part of the lane. The plant also includes other tracks; the most important is 6.222 km handling circuit, completely inside the circular one. It is characterized by a long main straight and sixteen curves of different radius and variable lateral slope. It can provide useful results for durability, reliability, vehicle dynamics and tire tests of both cars and motorbikes. The track was featured in British TV series Top Gear in 1992, showing footage of the Jaguar XJ220, driven by Martin Brundle on a top speed test. It was again featured in the series 18 opener of the 2002 reboot format of Top Gear, when the then presenters of the show Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May drove in a Lamborghini Aventador, a Noble M600 and a McLaren MP4-12C, respectively, to see who could reach the highest speed. The rough surface of the track figured prominently in the latter episode, and it was resurfaced in 2018. Records set on the Nardò Ring On May 13, 1979 a 125cc Honda sets the 24-hour average speed world record: 137.866 km/h (85.67 mph) On May 5, 1979, a car broke 400 km/h for the first time, the Mercedes-Benz C111-IV reached a speed of 403.978 km/h, establishing the Italian speed record. The car was able to complete a full ring lap in 1 minute and 57 seconds In 1980 the Volkswagen ARVW set the speed record for a diesel car reaching a speed of 362.07 km/h On November 7, 1982 a Porsche 928 S sets the 24-hour speed record, covering 6,033 kilometers at an average speed of 251.4 km/h (156.2 mph) On November 28, 1982 an Alfa Romeo Giulietta sets the average speed record over a distance of 50,000 km: 175,628 km/h Between 17 and 21 August 1983, three Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16 cars set endurance records for 25,000 km (15,534 miles), 25,000 miles (40,233 km), 50,000 km (31,068 miles), the latter being run in 201 hours, 39 minutes and 43 seconds at an average 247.94 km/h (154.06 mph). On 14 September 1986, the Elf R prototype motorcycle set six world records, including an average speed of 243.572 km/h over 10 km and a top speed of 321 km/h On April 4, 1988, an Audi 200 quattro set the world speed record on 500 miles with an average speed of 324.509 km / h and on 1000 km at 326.403 km/h On 29 August 1993