https://www.autocar.co.uk/Subaru-Isle-of-Man-video-TT-record-2016 Compelling footage from all angles as Mark Higgins laps the Isle of Man at more than 128mphThis year’s TT festival on the Isle of Man saw an enhanced Subaru WRX STI set a new four-wheeled lap record.Piloted by Mark Higgins, who you’re most likely to have seen strutting his stuff as a stunt driver in James Bond movies, the modded Scooby first broke the old record on the Saturday of TT week.But two days later, it was back out on the route – where Higgins posted a time of 17 minutes and 35.139 seconds.That equates to 128.73mph. Despite his brush with death, Higgins still managed to set the lap record for a production car around the Isle of Man TT, averaging 115.36mph for the 37.7-mile course.

Please This year’s TT festival on the Isle of Man saw an enhanced Subaru WRX STI set a new four-wheeled lap record. His first of three timed laps was three days ago, and plagued by problems with the car: “We had a good run on Saturday but the car’s so new, you’re running down Bray Hill at 160mph learning things all the time.

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“I probably dropped about 10 seconds going over the mountain, we lost some power, and locked up at Signpost. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when Log in to update your newsletter preferencesPlease The most insightful comments on all subjects There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts Early signs are good - at the first split he’s six seconds faster than he was in 2011, and he’s clocked at 162.9mph on the Sulby Straight.Then, with the worst possible timing, the announcer leaves the Subaru to read out the runner and riders in the next Supersport TT race. The computer calculates his average speed. Subaru Sets New Isle Of Man Record With 116.40 MPH In A Subaru WRX STI Subaru sent Mark Higgins to the Isle of Man again in a new WRX STI to beat his own record around… Read more they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. will be published daily in dedicated articles. {{#replies}} “It’s the scariest thing I’ve ever done – I’m hooked up to all sorts of biometric equipment and you see spikes in my heartbeat of 50bpm. The existing Open Comments threads will continue to exist for those who do not subscribe to “If I knew I was coming back three years later I would have gone slower [in 2011] and made my job here a whole lot easier.”By the time we go for a drive in the BRZ around the road circuit, it’s been a frustrating few days.

He crosses the line. real-world solutions, and more. Isle of Man TT: Subaru WRX STI sets new four-wheeled lap recordEmail already exists. {{#sender.isSelf}} Copyright © Dennis Publishing Limited 2020. Subaru has used the 2014 event to eclipse its own, 2011 record. You can also choose to be emailed when someone replies It allows our most engaged readers to debate the big issues, share their own experiences, discuss A subsequent run, in which Higgins was aiming to beat 130mph, had to be abandoned after a fatality led to the race being red-flagged.But by then he had been clocked through the fastest part of the TT route at a monstrous 168.6mph.Since setting the new record, Subaru has published some eye-popping video footage from both inside and outside the car. try again, the name must be uniquePlease Independent Premium. We huddle around the radio waiting for news. try again, the name must be unique The first two thirds were perfect though. Souped-up Subaru WRX STi flies around Isle of Man TT course at average speed of more than 200km/h in hands of James Bond stunt driver and rally ace Mark Higgins. Mark Higgins conquers Isle of Man TT in new Subaru We get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Mark Higgins' record-breaking lap of the Isle of Man TT course in a Subaru WRX STi It was all a bit of a blur really.” I’m sitting next to Mark Higgins, three-time British Rally Champion, in a “It started going sideways here and stopped going left and right at this road,” he tells us, pointing at a junction 200 metres up ahead. “The problem with a road car is there’s quite a big gap between fifth and sixth gear and that’s what you’re in all the time over here. “All I was trying to do was stay focused and no matter what direction the car was pointing keep the wheels pointing straight.“The Bray hill incident was good for publicity, but we learned an awful lot from it.