs more then lotus to even make. This is a fantastic lap from a pure British car company so stop being stupid
When it looks astoundingly fast on video.... you know performance like that would melt your brain and batter your body in real life. Kudos to the driver. Amazing! 👏 👏
I think all that acceleration (which will make shit into the pants in most of us) is kinda a necessity for the recharging even in not fast tracks... I'm not follow a lot the electric cars but I think is that the reason for such accelerations
Wow, absolutely beyond phenomenal, mind blowing awesome, loved every second of it, got a little crazy a few times but the platinum driver was extraordinary, thank you so so so much, that was a beyond fabulous gift; sharing this sublime drive on one of the most beyond challenging road course in the world, I absolutely loved the sound of just the wind and tires screaming through the air, this hypercar is for me the beyond ultimate hypercar in the world, it's a masterpiece of art and engineering 🔥🔥🔥
I have to wonder just how much faster you could possibly drive the ring. The acceleration on this car is pure nuts and the speed he carried thru many of those corners was gut churning
LMAO this is a race car on slick tires and huge downforce, far less weight, totally stripped out and heavily modified, and totally road illegal. Rimac is a comfortable GT car that was fully stock and road legal that weighs 2,5 tons (actually 2.7 in the record car since it carried a bunch of diagnostic gear still) and a battery with a range of 600km. This Lotus is totally stripped out, literally doesn't have an interior, and has a small battery for a single lap. It's a purpose built car for a single lap run, and heavily modified, and nowhere near being a stock road car. Rimac did the lap and then went on to cruise around Europe for more promo after it. Considering how badly the Rimac was driven too, nowhere near the limit, as that car can realistically do a 6:45 lap if not driven as badly as it was, the gap between these two is too small. Makes the Rimac look even more impressive if anything. This Lotus should be like 1 minute per lap faster and realistically it's around 20 seconds. Point being, this is like comparing a Bentley Continental GT and a GT3 race car.
Evija X is 40 SECONDS faster than Nevera! Too bad it's not street legal... That makes it allmost useless record! Porsche 919 Hybrid Recordcar was much faster with 5.19min Laptime if I remember correctly...🤔
@@einautofan6685 More to the point, an AMG ONE did an almost as fast lap on a track that was semi-wet, and that car weighs more than the Lotus, has less than 1/3 of the downforce, and has 1/2 the power-to-weight ratio. All facts point to the Lotus actually being very slow for what it is, a GT3 style race car but with twice the downforce (4.5 tons at top speed) and with 2000hp instead of 500-600hp, yet it's no faster than GT3 race cars.
still wild to see this kind of speed without hearing the screams of an IC engine in the mix. It almost feels like the first time I saw an EV under power pulling away from the coffee shop years ago. just a wierd silence and a mental disconnect. Sadly the owner of that EV killed himself a few years later. He was a researcher into alternative fuels, and a nice guy.
Appreciate the left foot braking! And the whole video layout.
Can you really call it left foot braking in a 2 pedal car tho
@@CalyxYes….
@@Max_RO1 well, I disagree. Left foot braking is when you have to physically switch between the clutch and the brake thus making it a technique that one would need to master.
@@Calyx ….And while that may be partly true it’s irrelevant as the driver in this video still used their left foot to brake hence left foot braking.
@@Max_RO1 Might aswell comment on the fact that he's right foot accelerating then.
No music, no flashy drone footage, this is how you do a track video! Take this thing to Bathurst next, or Laguna Seca..
I’m not sure a drone could keep up anyway 😂
@@ISpinUWin 😀
Bathurst would be insane...
@@MartinBahls Corkscrew ?
How about Pike's Peak?!?
The lack of a roaring engine some how makes this more visceral as its just that brutal acceleration and road sounds. Wow. Just wow. That driver has laser focus to survive that and get that car around like that. Mind blown.
I was gripping the edge of my desk watching him drive the whole way around. Absolutely fantastic driving, and agreed the sound makes it more gripping!!!
Agreed. The sheer physics of what's happening are on greater display. I feel like you can get a much better sense of the level of grip this way as well.
Finally a video of a lap of the Nordschleife which is not too long to watch.
A little slow compared to the ID.R but yeah good pace otherwise.
@@barath4545yea that thing is insane. Though it wouldn't exactly be a fair comparison, the Evija is working with a production body and motors
Hats off, Dirk Müller !
As many said already, in various ways : this looked like an incredibly fast lap.
So close to unreal, in fact !
Thanks for "raw" footage and sound, it helps realise that this video isn't played faster than it was filmed.
Blah blah blah....
This Lotus is NOT a "production car" at all!
