---
title: "Watch the Pagani Huayra BC Attack the Nurburgring"
description: "The Italian supercar maker may be gunning for a 'Ring record."
date: "2016-09-22"
modified: "2016-09-22"
authors:
  - name: "Aaron Brown"
    job_title: "Staff Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/aaron-brown"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/5291/watch-the-pagani-huayra-bc-attack-the-nurburgring"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Pagani News"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "Nurburgring"
---

# Watch the Pagani Huayra BC Attack the Nurburgring

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Look out, Porsche; heads up, Koenigsegg. [Pagani is at the Nurburgring Nordschleife with a Huayra BC](<https://www.bridgetogantry.com/pagani-huayra-bc-pushing-for-nurburgring-lap-record/>)—and if the rumors are true, the Italian supercar maker is attempting to set a 'Ring record.

In two videos uploaded to YouTube by *Bridge to Gantry*, you can see the [ultra-light, 789-horsepower Huayra BC](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/2257/faster-nastier-lightweight-pagani-huayra-bc-revealed>) ripping up the *Karussell* on the 12.9-mile Nurburgring Nordschleife. As *BTG's* Dale Lomas notes, there is effectively [no imaginable reason](<https://www.bridgetogantry.com/pagani-huayra-bc-pushing-for-nurburgring-lap-record/>) why Pagani would be testing the Huayra BC at the 'Ring—or be at the infamous track at all—unless it was chasing a record attempt. So far, no official word has come from the Italian supercar maker as to whether it is indeed attempting a lap record, but the Huayra BC's [apparently mental speeds at the Green Hell](<https://twitter.com/bridge2gantry/status/778977645103054848>) could seem to point to a chart-topping run.

If Pagani is going for the gold, the guy reportedly behind the wheel, Marc Besseng, would make for a logical choice. You know, being the guy who set a [6:47 lap of the track in a Pagani Zonda R](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AArjZfirYno>) and all.

We first saw the [Huayra BC](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/2257/faster-nastier-lightweight-pagani-huayra-bc-revealed>) when it made its global [debut right before the Geneva Motor Show](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/2257/faster-nastier-lightweight-pagani-huayra-bc-revealed>) earlier this year. The Italian supercar uses a twin-turbocharged V12 AMG motor and loses almost 300 lbs compared the standard Huayra, thanks to an impressive weight-savings regimin. Though official performance for the Huayra BC haven't been released, it is believed to have a top speed higher than the standard model's 230 mile-per-hour limit, and a zero-to-60-mph time of less than than three seconds.

If Pagani is looking to set a record, it sure seems that the company has all the right equipment at its disposal to do so. We'll let you know what we here.

https://youtube.com/embed/4sF0zuLaSWg

https://youtube.com/embed/KdHveyyydBc

## Author
Aaron was previously a contributing writer with Jalopnik and has also written for Business Insider covering cars. When he's not in the office writing the news, you'll probably find him thrashing a beater car around a RallyCross.

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