{"id":892276,"date":"2025-12-19T10:40:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=892276"},"modified":"2026-01-20T23:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T23:43:10","slug":"bugatti-bolide-on-the-limit-at-circuit-paul-ricard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/bugatti-bolide-on-the-limit-at-circuit-paul-ricard\/","title":{"rendered":"Bugatti Bolide on the Limit at Circuit Paul Ricard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-bugatti-bolide-is-the-most-beautiful-hypercar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bugatti Bolide<\/a> is one of the rarest and most extreme cars on the planet and nly 40 of these track-only machines exist, completely redesigned from the Chiron, featuring a brand-new monocoque and the iconic quad-turbo W16 engine.<\/p>\n<p>Weighing just under 1,600 kg\u2014lighter than a standard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-importance-of-the-bugatti-chiron-in-the-automotive-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chiron<\/a>\u2014and equipped with slick tires, it delivers an astonishing 1,600 horsepower. Its top speed is \u201climited\u201d to 380 km\/h, as the gearing is optimized for real-world racetrack performance, allowing a blistering 0\u2013100 km\/h sprint in just 2.1 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Go trackside as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SportautoDe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sport auto<\/a> test drivers Christian Gebhardt and Uwe Sener, alongside the test team, carve hot laps into the tarmac with a Bugatti Bolide at Circuit Paul Ricard in France.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Bugatti Bolide entfesselt! 1.600 W16-PS Hot Laps in Paul Ricard\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1ZpykzizaTg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Bugatti Bolide entfesselt! 1.600 W16-PS Hot Laps in Paul Ricard\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1ZpykzizaTg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bugatti Bolide is one of the rarest and most extreme cars on the planet and nly 40 of these track-only machines exist, completely redesigned from the Chiron, featuring a brand-new monocoque and the iconic quad-turbo W16 engine. 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Its top speed is \u201climited\u201d to 380 km\/h, as the gearing is optimized for real-world racetrack performance, allowing a blistering 0\u2013100 km\/h sprint [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":892278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[495,8907,22642,12919],"tags":[23228,5592],"class_list":["post-892276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bugatti","category-pictures-videos","category-sc","category-videos","tag-bugati-bolide","tag-bugatti-videos","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bugatti Bolide on the Limit at Circuit Paul Ricard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/bugatti-bolide-on-the-limit-at-circuit-paul-ricard\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bugatti Bolide on the Limit at Circuit Paul Ricard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Bugatti Bolide is one of the rarest and most extreme cars on the planet and nly 40 of these track-only machines exist, completely redesigned from the Chiron, featuring a brand-new monocoque and the iconic quad-turbo W16 engine. 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