LEGENDARY Walter Röhrl & Porsche 992 GT3 RS! // Nürburgring 

You look so satisfied through the whole lap. A dream came true!

congratulations. you have earned it.

We can all appreciate Misha's face and how he savored every turn.

I don't typically buy merch but that is a really awesome design and even better (what looks to be) a quality product

@@razghost2 as a caterham driver i can't support this DoFo-thing of course ;-p

I thought he had an app in his iphone that told his apple watch the lap time

@@bhuuthesecond hahaha do you really think walter has an apple watch, he is way to oldschool for that

Yea I love that, everytime I see him doing a lap or a rally stage it's always this wrist watch. Habits don't change even after 40 years.

@@matixok1167 Exactly, why changing something that still works best for you

​@@nickeic8629at least a Tag Heuer😂

Sorry, aber der Mann ist in seinem 77. Lebensjahr. Also schweige!

@@iknowit3705 Genau das! Der Mann verdient Respekt! aber ich glaube nicht, dass er unsere Nachrichten lesen wird 🤣

​@@genqp8649Darf er auch. Er ist eben ein Mensch "vom alten Schlag" Das ist genau das gleiche, wie deinen 80 jährigen Nachbarn mit modernen Geschlechterrollen und Gendern zu missionieren zu versuchen.

True is it selfish of me to wish that Sabine was here to participate as well?

​@@genqp8649er ist einfach einer von der alten Schule, klar funktionieren die Autos, aber auf der Rennstrecke nicht. Oder warum hat ein 1900 PS E Auto nicht den Rekord gebrochen, gegenüber einem Verbrenner mit 700 PS. Kenne die Antwort, aber wenn die E Autos nur gerade aus können, ist es doch langweilig

Yea the flow was insanely how smooth and precisely he changed gears let it roll in -high get low out to High and shift im optimum rpm. U saw how he changed always high gears at 5600-8/9000 and lower gears as 7500-5000 he knows how a Porsche engine works as a test driver for Porsche it self he feels all also just on the sound if u saw his expressions

​​​​@@loxep915you... Shift always on Sound lol. You think you have time to watch the RPM Meter in a Race?? I see.. You either never driven a Car or just Automatics lol. Its more interesting to see how he can't keep his left foot quiet. He is so used to driving old Manual Cars.

@@aliver8794 I know how he works with pedals. And RPM is on sound of the engine. U don't need to see rpm I can drive and I was always able to listen. That's why my drive test was shorter and faster as usually

cause it wasnt the limit. Just a routine taxi ride

Yes, Walter Röhrls signature move is when he shows how he thinks about driving a car perfectly: He always shows how he handles the steering wheel with to fingers. It is always about the perfect balance ... and that makes it look like "he was driving to the bakery" ... There is another video (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tt00Zs_j6Vw.html) where 35 years younger Christoph Breuer drives the track 30 seconds faster than grandpa Walter. He is (audibly) a bit harsh to the tyres and the physics of the car at some points. Not the "two fingers at the steering wheel" approach.

Lebende Legende

Er hat das Brötchen auf den Motorblock gelegt, er mag es knusprig😂

Kannst Du laut sagen!

wahrscheinlich fährt er so auch immer Brötchen holen xD

The Brötchen will still be warm when he gets back home.

Tbh for having a ride with a good driver vs one with... less experience, its easy to get comfortable with a skilled driver. Inputs are smoother, you feel the car reacting and being perfectly fine with the inputs. A more novice driver upsets the car, it also makes me feel nauseous. Tbh it looks like i could sleep on that lap, so smooth, i can only admire the talent involved.

​@@PaulChoix55I was thinking the whole time, What a smooth ride, Not even pushing it, That dude is a true gentleman, 77 respect that sharp mind.

Some say that seniors are bad drivers, and I say that the seniors that can't drive were always bad drivers. This man only furthers by belief. Legendary driver!

Looks like a Wii avatar

In Germany we say: „Er grinst wie ein Honigkuchenpferd!“

when you look at what he did back in the day this is probably like a drive around the block for him

Why should he be nervous ??

