When critisized about his 'drifting' driving style being slower for lap times, Stefan Roser was quoted as replying with: 'Sometimes, when I am with my woman, we are not trying to make babies' Legend
In 1987 the Ruf CTR Yellowbird.became the fastest car in the world, besting both the Porsche 959 and Ferrari F40. Ruf test driver Stefan Roser takes it around the Nürburgring Nordschleife in just eight minutes and five seconds. Right foot steering at its best as he takes every bend sideways, all the while dodging traffic at huge speeds.
Probably the best driving i've ever seen taking everything into consideration. The 911 is a freak of a car in its most basic form with its engine situated behind the rear axle. The 930 turbo was scary enough but RUF decided to make a deal with satan to create a 469bhp death dealing mechanical monster! This is balls of steel driving, best i've seen...incredible stuff! Efficient driving comment made me laugh :)
8 Nurburgring motorcyclists with urine stained jeans disliked this video. Great driving! The laptime was an 8:05 - it's on par with the NA1 NSX-R (8:03.86).
@@jcerullo5015 I totally agree.. A perfect lap LOOKS smooth safe and easy. Some say "Wanna go faster"?!?! Try slowing down. Smooth is fastest and saves tires for later. Yup
A car that rewards you with either the most amazing and involving driving experience, testing everything you got. Or a car that punishes you with certain death for the tiniest mistake. A widow-maker. But in a good way: it's not a toy for boys like a cayman or 911 today - drive this one fast, and the first mistake will (on the ring at least) cost you the car. Or worse. It's literally a man and car dancing on a knifes edge.
Holy Opposite Lock Steering BATMAN!! Outstanding driving display by a white socks/leather dress loafers wearing Hero in this iconic RUF. Fantastic vid!!
Around the 12 minute mark is when the tires said "the hell with this! I'm outta here!" Serious guts driving like that especially after the tires were overheated or just plane worn out. It was like he was wrestling the car as much as he was the track.
Back when men were men and tyres and suspension hadn't been invented! Unfortunately not may exterior shots but when you see them the slip angles are unbelievable!
I have this car on my Sony VR and I try to re-create this lap quite often. I rarely make it to the compression before I crash and die. On one lap I actually made it to the Karoussel without killing myself but - yep, you guessed it. Wall. Thank God for the reset button. lol.
That car is a handful, I’d definitely have wrecked it very quickly driving like that. In modern cars you stand a pretty good chance of walking away from a crash, but cars like this will probably kill you. This man has some guts.
What would I give to see Walter Rohrl doing this... The 930t had a deserved reputation for being evil - no surprise when you add turbo lag to the already pendulous handling. Not entirely sure you could keep the back end in check much more than this ( at least the first lap ). Watch some historic 911 racing onboards & you'll get an idea of how sideways they are almost all the time. He's also driving it much like a rally car, let's not forget 80s tyres weren't stellar. Scooter at 6:45 . Wonder if it's someone going to work :p
The RUF CTR Yellowbird legend, Rear-engine, Rear-wheel-drive no problem because his balls makes up for the balance. The best driving at Nurburgring! no discussion.
Those are not saves, he knows what the car is going to do in the corner and he is able to counter that; the car must inspire so confidence, it's crazy.
haha look at the pass at 05:28 THAT'S what I'm talking about!!! He passed him sideways from the outside! I'm so trying to convince my self to spend my life savings to buy a 1986 911 Turbo with RUF upgrades but then again...I come down to earth and watch this instead!
Fantastic video! The best nurburgring video on youtube. I really got a query: why this car handles this amazing way? All modern porsche car are rear-engineed and powerful
George Ko no traction control, no stability control, no electronic braking control, this car was lightweight with huge power. The nurburgring isn't smooth everywhere and there is very little weight on the front with no engine, so it changes direction quickly, sometimes too quickly! With this rear engine rear drive layout oversteer is the order of the day
not necessarily, keiichi tsuchiya has been drifting since his younger years so that'd definitely be before the 90's. but before drifting was popular outside of japan yeah haha.
