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LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!!!!! when i was stationed in germany, Sabine was still doing Ring Taxi drives. i went to the track constantly on my days off, and on one particular day, i remember seeing a pretty blond lady in a helmet driving the ring taxi simply RIP past me just before Flugplatz jump. that memory sticks with me, and i feel honored to have been with her on the track!
Also a thing that nearly anyone knows is: the Porsche 919 Evo Team called Stefan Beloff's family before they got to try the record and asked them if it would be okay for them, when they try to beat Beloff's record time. His family was okay with that and so they did it😊 Thats some great sportsmanship right there(
It's a beautiful track, in a beautiful place, but under that beautiful mask hides a true monster. There's no other place like the ring, no other track that can rival it. My friend who used to go there all the time to test his limits described it as "a rally stage, but for cars that should not run a rally stage". If you make one tiny mistake, the ring will take your life. On most permanent tracks you can just push your limits and even get a bit cocky. But do that here and you'll find yourself meeting the barrier at 240 immediately. One more risky part is the weather. The region always has very tricky weather but on the ring one section can be dry like the desert while another part is flooded with rain. If you do visit, be careful, be respectful, and remember that the ring will not forgive. Stay safe
weather is what played part in the Nikki Lauda crash in 76. part of the track was dry, part was wet, due to the massive amount of land the track covers. cars were skittering about because teams didn't know what tires to run on. everyone, including Nikki, was pushing really hard, and that may have played a part in the failure in the rear suspension on the car that caused his fiery spinout. (so glad he survived, and went on to etch his mark as one of the all-time great F1 drivers)
I think one of the greatest feats ever on the Nurb was when the argentinian Ika brought 3 Torino sedans along with Fangio and won the 84 hours endurance. Yep, you heard that right. Not 24, but 84 HOURS. And for me the craziest manufacturer team endeavor was AMC taking the AMX there in 69 and during the 80's.
I live in Germany and this year summer was my first time Visiting The Ring To experience it in real life with your own car was an Experience I will never forget since then I’m in Love with that track and I will be there again next year when the season starts That was the start of a Love story 😂
Went there for the first time ever as well this year, its incredible. Any car fan should do a lap at some point, even if you have a shit car. I drove a fiat panda and it was the coolest thing I've done in a while
my first lap of the ring was in late 1999 in a crappy mk1 vw that i built. in the 2.5 years i was stationed near Ramstein, i put over 100 laps on the track in that little car. nearly 25 years on, it is still the most exciting thing ive done! i later went to put over 10,000 laps in simulator, and it remains the best ring of tarmac on the planet for me.
I drove the track countless times and managed a 7:27 in a street legal (kind of, because germany😅) car. As i watched the 919Evo Lap record video, i did NOT understand what i was seeing... A corner where i slightly lift at 200km/h the used the e-boost at over 280 and boosted to 330... Its still unreal for me... Im sure he would do the same time without downforce because the weight of his balls would manage it😂. Also thanks for including Sabine, no video about the ring is complete without her mentioning.❤
I saw it live at the Fuchsröhre doing 330 and 3 other places. As soon as I knew it was coming, it was already gone again. Absolutely mind blowing. Even in the slow chicane after the Fuchsröhre, it was scary to watch
i was there in fall and i was very happy with my around 16 Minutes in my 2003 Astra, i mean i knew it a bit from sim but being there with your own car is a whole other level
The team that took a Dodge Viper SVR is a cool story too. I know that they didn't end up breaking the production car record but I think it's worth an honorable mention.
Thank you for this and for including the Donkervoort lap time. Bought my Donkervoort S8 from the German importer who I believe set the lap time you mentioned - great car & great people.
My best time was 9 min. 40 sec. in 1992 , done in an Alfetta GTV 2.0 . It had 155 bhp on 1120 kg . Glad I survived all 60 plus laps I did in 1990 , 91 and 92 without a single scratch . Its the worlds greatest track for shure as is camping Muhlenbach just nearby were we stayed with our club .
Trying to drive that track on PlayStation 4 on Gran Turismo spec is a challenge in itself always crashing what a great challenge nonetheless great video by the way
"the impossible lap" I had goosebumps as you were narrating Stefan Bellof's accomplishment of 6:11 (I played it back like 4 times) man's hero his story is definitely worth exploring. The narration, the videos and the way you score your vids good shit looking forward to the next one. Bravo
🇧🇪R. I. P. ❤SABINE 😢🇧🇪.. SHE WAS FULL OF LIFE.🎉 QUEEN OF THE TRACK.🇧🇪. I only knew of her 4m top gear. When Clarkson told her his time around the track real proud of himself, she laughed said I'd do that in a Van. Best Comeback Ever.. So She Got A Van Gave It Every Move She Had.. She Even Got Scared But Missed It By 9 Sec.. She Was Crazy.! 💯😢❤️🇧🇪. Sadly Missed.. 🇮🇪Brian..
