World speed record on ice

Rally champion, Juha Kankkunen achieves 205.48 mph (330.695 km/h) in extreme conditions. Kankkunen drove Bentley convertible on the coast of Ii 15 February 2011.

Finland’s four-time world rally champion Juha Kankkunen drove a Bentley Continental Supersports convertible on the hazardous frozen waters of the Baltic Sea, off the coast of Finland in Ii Municipality, at a breathtaking 205.48 mph (330.695 km/h) to set a new world speed record on ice.

With the help of his own experienced team and Bentley engineers, Kankkunen overcame the challenges of temperatures as low as minus 30 degrees, sudden snow blizzards and potentially dangerous crosswinds on the 16.5km track on a 70cm-thick layer of sea ice.

The record attempt was driven on a 1000m long measured distance with the speed certified by officials from the Finland Traffic Police. His new world record was based on the average of two runs in opposite directions with measured speeds ratified by a representative of The Guinness Book of Records.