Someone Did A Completely Blind Lap Of Silverstone In An Alfa Giulia QV

When we were at Silverstone to have a go in the new Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio a couple of weeks ago, a very different kind of fast lap was about to be set.

An additional Giulia was rolled out, this one with its windows completely blacked out with vinyl. It was sent on track with the white Giulia we’d been playing around with earlier, which would be in constant communication with the red car to make sure the driver was going in the right direction.

In the end, the team were able to clock a 1:44.3sec lap, beating the conventional lap record set by Nino Farina in an Alfa Romeo 159 Grand Prix car 65 years ago by a tenth of a second.