@colossae3241 same! I know the story well but I like how Hunters Moon puts his videos together. Also the story is relatively unknown for how crazy it is
Nikki Lauda, one of the most talented Drivers to ever exist, was laughed at and mocked because he asked to boycott the race, I believe on top of not enough marshals it was a race that started in rain but cleared up, but he experienced exactly what he tried to stop. The Nürburgring has insanely unpredictable weather, a couple of years ago during a 24Hr race the race had to be red flagged for some time because of the weather, you had different weather on several parts of the track, and I am not joking, you had blue sky and sunshine on the GP course, a couple km further on the track it was raining, a third of the track saw so much hail that the ground froze over, so much that nobody could get forward any more. And the nights are scary, because there is only lighting on the GP course, the rest is darkness. And Sabine, may she rest in peace, talented and beloved, her spirit lives on with Frikadelli Racing that won the 2023 Nürburgring 24 Hr race in the brand-new Ferrari, it was a race of firsts, First EVER Ferrari win in the 24Hr race, first ever win by a New Zealand driver, first Frikadelli win, and they also smashed the distance record.
Your videos are always so incredible, I can't even begin to think how much effort these videos take to make. I'll always look forward to more of your videos!
Great great video! - Friendly feedback though from a fellow Nordschleife nerd: - You forgot to mention the F1 runs Heidfeld made in 2007 in a BMW Sauber - laps were not timed and slowed to film some sections, but the parts he ran all out could be added together to 5:30 so it could very well be argued that if a 2007 F1 could run a 5:30 with minimal and safe setup, a 5:10 - 5:15 for a 2018-2020 F1 car which is the fastest there is, especially in Q3 trim + suspension. - The time between the Radikals and the 918 were immense, like 10 yrs, and Radikal did make a non track SR8 that also did it under 7min in real street trim on street tires. - Should be emphasized (which you did) that the pre-1969/1970 Nordschleife was much MUCH harder than the 1975-today one - Lot less bumps, more visibility and no trees/hedges/signposts.
I got to drive it twice with a rental track cars. My company sent me to Germany on business and I took the opportunity, so glad I did!. Nice video, better than many I have seen.
YESSSSS ANOTHER VIDEOOOO. I’m always looking forward to any video made by this legend. Keep up the amazing work and never stop making videos you legend.
To clarify the Porsche-Nissan dispute a bit: Porsche did it's Nürburgring laps with cars that were standard production cars. They simply took a car that had just been built and ran it at the Ring. Nissan came to the Ring with a whole team and spent multiple runs to tweak the setup before setting their fastest lap. Porsche therefore argued that Nissan did not use a standard production car and that therefore its lap times didn't count in the standard class.
These videos are always so well made, you definitely deserve more attention, you should do a video on Ayrton Senna and the 80s and early 90s F1 scene in general
Your content is awesome, I've seen most of your content, and it's very diverse, the real question if you had to make a racing circuit, what would it be?
Not gonna lie, it's the BEST video about the Nürburgring, but it lacks the audiences it deserves for being so underrated. Perhaps a more captivating thumbnail, like "The Story of the Nürburgring" in the thumbnail could draw more viewers in. Just my suggestion, but I hope it helps abit. :3 🥰🥰🥰
It's hard to imagine a story about the Nurburgring without at least touching on the 1957 German Grand Prix when Fangio, in the race of his life, defeated Hawthorn and Collins in their superior Ferraris. Sorry you missed it. B/T/W Fangio broke the track record at that time a couple of times in the last few laps, and proclaimed that he would never drive like that again. He lived into old age as a Mercedes exec in Argentina. Both Mike Hawthorn and Peter Collins died in car accidents within a couple of years after the historic 1957 German Grand Prix.
I hope someday you would cover SPA Francorchamps in the same fashion, this video was incredibly fun to watch and quite informative, absolutely well done ✅ Amazing job my friend
looking at comments am i seriously only one impressed record was held by an editor of a magazine at one point? if footage is legit one who wasn't exactly in the prime of his life either. insane reflexes
Only thing I could think to add is a segment on "RU-vid corner", but to be fair there's not a lot that could be said about it besides "being an iconic corner located at Brünnchen, which is a popular spot for filming cars due to the natural geography and tricky corners which make accidents not uncommon".
I remember seeing so many competitors taking laps it's a long and difficult stretch of track I've also played this track multiple times on gran tourismo
Very interesting. I've only ever sampled this track on a playstation, but I did hundreds of laps and felt that I knew every inch of it. I'd love to do it for real.
RIP Sabine. Queen of the Ring Forever. Nords is by far my Favorite track, truly a bucketlist item to do a lap here. Have 1000's of laps on Assetto and other racing sims. My best so far is a 5:22 Around Tourist in a Ferrari F2004.
I'm astonished that you didn't mentioned the F1 Gran Prix of 1957 with Juan Manuel Fangio. He would break the lap record ten times. His fastest lap was 9min 17.4 seconds which was 8.2 seconds quicker than his pole time. On the twenty-first lap Fangio passed Collins in the Nordkurve he then caught and passed Hawthron at Breidscheid for the race lead.
I vividly remember the amount of enraged Porsche fans when the Performante broke the record. Almost 7 years have passed since then god damn time flies.
Well said well done video really like your video and your perspective on it I did not know that A. Senna in 1984 won them Mercedes 190 race all I know is I've always wanted one of those really nice AMG modified 190s and senna is my favorite driver
I'm still puzzled that 100 years ago, they had like 12minutes around the course. (Which was more difficult and the roads not that proper at that time!) Now we are around like 6 minutes. Its just half the time. Its not like, we went from 60 mins to 6 minutes.. just from 12 to 6 minutes. Which shows, that cars did not have a very good progression. (Computers incomparison are like a trillion times faster - within just 50 years!)
Deadliest race track is actually the Isle of Man TT course with over 250 deaths since 1907. Nordschleife is dangerous but the TT is on a whole other level...
