- Czinger collected important data during a test at the ‘Ring in April.
- The 21C has the potential to be the quickest American car to ever lap the track.
- The outright record belongs to the Mercedes-AMG One for now.
Czinger isn’t satisfied with simply being the king of Laguna Seca. Shortly after it unveiled the limited-run 21C Spyder during Monterey Car Week, the Californian hypercar maker indicated it wants to set more production-car lap records, including a run at the Nürburgring.
In April, a bright yellow 21C was snapped at Green Hell, just a few days after Ford snatched away the lap record crown for a US car from Chevrolet with its special Mustang GTD Competition. At the time, it seemed as though Czinger was just days away from eclipsing the times set by both Ford and Chevy, and potentially challenging for the outright production car record, currently held by the Mercedes-AMG One.
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While recently speaking with Road & Track about the company’s track ambitions, chief executive Lukas Czinger said that outing was only done for testing purposes, allowing it to collect data for a run at the record in the future.
“I think, obviously, Nürburgring in Germany—we picked up some data there,” he revealed. “Those were just open days, so there are other cars on the track as well. But we were able to run a couple fast sections and look at our sims and say, ‘Hey, if we extrapolated that to [a] full lap, how are we doing?’ And the short answer is… we’ve definitely got a chance, and we’d like to take it. So, it’s a matter of time.”
When Will It Happen?
A run at the Mercedes-AMG One’s time won’t happen overnight. According to Czinger, it could take upwards of a year before the company is ready for a full-blown record attempt. It’s also worth noting that the production run for the standard 21C has already sold out, and all 30 examples of the 21C Spyder could be allocated to owners soon, so it’s not as though Czinger needs a Nürburgring record to help sell its cars, although it certainly wouldn’t hurt.
A stab at the ‘Ring record would be all about bragging rights, and as we’ve seen with Czinger’s fierce rivalry with Koenigsegg at Laguna Seca, the Californian company loves competition.
