The F1 road car keeps breaking lap records.
April 6, 2023 at 2:32 am ET
The conqueror AMG One has done it again, breaking another lap record. After being crowned the fastest production car at the Nürburgring, Red Bull Ring and Hockenheim last year, the F1-powered hypercar has added the Monza track to its trophy case. Mercedes-AMG factory driver Maro René Engel needed just 1 minute and 43.902 seconds to complete a lap of the famous Italian circuit.
AMG says it has bettered the previous record by 12 seconds, with the Faster laps website showing the Porsche 911 GT3 RS at 1 minute 55.30 seconds. The One made the lap in road-legal spec, fitted with Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R MO tires designed specifically for the electrified beast. Unfortunately, Mercedes’ performance arm has yet to release footage of the record-setting run.
The Valkyrie is the only car we can think of that has a real chance of dethroning the AMG One, but Aston Martin hasn’t tried to set new records. Meanwhile, Mercedes’ flagship performance machine reigns supreme, courtesy of its complex 1.6-liter turbocharged V6 engine and four electric motors that produce a combined 1,048 horsepower.
We’ll remind you that the AMG One delivers neck-wrenching acceleration hitting 62 mph (100 km/h) in 2.9 seconds and going from 0 to 124 mph (200 km/h) in 7 seconds, en route to a maximum speed of 219. mph (352 km/h). Its six-cylinder engine spins at 11,000 rpm and needs to be rebuilt once every 31,000 miles (50,000 kilometers), though we’re pretty sure few will be driven that long.
Hand-assembled, the One is limited to 275 cars and is being assembled at AMG’s facility in Coventry, UK, but the hybrid powertrain comes from Mercedes’ high-performance engine division -AMG in Brixworth. A dedicated production facility had to be created in collaboration with Multimatic, and each car goes through no fewer than 16 assembly and testing stations.
