Tesla Model 3 Sets Impressive Lap In Laguna Seca – But There’s A Catch

A Tesla Model 3 Performance recently lapped the Laguna Seca circuit, posting at a very impressive time of 1:37.566.

However, the Model 3 Performance used was far from stock and, as The Drive correctly points out, this time isn’t representative of what a normal Model 3 Performance can do. In actuality, the quickest a bone stock Model 3 Performance has lapped Laguna Seca is at 1 second 41.2 seconds.

Read: Jaguar XE SV Project 8 Becomes The Fastest Production Sedan Around Laguna Seca

The most crucial difference over a automobile is the fitment of Michelin racing slicks, which may slash the vehicle’s lap time by 2 seconds or longer. Other alterations include fresh upper control arms and toe arms and sports coilovers camber front and rear brake discs, braided brake lines, along with a battery kit that is lightweight. The alterations were made by Mountain Pass Performance.

As vehicles have increased in popularity in recent years, increasingly more have struck racetracks across the world from the pursuit of documents. Volkswagen, as an example, holds the record up the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb as well as in this weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, will seem to outpace a Formula 1 car to place a new course record using the bespoke ID.R racer.

The present manufacturing car lap record about Laguna Seca is held by the hardcore Jaguar XE SV Project 8. Last year and in the hands of racing driver Randy Pobst, the British car captured a blistering period of 1:37.54a hair quicker than the Model 3 Performance in question.

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