Nick to take on Nordschleife!

joseff · Post 14 Apr 2007, 16:50

RH1300S wrote:It will bite the unwary/un-skillfull & even unlucky (an oil spill over a blind cresting turn and all that awaits is a cold steel barrier )

Like this?

Tom · Post 14 Apr 2007, 18:00

Watch the second crash on this vid. I knew a guy who managed that on a runway, managed to get into a fishtail and suddenly the car flips. Just shows the kind of forces involved when a car is travelling.

Also why in joseff's video did the blurb say they were in a BMW (and it was certainly rwd) yet the car had Rover seat mats?

I recognise them from my Metro days.

jaslfc · Post 30 Apr 2007, 05:34

nick just done the laps. anyone know where i can watch it online?
too bad he din go the limit on one of the laps.

overdrayv · Post 30 Apr 2007, 06:28

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek1JUfd3R8w

joseff · Post 30 Apr 2007, 10:53

What? Eight and a half minutes! I can do that in a van, no problem...

jaslfc · Post 30 Apr 2007, 12:04

thanks

tomislavp4 · Post 30 Apr 2007, 16:54

You don´t even need a van, you can do it on your bike

Tom · Post 30 Apr 2007, 17:37

Not entirely fair, Nick was taking on the whole track, not just the public highway part.

Sawtooth-spike · Post 30 Apr 2007, 17:47

He was also on "Demo" Tyres, he also had to slow down for points for people to take photos. All in all it was just a demo, not really an attempt to break a record.

joseff · Post 30 Apr 2007, 19:14

One would suspect if Peter Sauber was in charge of the show, he'd let Nick have a go.

... or put Sabine Schmitz in the car!

ds.raikkonen · Post 01 May 2007, 07:50

Well it wuz more of a publicity stunt than a test

..sad..i thought theyd go fer a lap record..maybe under 6min

whiplash · Post 01 May 2007, 07:53

Another vid from the Sun newspaper in England

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,1102 ... 47_SUN1347

Octavarium · Post 01 May 2007, 19:32

ds.raikkonen wrote:Well it wuz more of a publicity stunt than a test ..sad..i thought theyd go fer a lap record..maybe under 6min

Once again it needs to be restated that he drove the GP course as well as the Norschliefe, I don't know whether or not he drove the short version of the GP course or the full one but either way that adds at least a minute to the time.

Also from watching the video I think it was a damned good effort - he only had 3 laps to learn the most demanding track in the world, yet even through some of the tougher sections he was hardly touring round.

I'm impressed with his balls regardless!!

ds.raikkonen · Post 01 May 2007, 20:14

Agreed dude..but 8:30 is a heck lot of a time for an F1 racer

..its a week! even the Z06 V8 cud lap Nordschleife in 7min 52sec...even if he had 3 laps to take it on