If you want to see what's really "unreal", just watch Timo Bernhards record lap in the Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo. This lap was on a totally new level!
With more than 2000 hp from four electric motors in a very light car, a lap time of "only 6:24 min." isn't that impressive at all!
This is only 20 seconds faster than with a Porsche 911 GT2 RS (Generation 991) from five years ago....
The forthcoming new Porsche 992 GT2 RS most certainly will beat the Lotus Evija lap time.... With not even half of the Lotus power. Just think about that?!
@user-jf8gd3lv7q you sound quite angry and dismissive about someone just posting their own opinion with your reply..its as if you think there opinion isn't worth the time of day and your opinion trumps everyone else.
@@Porsche1969 no need to have a tantrum that your precious Porsche was beaten, simply wait for the new one 👍
@@Porsche1969 also fun fact the porsche is a lmp1 car with no rules and it costs more then lotus to even make. This is a fantastic lap from a pure British car company so stop being stupid
@@HORSEPOWER_MOTORSPORT Thank god Brexit.... 🤦♂🤦♂😂😂
When it looks astoundingly fast on video.... you know performance like that would melt your brain and batter your body in real life. Kudos to the driver. Amazing! 👏 👏
Unreal bravery, well over 2 G's in corners, insanely high speed and insane acceleration, that was gut wrenching. Our future is in pretty good hands.
300 through foxhole, 270 at the compression.
Absolute madness.
u can hear it bottoming out, absolute insanity
Came here to say this
1.9G oO
This looks fast as hell. Unimagineable that Porsche did the lap one minute faster.
The acceleration out of the turns is absolutely insane
I think all that acceleration (which will make shit into the pants in most of us) is kinda a necessity for the recharging even in not fast tracks...
I'm not follow a lot the electric cars but I think is that the reason for such accelerations
Really amazing achievment !! Pure madness on G's when accelerating !
Wow, absolutely beyond phenomenal, mind blowing awesome, loved every second of it, got a little crazy a few times but the platinum driver was extraordinary, thank you so so so much, that was a beyond fabulous gift; sharing this sublime drive on one of the most beyond challenging road course in the world, I absolutely loved the sound of just the wind and tires screaming through the air, this hypercar is for me the beyond ultimate hypercar in the world, it's a masterpiece of art and engineering 🔥🔥🔥
1983 porsche 956: umm yeahh..
Not an electric car fan. But this is scary as fuck and very impressive.
YES! More of this please Lotus!
Wow! That was amazing to watch! Kudos to the driver!🔥🔥🔥
I have to wonder just how much faster you could possibly drive the ring. The acceleration on this car is pure nuts and the speed he carried thru many of those corners was gut churning
Knows the track well 👌 driven this track like it was his backyard 😂
We are getting closer and closer to a real life SRT Tomahawk X. Insane how fast this car goes around the ring.
Wow, how fast was that, it was like playing a video game.
About as fast as the video showed you. The time and speed is right there...
@@bentucker2301 I think he is exclaiming , " Is that fast enough everyone ?? " in appreciation . Or, perhaps not.
This so absurd the video looks sped up. Yes is 💯 real. Hats off to the engineers on this beautiful build.
Lotus are absolutely cracked at what they do. Great stuff
Insane, I felt like I was inside the car... even the sensation of speed scared me!
Holy mother, that looks unreal!
Terrifyingly fast !
Would take some getting used to !
35 seconds faster than the Rimac! 😮
Yeah but non road legal car, if it was road legal Evija version then that will be impressive
@@TRX25EX oh i think it is from prod car. after read some articles. it is just production chassis
LMAO this is a race car on slick tires and huge downforce, far less weight, totally stripped out and heavily modified, and totally road illegal. Rimac is a comfortable GT car that was fully stock and road legal that weighs 2,5 tons (actually 2.7 in the record car since it carried a bunch of diagnostic gear still) and a battery with a range of 600km. This Lotus is totally stripped out, literally doesn't have an interior, and has a small battery for a single lap. It's a purpose built car for a single lap run, and heavily modified, and nowhere near being a stock road car. Rimac did the lap and then went on to cruise around Europe for more promo after it. Considering how badly the Rimac was driven too, nowhere near the limit, as that car can realistically do a 6:45 lap if not driven as badly as it was, the gap between these two is too small. Makes the Rimac look even more impressive if anything. This Lotus should be like 1 minute per lap faster and realistically it's around 20 seconds.
Point being, this is like comparing a Bentley Continental GT and a GT3 race car.
