No, the management of the Nurburgring has not specifically stated that carmakers can’t attempt to set new lap records. Things don’t work that way. Instead, the people handling the Green Hell have enforced stronger speed restrictions this week, which means that any record attempt is now compromised.
We found out about the velocity limitations from the team who is producing the APEX movie, a Sony-collaboration 4K documentary that follows the past three years of efforts done by automakers who battle it out on the halo car level.
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