As mentioned earlier, this is the fifth new lap record set by the 10th generation Honda Civic Type R this 2018. The other 'victims' of the Civic Type R this year are the following circuits: (1) Magny-Cours, (2) Spa-Francorchamps, (3) Silverstone, and (4) Estoril.
"We came here to the Hungaroring, where I won my first F1 race in 2006 with Honda, to set a new front-wheel drive production lap record in the new Type R, and I'm very happy that we did it! The thing that surprised me most is how late you can brake with this car. The manual gearbox works really well, too," said Button.
In addition, the Civic Type R managed to set the fastest lap for a front-wheel drive production car in Nürburgring Nordschleife in April 2017 with a time of 7 minutes and 43.8 seconds. All in all, Honda's hot hatch holds six lap records--that's as many as Michael Jordan's championships. Watch the video posted below to see the record lap run.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThBBSHovIRE
