{"id":97560,"date":"2025-08-26T05:30:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T05:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/97560\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T05:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T05:30:11","slug":"f1-gt-racing-stars-help-amgs-best-v8-set-25-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/97560\/","title":{"rendered":"F1, GT racing stars help AMG\u2019s \u2018best V8\u2019 set 25 records"},"content":{"rendered":"

The next generation of Mercedes-AMG\u2019s jaw-dropping vehicles is on the horizon, and the German giant has flexed its muscles by tasking many of its racing drivers with setting new records.<\/p>\n

Behind the wheel of two examples of the Concept AMG GT XX<\/a>, the 17 drivers \u2013 including Formula 1 ace George Russell \u2013 took the circa-745kW electric vehicle on hundreds of tours of the Nardo test track in Italy, and finished with numerous accolades.<\/p>\n

One of the most notable was covering the greatest distance within 24 hours, with the record for pre-production EVs now standing at 5479km \u2013 1518km more than the previous record, set by the Xpeng P7 last year.<\/p>\n

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However, AMG\u2019s ultimate goal was to go far beyond that marker in far more time, aiming to pay tribute to \u2018Around the World in 80 Days\u2019 by doing the equivalent distance in just eight days.<\/p>\n

At a constant driving speed of 300km\/h \u2013 yes, higher than what most Supercars will hit down Mount Panorama\u2019s Conrod Straight \u2013 and with short charging breaks, the 40,075km distance was covered in seven days, 13 hours, 24 minutes and seven seconds, or just over 3160 laps of the circular circuit.<\/p>\n

To make the feat more impressive, the two vehicles were reportedly split by just 25 kilometres after the seven-and-a-half day ordeal. The two cars pushed on for another 99km to reach the 25,000 mile marker before finally coming to a rest.<\/p>\n

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While Mercedes-AMG hasn\u2019t provided detail about the capacity of the Concept AMG GT XX\u2019s battery, the record run vehicles were able to be charged at up to 850kW, something which the carmaker admits is \u201cfar beyond what today\u2019s charging infrastructure can provide\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis once again underscores the future-proof capabilities of this production-ready drivetrain.\u201d<\/p>\n

The brand revealed its flagship EV concept in June, with its three axial flux motors \u2013 capable of producing almost 745kW \u2013 labelled by one AMG board member<\/a> to CEO Michael Schiebe as \u201cthe best V8 we have ever developed\u201d.<\/p>\n

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In addition to George Russell, AMG\u2019s driver lineup for the feat included GT aces Ralf Aaron, Marc Basseng, Colin Caresani, Adam Christodoulou, Marvin Dienst, Cesar Gazeau, Marcel Marchewicz, Doriane Pin, Dominik Schraml, Dominik Schwager, Tom Schwister, Luca-Sandro Trefz, Norbert Siedler, Luca Stolz (two-time Bathurst 12 Hour winner), and Fabian Vettel, plus rally driver Uwe Nittel.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The next generation of Mercedes-AMG\u2019s jaw-dropping vehicles is on the horizon, and the German giant has flexed its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":["post-97560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}