It was a great run to the hot Urus.
High speed runs can be difficult. These record-setting runs require that the drivers have ice-cold veins to keep their eyes on the road at inhumane speeds. For the Lamborghini Urus This was achieved quite literally by the vehicle’s most recent feat in Russia. Lamborghini set a new speed record in an LAV-racing event. Record On ice, the speed was 298 km/h (185 mi/h). It is the first year that the Italian company participated in Days of Speed, an annual festival dedicated setting new speeds on ice.
The event was held at Lake Baikal, Russia, which is considered the largest and deepest freshwater lake on the planet. The Urus was able to run at 302 km/h (187.6 miles) during practice runs. The Super SUV set a new 1,000-meter record with an average speed of 114 km/h (71.1 mph) from a standing position. These feats were achieved despite the precarious conditions and the fact there was already significant warming of ice during the run.
Andrey Leontyev, 18-time Days of Speed Russian record holder, was behind the wheel of the Urus. Official data will be released in April by the RAF (Russian Automobile Federation), and the FIA (Russian Automobile Federation).
Despite the official release we would be remiss to not mention that 335.7 km/h (208.602 mph), was the fastest speed recorded on ice by an Audi RS6. This feat was achieved in the Gulf of Bothnia, Finland in 2013. It is not yet clear if this record is officially or if it is only for SUVs.
There’s also the notion that top speeds records are “largely waste of time”. This is coming from Callaway Cars, which once owned the record for the fastest production car, the Callaway SledgeHammer. This notion is nonsense if you believe it.