Every hyper sports car made by the French luxury brand is required to meet exceptional quality standards whatever the conditions, be it in day-to-day use or on the circuit. Bugatti therefore regularly tests its vehicles – current models and future series production models – on various test tracks and circuits. Once a year, the Bugatti development team sets out for the demanding circuit at the Nürburgring. Recently with no less than four models and six engineers.

It’s the most exclusive vehicle fleet in the world, with a net value of just under 20 million euros – the Centodieci (8 million euros), the Divo (5 million euros), the Chiron Pur Sport (3 million euros), and the Chiron Super Sport 300+ (3.5 million euros).

“We want to achieve the best possible chassis setup for our customers, so we perform test-drives under extreme conditions as well as in day-to-day situations,” says Lars Fischer, Head of Chassis Testing and Setup at Bugatti.

The Nordschleife is considered the world’s most demanding circuit with an unusual topography, making it the ideal testing environment – 33 left-hand and 40 right-hand bends, 17 percent gradients, and an altitude difference of 300 meters, all spread across a distance of 20.832 kilometers. The vehicles that complete this circuit in a fast time and effortlessly have been perfectly set up. During the laps, the engineers note the overall impression made by the vehicle and ensure that it delivers the perfect differentiation within the Chiron family’s performance range. Following the test-drives, the results are analyzed and transmitted to the development team in order for the execution procedure to be further optimized.