Watching onboard laps of the Nurburgring Nordschleife used to be a serious time investment.

Increasingly, however, it’s becoming less of a lunchtime activity and more of a quick cup of coffee affair. Lamborghini was a late comer to the party, probably because wrestling a Diablo or Murcielago around the high-speed circuit wasn’t much fun, but it’s now the new king of the ‘Ring.

Lamborghini Huracán Performante front

This makes the Huracan Performante the fastest production car ever around the Nurburgring, beaten only by super-focused track cars like the Radical SR8LM. The driver, as with the Aventador SV, was Italian racer Marco Mapelli.

While the Performante adheres to the traditional recipe of more power and less weight, the real key to its speed is its clever new active aerodynamics setup. Using three electrically-operated flaps the car can shed drag on the straights (hitting a maximum of 304km/h) while adding downforce when it’s needed most.

Lamborghini Huracán Performante rear

Niki Lauda holds the F1 lap record at 6min58.2sec, however that was set on the longer 22.835km circuit. Which car will be next to lower the record mark? Porsche 911 GT2? Koenigsegg One:1? Or will lap record attempts be outlawed once again?