Porsche Taycan Turbo GT Sets Road Atlanta Lap Record

Porsche's mega-powered electric sedan adds another record to its shelf.

Another day, another lap record. This time around, Porsche's 1,019-horsepower Taycan Turbo GT is clocking a lap record closer to home, securing the title of quickest production EV at Road Atlanta with a wicked-quick 01:27.15 time.

Long-time Porsche race driver Patrick Long set the time behind the wheel of a stock Taycan Turbo GT. The bright purple car features the weight-saving Weissach package, which ditches the rear seats and adds a big fixed rear wing. The available Pirelli P Zero Trofeo RS NF0 tires—specially made for the Turbo GT—also provided additional stickage.

Porsche being German, the brand has gone properly nerdy on the hot lap details. The tires were inflated to exactly 37 psi, for example, and we even know the state of charge for the battery before the session started (97 percent). The latest Taycan has a variety of battery modes to prep it for the task at hand: in this case, Long activated Track Endurance Mode ahead of the runs to keep the battery pack nice and cool.

According to Porsche, track conditions were mostly dry, though early-day rain had left a few damp spots on the track.

The record positively obliterates the previous EV record, also set by a Taycan; in this case the pre-facelift top model, the Turbo S, which recorded a 01:33.88 lap in 2020. While Road Atlanta lap records aren't as well known as the Nürburgring, it's becoming a more popular destination. Chevrolet set a production car time there earlier this year with the Corvette ZR1 (01:22.8), while Porsche itself got the ball rolling with a 01:24.88 lap in the 911 GT2 RS way back in 2019. Ain't progress a beautiful thing?

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