Evija X is 40 SECONDS faster than Nevera! Too bad it's not street legal... That makes it allmost useless record! Porsche 919 Hybrid Recordcar was much faster with 5.19min Laptime if I remember correctly...🤔
@@einautofan6685 More to the point, an AMG ONE did an almost as fast lap on a track that was semi-wet, and that car weighs more than the Lotus, has less than 1/3 of the downforce, and has 1/2 the power-to-weight ratio. All facts point to the Lotus actually being very slow for what it is, a GT3 style race car but with twice the downforce (4.5 tons at top speed) and with 2000hp instead of 500-600hp, yet it's no faster than GT3 race cars.
thats fucking nuts. at first i thought "oh another electric car" but then he floored it. goddamn.
This is really amazing, i hope to be able to ride it there someday.🥰 love it
Lethally fast….Any on helmet footage, so we can see what the driver experienced ?
Impressive considering the weight and the fact that its a road car. ❤
damn this is fast like hell, definitely 100% showed what you want on a EV and have nothing you didn't like on a EV
Besides the ev
Wow,verdammt schnell 👍🚘👍
Glückwunsch zu der Runde
Whoa, looks fast forwarded. Incredible.
Congratulations LOTUS!! You made great cars!!!!!! 👍👌
Incredible! Light speed!
Damn! Watching this makes my toes curl.😮😮😮
That is impressive, nice work
The real amazing thing is how the 919 was a minute faster…
919 hybrid without rules, evija x theoreticaly road legal electric?
Wow! What an amazing car and driver !!!
This was amazing to watch
Them brakes after that final straight... damn! Be glowing red hot for hrs!
I’m astounded at what I’ve just watched 😮
Looked incredible. Slightly nervous steering?
That is MAD 🔥🔥🔥
The acceleration is insane! How many laps can you drive that fast?
yeah its got more to give I'll bet that was a blast though...
Love all the experts in the comments. There are bosses in this world, and people that get bossed around. That way for a reason.
still wild to see this kind of speed without hearing the screams of an IC engine in the mix. It almost feels like the first time I saw an EV under power pulling away from the coffee shop years ago. just a wierd silence and a mental disconnect. Sadly the owner of that EV killed himself a few years later. He was a researcher into alternative fuels, and a nice guy.
Wow.... Pikes Peak next 🤔
2.1g of grip ….. wow 🤩
I fixed 2.19 G at 0.25 speed. 5:58-5:59.
Over 2 Gs on the accelerometer at times, wow!
need that active aero lol left alot of seconds sitting out there on that straight away. 212 mph is fast but not as fast as it should be moving.
This is not a drive, this is a flight.
No because there is practically no climb
That was insane.
Fantastic experience keep doing 👍
Incredible.
Wow great video…..I want one
very impressive
When will you try to beat current production lap record? 6:35
Just seen this thing crash in 2 seconds at goodwood
6m24s seems slow for such a fast looking lap. ❤ Flying.
Truly amazing.
How do you play in normal speed? Mines stuck at 4x
First time I watched the whole track video...
holy balls 😳
Nathan Explosion would say , Brutal !
It's unbelievable
6.24.... means lotus break the lap record????? omg.....damn!
No. It didn't brake any record
Good job Lotus!
this is a scary ride. the driver brakes more than the accelerator 😄
Someone send this thing through Eau Rouge NOW!
Unreal...🔥
Super fast… I’d be curious to see a side by side with the Porsche 919 video…
There is somehing of 2001 space odyssey when the car gets up to high speed.
make a f1 version of the evija and let max verstappen drive it around monaco then we will see how fast it is
Damn! that's impressive
Une nouvelle faiseuse de veuves
I'm guessing the speedometer is in KPH? Or can this thing hit 250 MPH that quick?
Yes
Bloody awesome
amazing
is this on road-legal tyres?
"Pirelli bespoke slick tyres" NOPE!
wow just wow!!!
Lets Let A.I. drive now and see how much faster this is done! .....Jensen Huang 2024
Car immediately crashes at full speed when there is no turn.
AI has a lot of data to digest before driving in the real world.
That must take some nerve to do that!
Eek! I wonder what the car looks like from the outside….
I had to check the playback speed of the video it was so fast
Nice train 😮❤
How many full throttle laps can it do in a row?
one...
That's insane!!!🤪
the coners come up so fast
I'm exhausted
It hears like an airplane!
The aceleration must be gut wrenching 😅
1:35 that 300 looks in fact like 600 🤯
is this the fastest lap of all time?
It was one minute slower than 919 hybrid evo so I would say it is fast
you really see him holding back not to smash that expensive piece of car :D
I dont know why but i love Lotus. Or maby i know.. .
Madness.
Nice.
Listen to that tiger growl.
My head is spinning