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Porsche LMP1 breaks Formula 1 lap record at Spa

< ► > A full-blown unrestricted version of the Le Mans-winning Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 car was unleashed around Spa-Francorchamps in the capable of hands of Neel Jani and he took the opportunity to smash the outright lap record around the hallowed venue. Porsche rounded up Neel Jani, Timo Bernhard and Andre Lotterer to put the unrestricted LMP1 919 designated ‘Evo' through its paces around the seven-kilometre grand prix configuration of the Spa circuit. At around 10:20 am on Monday morning, in nearly ideal conditions, Jani set the best lap time of 1.41.770, which was  0.783 of a second faster than Lewis Hamilton's pole-winning lap time of 1.42.553 in his Mercedes...
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