BAC Mono supercar sets the fastest production car lap record at Zolder

Briggs Automotive Company (BAC) has once again made history as its Mono supercar has become the fastest ever production car to lap the famous 4 km Zolder Circuit in Belgium. Jeffrey van Hooydonk set a lap time of 1:38.12 seconds, smashing the previous best record set by a McLaren 650S by over a tenth of a second. What made the Mono’s achievement even more impressive was that it was set in damp conditions.

Mono is no stranger to giant-killing track success, having set the fastest ever Goodwood Festival of Speed Roadcar Hill Climb time, topping Top Gear’s Power Lap Leaderboard in 2013 and famously becoming the quickest car ever tested by evo Magazine at the Anglesey Coastal Circuit last year – seeing off race-specific, slick-shod competition like the McLaren P1 GTR in the process. Plus, its Hungaroring lap time of 1:54.00, nine seconds faster than a Ferrari 458 Speciale, in 2015 further underlines Mono’s credentials as a world-beater.

“What an incredible feat this is for BAC,” said Neill Briggs, BAC co-founder and Director of Product Development. “Mono has proved on countless occasions that it can compete with the best in the business and its fantastic lap at Zolder has hammered home the fact that it really is a pace icon – it also goes to show that Mono really does drive as good as it looks!”