Before driving for Lancia, Walter was warned that the cars were designed light and the roll cages might not be too strong. Walter decided to sign with Lancia and told friends and relatives that he would not crash. He drives at another level but never has any issues with crashes. As the Jeremy Clarkson video about Walter and Lancia winning the world championship pointed out, the fragile Lancias held up better than the Audi more than a few races including brutal Acropolis rally. I would bet the Lancias also held up because Walter did not overdrive or trash them. No mistakes. What an amazing man.

It did feel that Walter was partly on auto-pilot. But this was only possible with years and years of blood, sweat and tears. Impressive.

@@ianoverseas Exactly as you say. We all use "autopilot" every day . Our incredible brain has evolved to do this as it frees up much processing power to devote to new situations. (This is very much a layman's description which I learnt from my therapist while in hospital after suffering a brain injury myself)

The simple feat of surviving the physical assault of that car at his age is staggeringly impressive

At a point, driving fast just becomes instinct especially if racing is your profession.

it's also because he was a porsche lead development driver for ages, the cars react to how he helped make them become, in another car it could be more problematic, but those ones probably feel harmonious to him

With the tongue going like trying to thread a needle. Very therapeutic.

Or when he closed his eyes and just enjoyed the moment

Don't forget he's almost 80 years old, by then your reflexes are completely ruined, it's a tremendous effort from Walter to manage the lap at this speed, hence the weird faces from time to time. Saying he enjoys and prefers a twisty open road more says it al, being a driver of his calibre. We all get old unfortunately.

Yet his lines were superb, not pushing it of course, but beautiful lines all over, i wish at 80 i could still drive a car@@SuperWhiteBarry

I thought he was dying or were already dead at times

seems like he was feeling sick, no? being a passenger is completely different from driving

​@@zemiguel2550no not sick, he was absorbing the moment with a childlike wonder, Walter's race line was a thing of beauty and misha was taking it all in

@@zemiguel2550not a single bit of sickness

I think that Misha was feeling, with his body, the way he use to drive at that right moment of the track...

wow could you get any gayer....glaze him up daddy

@@John_Wood_ because old school drivers didn't have only 2 pedals

He realizes the truth. His eyesight must still be great. Bravo

actually it's beautiful that he can let go the fire. It was quiet a ride for him.

Yes, once I noticed that I couldn't look away, I just watched his feet for the whole lap! Hahahah! Beutiful.

Fun fact about his footwork: He explained in an interview (7 years ago, at his 70th birthday and only in German) how he had to learn how to brake with the left foot a few years into his career. Now this muscle-memory needs to be erased again.

Smiles like a “Honigkuchenpferd“ (german for Honeycakehorse). Makes me laugh seeing hime smile like that, in a good way.

In the first 5 seconds of the video he looks bored and distracted. What's up with that?

He explains it in the end. The age makes the fire go away on track.

@@frasertones8519 If he would have this car back in Group-B era he would drive absolutely mentally bonkers thru the crowds of people like he did with Audi..

@@frasertones8519 he explained he still get the fire on windy street roads where he can feel the flow, but that in track he loses the feeling somehow, is not surprising he is a rally champion

Yeah seemed like a leisurely cruise for him

@@dAbaPEsTA123 a 7min20s btg cruise ;)

Felt like a 6-7, 10 is when he's giving it everything. Hes just going through the motions and enjoying it

Remember is half a day of driving person after person around and showing the car off which most know to be the best. They can't have the car overheating, faults etc. and probably have limited tires plus time. Still amazing I would just like to still in a car with him.

The fact that he still got a 7:20 at the pace he was going is still crazy. I mean, it literally looked like he was chilling. If you pay close attention to how smooth his inputs are, you can see he literally points and shoots the car with no understeer or oversteer. The throttle inputs looked so smooth. Misha was literally chilling in the seat smiling and even closed his eyes lol probably because how relaxing that drive looked. You can definitely tell he has so many laps around the ring

I noticed that his years and years of muscle memory were kicking in

First thing i noticed. Human after all...

Yeah, that was something I also recognized. I only watched his foot work and his reaction in general. I didn't even watched the track. It was mind blowing seeing this legend at work.

