How Would Rally Drivers Tackle the Nürburgring Nordschleife? 

For an extended view of our "Rally Vs the Nürburgring Nordschleife" video, with Hyundai's Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe, check out @HMSGOfficial's video below! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2xX7tyqRQZY.html

"...the road is very smooth, very wide..." is definitely a rally people thing to say about the nordschleife 😂

“Opens for endless fast” is one of my favorite pace notes ever

Actually crazy to find out how Thierrys normal pace notes work, because that system needs a lot of experience and confidence with his car.

I can only imagine if the Nordschleife was still in it's 1960s layout, a rally here would've been like watching a modern day Group B event.

Is there a single sim racer who couldn't drive this track blindfolded at this point?

Martijn Wydaeghe sounds completely different in English, I thought he was dubbed over at first.

To give an idea on the performance differential between Rally1 and TCR, here's a little breakdown: Both cars are powered by single-turbo inline 4's and connected to a 6-speed gearbox. However that's where the similarities end. The Elantra TCR's inline 4 is a 2-litre unit vs the i20 Rally1's 1.6-litre. The TCR engine produces 340hp 460nm of torque; 10nm more than the Rally1 engine but is 35hp down. Furthermore, the TCR is purely combustion-powered whereas the Rally1 car is boosted part-time by a 125hp hybrid electric motor to deliver a combined 500hp. The TCR is based on a production Elantra road car chassis, modified with fender flares and other miscellaneous racing components, while the Rally1 car is built on a bespoke safety-cell chassis fitted with a silhouette body shell with a passing resemblance to the i20 production car. The TCR Elantra in its current Balance of Performance weighs in at 1295kg with driver and without fuel, while the rally1 i20 weighs in at 1260kg empty (assuming both occupants weigh 75kg apiece, that puts the Rally1 car at approximately 1410kg) As for the transmission, the Elantra TCR can either run a 6-speed race-spec gearbox, or with a 35kg weight reduction benefit, use the OEM production-spec transmission. Both options solely power the front wheels. The i20 Rally1 solely uses a race-spec 6-speed gearbox that delivers the power of the Combustion engine to all four wheels simultaneously with a 50:50 front-rear torque split from the 4WD system. However, the hybrid motor solely powers the rear wheels, meaning the combined torque split is approximately 37:63 rear-biased when the hybrid motor is deployed.

"That was relaxing" what a legend

waiting for Misha to comment

Nordschleife has been a stage in the rally Köln-Ahrweiler for years, but reversed... Tip: Don't hit the guard rails when going rond the other way; the way the individual lengths are coupled together will peel your car open like a can opener!

I'd love a copy of those pace notes.

Been watching motor racing since 1965. Seen them all watched racing in 4 different countries. Thee best. Thee most talented. Thee mist underrated. Thee most entertaining. Motor car racing in the world. Is WRC period.

This is a amazing video. Really cool seeing the process they use to make the notes.

That's the most calm I've ever seen rally drivers be in the car, lol. It's all relative!!

I feel like the only corner they really enjoyed was the carrousel. I mean, they described the rest of the track as wide, smooth, and with a lot of room between corners.

such a shame Criag Breen isnt still around to represent Hyundai here, coming from a karting and racing background he'd have aced it!

Love it. Wrc is an amazing unique teamwork between tue pilots.

thx, very interesting video.

Love the sound of the turbo in the higher revs when it sounds like it sputtering. Don't know if I'm describing it right, I hear it in the Alpine A220 race car in GT7.

I'd love to see the flip side competition to this. Send grip racers to a rally course.

It seems both the navigator and the driver enjoyed their run of the green hell. and I can take one thing I always wondered about from my list. Thank you

So what was their lap time then ?

Let's Go Neuville!!...the Circuit!!

Brilliant video but please do this in a WRC car and show those premadonnas at Porsche how we do it!! By the way, I'm a 911 driver with 2 Subaru's in my garage 💙

I think we have a Master Blaster type scenario between the little guy and the big guy. 100% Master Blaster scenario.

I’ve always wanted to hear that track as pace notes

Cool to hear Martijns sight more than normal...

while back i drove part of the nordcheife as a rallye stage in my metro 6r4 early evening in the dark no lamp pod .lucky the 6r4 is nosey i found the way via the photo flash from camera,s of fan,s. limited to 200 kph it great fun .p.s the rallye was blind no notes.

Next time they should try a rally 1 car

And your lap time was what?!?! 🕒⏳ Very interesting video.

I bet I won't see any "paid promotion" comments on this video! In other news: Yes! A WRC promotion 😍

There will be new lap record ... Neuwille could DO IT.👍🚙🚀🛸

Having Crashed at the Nordschleife It was visceral Pricey and a bucket list.

For rally drivers, all corners in the Nordschleife are easy rights or lefts :-D

I'd like to see it in a WRC car in Tarmac setup

Why cant they make an audio/video recording during the recy? Then they kan make the notes comfortably after the drive… is it a antiquated regulation thingy in rally?

No way he called the literal Green Hell relaxing ☠️

What if they took the 911 Dakar time trial route instead of the normal route?

It's all straight:)

What was the time??

😎

Jambo From Kenya

" I think with a Rally car, we can go faster "💀

Now get on a rallycross circuit, Lydden Hill, Höljes, Hell?

Well... We have that video of the 911 Dakar on the Nords...

No time ? 😢

I need to know how fast he was.

All talk and not showing the entire lap with actual speed? Some idea how the car compares with a road version? Why?

and, can we see their drive

..and they were doing the notes in English for the cameras

Go to any Hyundai dealership or watch a TV commercial in the United States and everyone pronounces it as Hunday. I don't know about the rest of the world as I was referring to US only.

Easy full send😂

incredibly bad video editing.. We didn't see anything from the lap, and thier speed, or how they take the corners. 15 min video and not a single minute where you can see how do they drive.

Not like in Kenya really...😂😂 Welcome to 254

Pace notes for the ring?? Just memorize it..

Where's misha....?...🤔

hat viel zu lange gedauert!

How? Slowly. That’s how, they’ll be topped out in sixth bouncing off the rev limiter for about 85% of the lap at a guess

Adenaur Forst. TF driver: *cut*

I memorized the entire track by playing daily on my sim racing rig.

Close circuit racing is just boring compared to what a WRC driver faces in a random gravel country road out there

hard to understand the speaker

Fatal camera angle.

It drives me nuts when people mispronounce Hyundai. It's pronounced Sunday but with an H. Sheesh. Get it right please.

So what was the time? a pointless vid if you don't even bother saying what the time is/was

World leading? What a joke

A pilot who dont know the nordsleiffe by memory is not a pilot.

They should have done it backwards 🤔