It took a monumental effort from AMG, with help from the brand's F1 division, to create another car that could surpass the GT ...

But in 2019 the company behind the Nurburgring added a true 20.832 km (12.94 miles) lap record, which caused some confusion because cars claiming new records wrongly appear at first glance to be ...

Germany's Nurburgring Nordschleife race track is worshipped by not only petrolheads around the world but also car manufacturers. New cars are often tested and developed on the ‘Green Hell ...

The car, which has a V6 turbo-hybrid engine based on the 2016 Mercedes F1 power unit, set a time of 6:30.705 to slash the record previously held by a Porsche 911 GT2 RS MR by eight seconds.

It’s been 10 years since F1 tires last touched the Nordschleife, with the most recent occurrence being Michael Schumacher’s lap in his Mercedes F1 car before the 2013 24h Nurburgring.

If that's how an F1 car of old could lap the Nürburgring, how would something newer get on? Well, that question was answered back in 2007 when Nick Heidfeld took to the track in a BMW F1 06 from ...

For F1 cars, Niki Lauda famously set a time of 6:58.6 back in 1975, though that was on a longer 22.835-km (14.19 miles) circuit rather than the 20.832-km (12.94 miles) circuit used as the standard ...