The McMurtry team decided it was time to answer the question on everyone’s mind at Castle Combe, both in person and online: “how fast is it around Combe?”, “Surely it’s got the record already”, and “Lap times please???” Earlier this year, the McMurtry Spéirling PURE (Validation Prototype 1) fan car set the outright fastest ever lap around the 1.85-mile Castle Combe Circuit during routine testing. The time of 54.559 seconds was achieved by McMurtry development driver, Max Chilton, surpassing the previous benchmark by 4 seconds, which was set by an open-wheel single-seater F3 car, and nearly 10 seconds quicker than the GT3 lap record for such a short lap.
Castle Combe holds extra significance for McMurtry, as it is their local circuit and also the venue where Max passed his racing license test in the early 2000s. Max Chilton commented, “Everyone wants bragging rights at their local circuit, and even running at 80% power and with a 155mph speed limit, we’ve knocked 4 seconds off the outright track record. This demonstrates the potential in the car for our customers to achieve the same at their local or favorite circuits.”
The McMurtry Spéirling PURE is a hyper-track car available for order worldwide, featuring a unique downforce-on-demand system and a 1000bhp electric powertrain, with selectable performance drive modes from GT3 to F1-level pace.
Thomas Yates, Managing Director of McMurtry Automotive, said, “This is a fun milestone to achieve. It’s not everyday you get to see a car and driver go so much faster than what’s gone before. Having tested at Castle Combe for years, it was about time we showed what the car can do around our local circuit.”
McMurtry have now headed to the USA to compete at Laguna Seca in the reverse corkscrew hillclimb.
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