BMW has written another chapter in motor sport history on the legendary Nordschleife at the NЭrburgring. Today, Saturday, an modern Formula 1 vehicle was driven round the 20.8 kilometre race track for the first time in 31 years in front of a crowd numbering 45,000 BMW Sauber F1 Team driver Nick Heidfeld was extremely enthusiastic after three laps in the F1.06: "This drive was simply incredible. I thought it would be great to drive on the Nordschleife before I started out.
"But it was even better than I had expected. This racing track is the best in the world. I'd really like to have emptied the tank. It was a very special moment when I left the grand prix circuit in the direction of the Nordschleife. I was really shaken up at the Bergwerk section and on the DЖttinger HЖhe. I'll never forget today as long as I live. Another particularly special experience has now joined the many fantastic childhood memories and racing successes."
BMW Motorsport Director Mario Theissen said: "We wanted to give fans a special treat. And I believe we have done this with the entire BMW motor sport programme. The BMW M3 GTR that Olaf Manthey presented today was welcomed like an old friend. The car is actually much too athletic for the museum.
"Naturally, the high point was Nick's drive with the F1.06. We had implored him to be careful. The day was a homage to the fans and to this unique circuit in the world of racing. For once, the lap times were a secondary consideration."
Despite unusually hard demonstration tyres and short transmission ratio, Heidfeld notched up a top speed of 275 km/h on the long straight called the "DЖttinger HЖhe". The second lap was his fastest lap and took 8:34 minutes. A camera car took shots of the 29-year-old on some sections of all three laps and Heidfeld slowed down for the photo calls.
The F1.06 was adjusted for maximum ground clearance to drive on this uneven traditional circuit - four centimetres at the front axle, eight centimetres at the rear axle. No other modifications were carried out on the vehicle. One special measure was necessary for wireless communication. Team Manager Beat Zehnder travelled with the camera helicopter in order to secure the radio link over the entire distance instead of sitting on the pit wall as usual.
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BMW has written another chapter in motor sport history on the legendary
Nordschleife at the NЭrburgring. Today, Saturday, an modern Formula 1
vehicle was driven round the 20.8 kilometre race track for the first time
in 31 years in front of a crowd numbering 45,000 BMW Sauber F1 Team driver
Nick Heidfeld was extremely enthusiastic after three laps in the F1.06:
"This drive was simply incredible. I thought it would be great to drive on
the Nordschleife before I started out.
"But it was even better than I had expected. This racing track is the best
in the world. I'd really like to have emptied the tank. It was a very
special moment when I left the grand prix circuit in the direction of the
Nordschleife. I was really shaken up at the Bergwerk section and on the
DЖttinger HЖhe. I'll never forget today as long as I live. Another
particularly special experience has now joined the many fantastic
childhood memories and racing successes."
BMW Motorsport Director Mario Theissen said: "We wanted to give fans a
special treat. And I believe we have done this with the entire BMW motor
sport programme. The BMW M3 GTR that Olaf Manthey presented today was
welcomed like an old friend. The car is actually much too athletic for the
museum.
"Naturally, the high point was Nick's drive with the F1.06. We had
implored him to be careful. The day was a homage to the fans and to this
unique circuit in the world of racing. For once, the lap times were a
secondary consideration."
Despite unusually hard demonstration tyres and short transmission ratio,
Heidfeld notched up a top speed of 275 km/h on the long straight called
the "DЖttinger HЖhe". The second lap was his fastest lap and took 8:34
minutes.
So, 20 effing *seconds* off the pace....of twenty years ago. Not very impressive....surely even a demo should give a glimpse of how quick a modern F1 car is. Doc
A camera car took shots of the 29-year-old on some sections of all three
laps and Heidfeld slowed down for the photo calls.
The F1.06 was adjusted for maximum ground clearance to drive on this
uneven traditional circuit - four centimetres at the front axle, eight
centimetres at the rear axle. No other modifications were carried out on
the vehicle. One special measure was necessary for wireless communication.
Team Manager Beat Zehnder travelled with the camera helicopter in order to
secure the radio link over the entire distance instead of sitting on the
"Naturally, the high point was Nick's drive with the F1.06. We had
implored him to be careful. The day was a homage to the fans and to this
unique circuit in the world of racing. For once, the lap times were a
secondary consideration."
"Don't you dare break it" - driver goes slowly.
Despite unusually hard demonstration tyres and short transmission ratio,
Heidfeld notched up a top speed of 275 km/h on the long straight called
the "D ttinger H he". The second lap was his fastest lap and took 8:34
minutes.
So, 20 effing *seconds* off the pace....of twenty years ago. Not very
impressive....surely even a demo should give a glimpse of how quick a modern
F1 car is.
I don't see even someone like Nick Heidfeld being properly fast after just 2 laps - they need to give him about 20 and then see how fast he goes, but also they'd be justifiably worried about what would happen if he did crash.
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Despite unusually hard demonstration tyres and short transmission ratio,
Heidfeld notched up a top speed of 275 km/h on the long straight called
the "D ttinger H he". The second lap was his fastest lap and took 8:34
minutes.
So, 20 effing *seconds* off the pace....of twenty years ago. Not very
impressive....surely even a demo should give a glimpse of how quick a
modern F1 car is.
I don't see even someone like Nick Heidfeld being properly fast after just
2 laps - they need to give him about 20 and then see how fast he goes, but
also they'd be justifiably worried about what would happen if he did
crash.
Which begs the question, why use an F1 car to drive around the Nordschleife
at touring car speeds?
Showing off? "Getting closer to the fans"? Marketing? Renault always bring an F1 car to the World Series event at Donington Park, and someone drives it round at considerably less than flat out - it's still nice to see it, and it's as close as I ever get to an F1 car.
[CatharticF1 <eferrari@heaven.net>] | | So he plainly wasn't pushing at all! I'd hoped for a more aggressive run | that would have set a new high without risking safety.
I would have thought that they'd push it a bit further, but I can't really say I blame them for playing it safe. this track is hard even on regular cars and it has no safety features beyond guardrails.
| I wonder what time it would have been capable of? I suspect BMW | could have done a simulated run to get a sense of the potential | pace.
I am not so sure that modern F1 cars can accomplish the sort of speeds they used to get up to 1976. F1 cars only work properly on even surfaces.
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