Here a new view: 1. He started with traditional work on the pedals 2. Later he had to learn to break with the left foot too (2.45m showing how he is using the brake with the left and the right foot, depending on the situation: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wqREtbLe4sY.html) 3. (my guess): For this type of car he learned that it is best to use only the right foot on the remaining 2 pedals

Not even with a motorbike...

I missed that part. When did he say that?

​@@Thebeastfromnorth75This was long ago, not in this video!

77 😮

Wow, 10+ years ago 8 minutes was very challenging for a supercar, nowadays they are simply built for this track

And looks at it at the end of the lap at the gantry. Did not even notice it. What a LEGEND.

@@mgcharoudin That's what you get when driving with a legend: a free track ahead of you How often does that happen ?

@@Wannes_ .....never????

Can you tell what watch he is wearing?

@@cjdontthink2 he often was seen with a Hacher Watch. He is/was also Brand ambassador, with a pikes peak Edition

I don't think I even heard the tires once.

@@sashaghovanlou8175 He did say at the end that he can't be arsed pushing it anymore. He then goes on about how easy the car is to drive because he was not on the limit. He is certainly past it all with zero fucks, guy just wants to be comfortable.

oh yea for sure, you may have misunderstood my intention, but I was agreeing with the original commenter that he was so smooth. @@thedirtyscotTV

Yeah he use to drive those pos understeering audis :D prob helps to drive real racing car.

​@@juukatoskatos8272 Lancia 037

what an era that was ......i used to watch the Group B rallies .....in the 80's - it was an another level of skill & risk taking ......than today @@juukatoskatos8272

Smooth indeed. I loved the short shift at 4.15. Pure class

Smoothest driving I’ve seen on this channel on the Ring.

My father is 5 years older than him, and he still doesn't drive slow, but his coordination is all over the place. Age _will_ get you. That Walter can still do this now is absolutely amazing.

I dont think about this while watching the video. But this is very true. His reflexes are amazing. I am still watching but amazed and had to see the comments

@@JoeMaranophotography He was short shifting, and he was going into corners slowly enough that he was able to get deep into the throttle well before most apexes. He was taking it easy. Still he did a 7:27.

@@fantabuloussnuffaluffagus -- At 73 I still only own sports cars with manual transmissions, and I'd say that in the last 5 years I've missed more shifts than I did in my first 53 years of driving. I've even killed the car at stop lights a couple of times and never did that before. I guess age gets us all at some point, although Walter's "point" seems to be much higher than mine.

I disagree. "It's enough" is a statement of proficiency, he has nothing to prove. I can imagine that a road car like that compared to race cars he was driving in the past is night and day different. More power, smoothness and efficiency than any track car back in the day and it's available at your local Porsche dealer, not a bespoke race car. Perhaps a little envy of what's available now but I don't think it's real sadness.

@Bernard: Just saw this post and your comment. Allow me to share my interpretation. Walter has not got enough yet. 'Enough' after this lap he wants to state that anybody in doubt knows he could have done it faster if he had chosen to ... which he has not. Walter still has and always will have the competitive attitude. Thats just his soul. The sadness in his voice is just him being the understatement personified like he has always been. This guy is a legend. While he delivered legendary races and times he had always been the cool customer who frowned upon the champagne shower and the cheering. This guy is just one cool dude; perhaps whatever tension other drivers released with cheering and partying, Walter kept it inside and used it for the next race and the next lap. True original this man. Love him. So - dont worry Bernard. He aint done yet. You still see him on Berg Rallies in Austria and other stuff. This guy will go on as long as he lives. He has more to prove now than before - to himself - that he still can do what he likes best: Delivering damn good times and getting the most out of the cars he is driving.

very interesting way to say that you're 23 years old, lol

They had safety systems back then. They called them seat belts.

@@inaNis_ Yeah wasn't worded in the most efficient way lmao

@@sugoruyo Thanks Sherlock, hence the "Borderline lack there of" statement

Thank you Misha for just leaving the chat out. Magic.

Probably? Probably? 😕 Not probably; he is.! 😆😂

He‘s not talented. He‘s simply good at it for he practiced a lot

Walter's tongue did some concentration work though

I think said and spoken spoken should be other way around

@@MSNYdude Yeah, maybe. But you get the point. lol

No words where needed. His foot and hands did the talking.

