Nick Heidfeld’s long-standing 41.6-second record will survive another year – not least because contemporary F1 cars haven’t been timed since he set that time in a MP4/13 back in 1999. But that doesn’t mean that sharp end of the leader board wasn’t closely contested in 2015.
Olly Clark snatched victory in his Subaru Impreza ‘Gobstopper II.’ The 780hp Time Attack competitor stormed the 1.16-mile hill in 44.91sec. It was followed closely by Jean-Phillippe Dayraut in the big, intimidating looking Mitijet Mini Pikes Peak. Another Pikes Peak car completed the podium – Rod Millen did a 45.88sec run in the Toyota Celica Pikes Peak.
Following those was a run of historic F1 cars. We’ve listed the top ten below.
1) Olly Clark – Subaru Impreza ‘Gobstopper II’ – 44.91
2) Jean-Phillippe Dayraut – Mitijet Mini Pikes Peak – 45.51
3) Rod Millen – Toyota Celica Pikes Peak – 45.8
4) Jeremy Smith – March-Cosworth 2-4-0 – 47.05
5) Michael Lyons – Hesketh-Cosworth 308E – 47.17
6) James Littlejohn – LEC Cosworth CRP1 – 47.19
7) Oliver Hancock – LEC-Cosworth CRP1 – 47.26
8) Alex Buncombe – Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 – 47.37
9) James Cottingham – Dallara SP1 LMP – 47.72
10) Enda Garvey – Peugeot 405 T16 GR Pikes Peak – 49.27
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