Volkswagen’s Pikes Peak record run – from all angles

Watch Romain Dumas break the 2018 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb record in Volkswagen’s revolutionary electric racer.

Dumas was at the wheel of the 650PS all-electric ID R prototype specially crafted for the purpose.

Defeating cars powered by conventional engines, his time of 7:57.148 minutes not only smashed the previous record for electric cars, but also bettered the all-time record set in 2013 by Sébastien Loeb by fully 16.730 seconds.

Volkswagen Motorsport has released a video (below) showing the historic run from several previously unpublished perspectives, including onboard footage from the cockpit of the ID R Pikes Peak.