How Timo Bernhard Broke the Racing Record Nobody Thought Would Be Broken
In June of 2018, just one week after his daughter was born, Timo Bernhard donned his fireproof overalls and helmet, strapped into the bleeding-edge Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo, and lined it up on the starting line at the most dangerous racetrack in the world: the Nürburgring Nordschleife.
The previous Nordschliefe lap record stood for 35 years. It was set by a Belgian racer named Stefan Bellof in 1983, at the wheel of a Porsche 956.
Nobody had come close to breaking his record, despite the