Honda Civic Type R sets new record on Magny-Cours GP circuit

May 16, 2018 797 Views

Honda did it again with the new Civic Type R and broke another FWD track record – this time on Magny-Cours GP circuit in France.

With 2 minutes and 1.51 seconds, the Japanese hot hatch is officially the fastest front wheel drive production car around Magny-Cours GP. The record was set in standard production car with road tyres with Esteban Guerrieri (WTCR driver) behind the wheel.

**Esteban Guerrieri** was behind the wheel of the Civic Type R clocking **2 minutes and 1.51 seconds** in his fastest lap. The driver is currently contesting in the 2018 FIA World Touring Car Cup in a Honda Civic TCR with Münnich Motorsport.

The Magny-Cours GP circuit is a 4.4km track with a mix of slow hairpins, high-speed chicane sections and long straights.

According to Honda’s press release, the Japanese hot hatch will attempt to break records at 5 legendary European race circuits in 2018, that include Estoril (Portugal), Hungaroring (Hungary), Silverstone (England) and Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium).

The driver line-up for the other circuit record attempts will include former Formula 1 World Champion and current NSX Super GT driver Jenson Button (UK), WTCR driver Tiago Monteiro (Portugal), NSX Super GT star Bertrand Baguette (Belgium) and BTCC legend Matt Neal (UK).

As a reminder, the Honda Civic Type R (FK8) is still the fastest front-wheel drive production car around the Nürburgring Nordschleife, with a lap time of 7min 43.8sec set in April 2017.

The **Honda Civic Type R (FK8)** is fitted with a 2.0 liter VTEC TURBO engine producing 320ps / 235 kw of power and 400Nm of torque while it is equipped with an Adaptive Damper System and a sophisticated aerodynamic package (learn more here).

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Honda Civic Type R sets new record on Magny-Cours GP circuit

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