Such is the glut of exotica in the upper echelons of planet hypercar, it might have been easy to forget about the Czinger 21C. Typically an 11,000rpm, 1,250hp hybrid V8 with the kerbweight of a GR86 would live long in the memory, but such is the silly situation right now - where a week doesn’t pass without another billionaire’s plaything on the scene - that the 21C hasn’t been front page news for a while. It was revealed; it claimed a Laguna Seca record; it faded from feeds.
But here it is, back in business at its local circuit and with a point to prove: the Czinger has lapped faster than the Koenisegg Jesko, which had only surpassed the 21C a couple of weeks back. Nothing like a bit of friendly competition to get people excited. 1:24.75 is the new best time, just 11 hundredths ahead of the Jesko’s 1:24.86. Just as interestingly, it marks a useful few tenths off the previous 1:25.44 laid down by the Czinger. Clearly, Joel Miller, driver back in 2021 and this time around, has been putting the practise in. No modifications have been declared from that car to this one. We can still quibble about a production car record for a car limited to 80 units, but the speed isn’t in any doubt at all
It’s hard to know which is more startling from the onboard: the cornering speed, or the obscene acceleration - complete with superbike soundtrack - between the bends. The climb to the Corkscrew makes precious little difference to how quickly speed piles on; having apexed the corner before at almost 85mph, the 21C has reached the best part of 140mph before braking. It’s an incredible lap, for sure, though it seems unlikely that Koenigsegg will let it lie given the tiny time difference and its relative lack of laps at Laguna. Czinger will surely relish the challenge.
