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Skoda Octavia vRS Beats Ferrari 458 Italia's Time On 'The World's Best Road'
One of the beautiful roads in Romania, the Transfagarasan, has attracted local auto enthusiasts after Jeremy Clarkson named it "the best road in the world."
This week, a driver in a Skoda Octavia vRS has beat a record set by a Ferrari 458 Italia.
You might be thinking what kind of record are we talking about. In August 2015, driver, Fabio Barone set a record on the Transfagarasan road.
The run was held on a section of 12.3km, which was closed for public, for obvious safety reasons.
Mr Barone drove his Ferrari 458 from the "Balea" Waterfall on the route to the "Balea" Lake in 9 minutes, 13 seconds.
The local team who wanted to beat Fabio's timing chose a stock Skoda Octavia vRS 230, which also claimed to be the fastest Czech car ever produced. The car was bone-stock, except for the Dunlop SP Sport Maxx tires.
The driver, Mitrasca, and co-driver, Magda Matei, had participated only in a single race before this attempt.
The Romanian crew broke the record set by Fabio by 47 seconds, which is a coincidence since that is the same race-number on Mitrasca's car. For those interested in numbers, the time they clocked was 8 minutes, 26 seconds.
The Romanian Federation of Motorsport (RFM) was there to witness the attempt, which was timed by FIA-approved TAG Heuer devices.
After setting the new record, Andrei Mitrasca, the driver who beat a Ferrari in a stock Skoda, stated that he is happy with the outcome.
Mitrasca also said that the run wasn't about reaching extremely high speeds, but holding a constant pace and pushing hard in the corners. He wrote on his Facebook wall that it would break his heart if nobody came to break the record set by him.
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