VW eyes Goodwood record with its I.D. R Pikes Peak electric racer

Jonny Cocker set the time to beat for electric cars with a time of 47.34 seconds behind the wheel of a Lola-Drayson B12 69/EV in 2013. The all-time record, meanwhile, belongs to ex-F1 driver Nick Heidfeld, who crushed the 1.86-kilometer (1.2-mile) track in 41.6 seconds in a McLaren-Mercedes MP4/13 Formula 1 car in 1999. There’s …

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