Tesla Model S Plaid takes first in class at Pikes Peak
Tesla celebrated a victory in the Exhibition class at the 2021 Pikes Peak Worldwide Hill Climb Sunday, laying down a six:fifty seven.220 go on the well-known uphill time assault – excellent ample for 10th put all round – in the hands of professional driver Randy Pobst.
Pobst documented the endeavor in the higher than video clip and termed the Unplugged Efficiency Design S race car “the most terrible-to-the-bone electrical car ever manufactured,” praising its efficiency. Observe that the race car employs an outdated-fashioned, spherical steering wheel … because it is really improved. Although this year’s climb was held on a study course that was shortened thanks to temperature conditions farther up the mountain, Tesla’s endeavor paid out off really handsomely still once more.
Things were being not so rosy for Bentley, which finished second to sister brand Porsche in the Time Assault one class. Bentley driver Rhys Millen was hoping to nail down the third and last study course file to entire its triple crown with its bonkers Continental GT3 Pikes Peak racer, but Romain Dumas spoiled their entertaining in the 2019 Porsche 911 GT2RS Clubsport, knocking off the greater Bentley with a several seconds to spare. Bentley’s end was continue to sturdy ample for 4th all round despite the disappointment.
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