And finally, here it is. Just in time before 8/6 day, here's the Fast Lap Under 9' at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, and the last video of this year's trip (22.07.2016).

I am very sad to tell you that the full lap wasn't recorded, as I ran out of battery near the end of it. Fortunately, Harry's Laptimer registered the lap. I'm happy to share the telemetry files with anyone who asks for it.

In order to not have to the lap's footage cut, I edited and pasted footage from the previous lap, after the fast lap footage finished.

It happened around the Pflanzgarten area. It's quite seamless unless you look at the numbers on the phone. To make sure if you're watching the previous lap or not, just look for a red dot on the full track laptimer. If you can see it, you're watching the previous lap's footage.

As much as this year I lowered the expected laptime by 7 seconds, instead of a single one, as in 2014, this challenge was much, much more difficult from the beginning than the last time. 

From the moment I decided to build an engine with zero experience and a serious lack of engine-build knowledge, it was a real challenge to complete it all in time. And even now I'm still not fully satisfied with it. I really need to do some fine tuning, as I know there's more HP to get from it.

Then, we had all the economic/time/sorting the car out issues throughout this year, from the challenge itself of building the engine on time, to the last day after SPA, preparing the car before the Nurburgring trackday and up to the moment my seat broke completely. I don't want to sound overdramatic, but the driving was quite easy in comparison to all the struggles we went throughout this year of preparation. 

It was a real nightmare at times, but if it wasn't for all the amazing help and support I had from my sponsors:
- Deltagap
- Winmax
- Cusco
- SQ-Engineering
- MRP Manon Racing Products
- TODA Racing
- GEAR98
- Isla Racing
- Pegatineando

... As well as all the help from my friends all over the world, this wouldn't have happened. So a big thank you to all of you. You know who you are.

I apologise for the camera issues (mounts movement, and running out of battery), and I hope I'm better prepared in this regard next time.

So, what now? well, I hope this video is shared as much as possible, so that it helps me find a job in the automotive industry. But even if I don't, I'll continue driving and further developing the car, so watch this space, as I will be posting about it on our regular social media.

To keep up to date, don't forget to subscribe to our Youtube channel, of course, as well as:
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And speaking of which, go watch GEAR98's previous amazing films of our 2014 lap recrod (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjKN0Ummc6M); as well as the amazing short film on the build of the 20 valve engine and preparation for this challenge (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd-57kg5_RQ).

And don't forget, we still have to wait for the release of GEAR98's video about this trip. Don't miss it!

Thanks for watching (and this long read) and see you soon! 

Jorge Azcoitia 
- Nürburgring or Bust -