Renault Megane RS Trophy-R sets a new lap record at Suzuka

The Renault Megane RS Trophy-R has set a new front-wheel drive record of two minutes and 25.454 seconds (more than three seconds better than the previous record) on the prestigious Suzuka Circuit in Japan, after breaking the record at both the Nurburgring and at Spa-Francorchamps.

It is a major triumph in Japan, which has approximately 10,000 Renault Sport fans. At the end of September 2019, Japan was Renault Sport's leading world market for the RS range, ahead of Germany and France.

The Megane RS has been setting and breaking records for more than 10 years. In 2008, it set the very first record in the front-wheel drive performance car category on the Nurburgring circuit, completing the lap in eight minutes and 17 seconds. Laurent Hurgon has previously broken records multiple times on both the Nurburgring and Spa-Francorchamps circuits driving different generations of the Megane RS and beating the record at the Suzuka Circuit is another great achievement, both for him and the Trophy-R.