Tesla Model S Plaid edges Porsche 911 GT2 RS at Laguna Seca
The Unplugged Effectiveness Tesla Design S Plaid race automobile lapped Laguna Seca more quickly than a Porsche 911 GT2 RS in the hands of professional driver Randy Pobst, coming in second only to the McLaren Senna at California’s most prestigious highway training course.
@Telsa Alien Technology!
A new EV history at Laguna Seca! Darkish Helmet was driven by @RandyPobst to a 1:28.two at TeslaCorsa 16!
For reference swiftest generation automobile history is a McLaren Senna with a 1:27.6. 2nd swiftest a Porsche 991 GT2 RS with a 1:28:3. All 3 driven by Randy. pic.twitter.com/05K34tkj5U— UNPLUGGED Effectiveness (@UnpluggedTesla)
August two, 2021
“One more significant day for the Unplugged Effectiveness Tesla Design S Plaid workforce,” Pobst posted to Instagram. “New EV lap history! With UP leaders Avi and Ben. 156 mph into Convert Two at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, astonishing speed from a luxury 4-doorway sedan. This automobile is not significantly at all from the stock road automobile.”
The automobile, acknowledged to the workforce as Darkish Helmet, ran a 1:28.213 lap – just a tenth of a second more quickly than the significant-ability observe-spec Porsche and 6/10ths powering the track’s history-holder. All 3 have been driven by Pobst. Earlier this summer time, Unplugged Effectiveness took the Design S Plaid race automobile up Pikes Peak, ending very first in the exhibition course and 10th all round at the entire world-popular hill climb. Just after Pikes Peak, Pobst known as Darkish Helmet “the most lousy-to-the-bone electric automobile at any time made.”
