Czinger 21C beats Koenigsegg Jesko’s Laguna Seca lap document by a whisker
Final month, the Koenigsegg Jesko set a brand new lap document on the Laguna Seca racetrack in California. The hypercar lapped the circuit in 1 min 24.86 seconds, beating the earlier finest time set by the Czinger 21C.
A couple of weeks have handed since the document was damaged and the US-based hypercar maker has already reclaimed the crown. The Czinger 21C was again at Laguna Seca not too long ago with the only goal of beating the Jesko’s time, and that’s precisely what it achieved – simply.
The Czinger 21C did set the brand new quickest time for manufacturing automobiles however by solely a whisker. It accomplished a lap of the two.2 miles circuit in 1 min 24.75 seconds, simply 0.11 seconds faster than the Jesko. That being mentioned, it did enhance on its earlier finest by 0.69 seconds.
Not like the Jesko, the Czinger 21C is a hybrid. It is powered by a mid-mounted, 2.88-liter, twin-turbo V8 engine coupled with an 800 V electrical drive. The electrical motor drives the entrance wheels, whereas the petrol engine powers the rear axle. The mixed output is a meaty 1350 hp.
Earlier this yr, Kevin Czinger, founding father of Czinger Autos, had said that his firm could be difficult the data set by Bugatti and Koenigsegg.