You can calmly skip the "if" about icon in the world. I'm not German. I feel it a privilege just to have been able to follow Walter Röhrl on television during his prime (whenever that is - seems to be still ongoing), I've met more known race drivers (or at least known within the racing community) during my visits at Die Schleife through decades of Touristenfahrten, but meeting Dr. Röhrl in person would most probably leave me completely speechless and get completely stuck in the questions that I had otherwise collected for him over 40 years. But it is really lucky that we have YT today, who since the beginning has meant that I have gotten to know him better as a person. His humble approach to everything and self-effacing personality and always matter-of-fact approach to things. A man in complete mental balance. A man in complete control. Who takes things step by step. And a person who you both feel could be your closest friend and at the same time on a completely different planet, to which you never get a ticket yourself. And know it with a completely settled feeling.

I would have done anything for some laps with Sabine.

@oNevPlus: This is so beautifully said ! Thank you for sharing

Walter and Motoharu seem to be alike both with their driving and how they are as persons 🍻

Loeb is the best racecar driver ever, Walter comes second, but still an absolute legend

@@lima_plays2492 ummm , no

@@kaur9384 Yes

@@lima_plays2492 No , there have been so many great drivers before Loeb

You must drive smooth when you drive fast, you are on the limit and any rough movements can make you loose the grip, you learn that if you been driving in snow for years

@@basukisugito3275especially when switching lanes. Gentle and steady, jerking over will send your butt into a skid or spin from the built up snow in between lanes. Smooth throttle and gentle brakes too

@@Deetroiter No brakes.

​@@basukisugito3275this is röhrl"s credo: he never works against the car or the road. He composes them together as one.

Always was a smooth driver with attention to detail. When with Opel (81 and 82 world title) he was always clean, avoiding any lost time sideways. But one of his best feat is how he won San Remo 1985 with a beast like the Quattro S1. He never liked Finland because the jumps, but what people said that Loeb was pioneer, Rhorl already has done it near 30 years before. Rhorl was the pioneer of the "apex drive", clean like no other especially with the Ascona 400 and Lancia 037. With the Gr. B he showed something else and why he won Monte with so many different cars / manufacturers!! That's what makes a GOAT on WRC. Be able to win in different cars from different eras.

After having tamed cars like 500 hp Quattro on narrow and slippery roads, driving the modern spaceship of a car that 992 911 GT3 RS is, on dry tarmac is ot such a big deal for a driver of his caliber. When people say about rally drivers that they are on a different level, it's for a reason.

@@installshieldwizard3017 very true

This was shot about 3 months ago😅

I noticed that as well -- such smooth operation.

His feeling for the car also made him that quick in group b back in the days. Because the cars werent as robust as today and you had to take care of your car over all the stages. I also like his shortshifting in this video. He doesnt push the car to hard, but is still super fast! Love it!

@@mgcharoudin 😅

Augen zu.. ein absoluter Vertrauens beweis.

Das ist einfach sein track es ist zu perfect

@@cellofgame7031 Und Sabines... 😞

Compared to other roadblock elders that are scared to go above 40km/h, id say he is doing pretty fine for 76 year old.

He's a long way from the limit and he says as much at the end, amazing driver and it would be interesting to know how much he actually has lost to age and reaction if he threw caution to the wind and gave it a full attempt. Nice to see he still derives great enjoyment from a twisty flowing road 🤙

For his age he's still incredibly fast. I can't imagine that there are more people at his age, with naturally declining reflexes, who can ride the NOS faster than Walter Röhrl. I like driving on the racetrack but I'm sure that at that age I won't be able to go much faster than a traffic island.

This was not his max. He dialed in at a speed he could do all day with people. He could have cut quite a number of seconds if he had so decided.

flat foot 7k rpm dropping into the carousel yeah idk about slowing down id say hes still on top of his game from minor foot movements to steering adjustments hes still a god

had to google his age upon reading this as I couldn't believe it. absolutely phenomenal career and amazing that he's still got it despite his age!

@@winnieatshunny yea totally

He's so fucking smooth it, makes it look so easy and effortless the way he drives.

Hij was echt aan het genieten, da's zeker.

Pedal control is quite precise