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What is the fastest car in the 'ring
krlthms - 10/12/04 at 06:35 PM

http://autotelegraaf.nl/vanonzeredactie/?id=29876

A Donkervoort sevenesque locostesque holds the absolute record for the Nürburgring. 7 minutes and 18 seconds for 22 Km, that is 200 kmh /120 mph minus change AVERAGE speed. Fourteen seconds faster than a Carrera GT. That is, if the two cars raced side by side, the Donker would have been ~ 0.5 mile (~ 750 m) ahead at the end of the lap. Holy s**t.

mars0505 - 10/12/04 at 07:17 PM

And beating the record of a Porsche wih 612 hp, costing just over 400.000 GBP.
That's will give them in Stutgart something to think over.

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krlthms - 10/12/04 at 07:27 PM

If you click on the photo in the article to enlarge it, you can see that the car has all 4 wheels off the ground, literally flying!

nicklondon - 10/12/04 at 07:58 PM

what time did the Radical do? i thought it had the record.

MikeR - 10/12/04 at 08:39 PM

the radical isn't a production car - neither is the dork, derk, do.... that dutch car really.

Hellfire - 10/12/04 at 09:35 PM

Amazing .... not. Nothing surprises me about the 7 type cars anymore!

andylancaster3000 - 10/12/04 at 11:23 PM

who was driving, it wasn't that women from top gear a couple of weeks ago was it??!!

Andy

andylancaster3000 - 10/12/04 at 11:25 PM

And according to the radical website, the sr3 turboo did it in 7 mins 19 seconds, so 1 sec slower then the donkervoort!

Andy

jollygreengiant - 11/12/04 at 09:18 AM

Sorry thats bad. In the photo he's got all his wheels of the ground, there fore he's loosing an awful lot of grip and traction. my point is that if he'd had more wing then he'd have been in contact with the ground and he should have been able to go FASTER.

krlthms - 11/12/04 at 09:28 AM

quote:
Originally posted by jollygreengiant
Sorry thats bad. In the photo he's got all his wheels of the ground, there fore he's loosing an awful lot of grip and traction. my point is that if he'd had more wing then he'd have been in contact with the ground and he should have been able to go FASTER.


True, but cool nevertheless
I think he/she had just hit a bump. I think the ring is quite bumpy in places. There are famous pictures of Hans Stuck doing this flying) in the 70s.
I don't think they make wings any bigger than that.

mangogrooveworkshop - 11/12/04 at 11:45 AM

quote:
Originally posted by krlthms
quote:
Originally posted by jollygreengiant
Sorry thats bad. In the photo he's got all his wheels of the ground, there fore he's loosing an awful lot of grip and traction. my point is that if he'd had more wing then he'd have been in contact with the ground and he should have been able to go FASTER.


True, but cool nevertheless
I think he/she had just hit a bump. I think the ring is quite bumpy in places. There are famous pictures of Hans Stuck doing this flying) in the 70s.
I don't think they make wings any bigger than that.




It was this very problem that almost cost Lauda his life. Some builders may not remember this due to them not being born
yet. 76
quote remember this

Of course the other milestone in the history of the Nurburgring is Niki Lauda's accident in the 1976 race. On lap two of the race Lauda lost control of his Ferrari and crashed across the track into the barriers. The car immediately caught fire and after that was hit by one of the following cars. Lauda was pulled from the wreck by Arturo Merzario, Guy Edwards, Harald Ertl and Brett Lunger, who had all stopped their cars to rescue the unfortunate Austrian.

Rindt at the Nurburgring, 1966The situation didn't look good for Lauda. He had lost his helmet during the crash, exposing his head to the flames. He was taken to a nearby hospital with severe burns to his head, face and hands, and damaged lungs because of inhaling poisonous gases. Many feared for his life, but after an amazing recovery, Lauda stepped into his Ferrari again just a few weeks after his accident and finished fourth at Monza. Eventually, Lauda's accident did not only cost the Austrian the World Championship, but it also cost the Nurburgring its Grand Prix hosting.

Eight years later, the Ring was back on the Formula One calendar as the European Grand Prix, but sadly it had lost almost all of its glory. Of the racers who competed in the final race on the old track, only two were present on the new track: Niki Lauda and Jacques Lafitte, with the former being the centre of attention, returning to the place of his worst nightmare. Lauda was closing in on his third world title with only McLaren teammate Alain Prost left to battle him. The first qualifying session put the Austrian back in fifteenth position after having technical problems.





[Edited on 11-12-04 by mangogrooveworkshop]

krlthms - 12/12/04 at 09:14 AM

Found the picture of Hans Stuck's (the son!) flying BMW in the 'ring

http://www.pelicanparts.com/BMW/catalog/shopcart/DWKS/POR_DWKS_POSTBI_pg12.htm

There is also another interesting picture of flames coming out of the exhaust.