How Timo Bernhard Broke the Racing Record Nobody Thought Would Be Broken
Author: sharpmagazineme Publish date: Wednesday، 07 October 2020
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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
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