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Watch a Bentley Continental GT driven by Rhys Millen beat the record for production cars at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb 2019 in Colorado. The new time of 10m 18.488s was 8.4secs quicker than the previous best – a fantastic present for Bentley’s centenary year.

The all-electric Volkswagen ID.R race car has made motorsport history again by setting a new all-time record at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Driver Romain Dumas completed the 1.86-kilometre course in just 39.90 seconds, breaking the long-standing record, which had stood for 20 years, by 1.7 seconds. Ex-Formula One driver …

Watch Romain Dumas break the 2018 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb record in Volkswagen’s revolutionary electric racer. Dumas was at the wheel of the 650PS all-electric ID R prototype specially crafted for the purpose. Defeating cars powered by conventional engines, his time of 7:57.148 minutes not only smashed the previous …