BMW M3 E46 Nordschleife Time Attack

[Driverdb]

On November 5th multiple Swedish Touring Car champion Richard Görnasson took a street legal souped up BMW M3 E46 CSL to try and beat some of the supercars around the Nordschleife.

The lap time ended up at 7:22 in cold conditions with Richard claiming that a 7:15 would be possible in good conditions, with proper preparations and with a clear track.

Some lap records around the Nordschleife (with more or less road legal cars):

6:55 Radical SR8 - Michael Vergers
7:11 McLaren F1 Promo car - Mika Häkkinen
7:12 BMW M3 GTR - H.J. Stuck
7:12 Radical SR3 Turbo
7:14 Donkervoort D8 - Michael Düchting
7:15 EDO Porsche 996 GT2 RS - Patrick Simon
7:22 BMW M3 E46 CSL Loaded - Richard Göransson
7:28 Pagani Zonda F
7:28 Porsche Carrera GT - Walter Röhrl
7:32 Porsche 997 GT2 - Wakter Röhrl
7:34 Koenigsegg CCR - Horst von Saurma
7:38 Nissan GT-R
7:40 Bugatti Veyron
7:42 Corvette C06 - Jan Magnussen
7:42 Ford GT
7:43 Lamborghini Murcielago
7:46 Jaguar XJ220 - John Nielsen
7:47 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano

And the full lap onboard. The sound in this is pretty awesome. :)
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[saltysurprise]

I had to watch that 3 times!:D Amazing might be an understatement. And yeah, the sound is unreal.

I was practically hypnotized by it. As you watch him, it's almost like a good book or story that builds and builds. And once you reach Flugplatz, about 2 thirds of the way through, it's like this great brutal coreography. Finally the great straight, like the climax to the film before the end. Beauty!

Thanks DB:thumbsup:

[M3Power]

I knew that I read about this somewhere a few days ago.

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/news/default.asp?storyId=17133

Have a look.

[Ryan]

I had to watch that 3 times!:D Amazing might be an understatement. And yeah, the sound is unreal.

You should hear what the V8 GTR model sounds like.:thumbsup:

I was practically hypnotized by it. As you watch him, it's almost like a good book or story that builds and builds. And once you reach Flugplatz, about 2 thirds of the way through, it's like this great brutal coreography. Finally the great straight, like the climax to the film before the end. Beauty!

I'm not sure which corner your referring to but it's not Flugplatz.;) Flugplatz is in the very early part of the lap, at about 50 seconds into the run.

But regardless that is a great lap, on my all time favourite circuit.

The unofficial lap record is held by the late Stefan Bellof at 6:11.13 while qualifying for the 1983 Nurburgring 1000km. The official record is 6:25.91, also held by Bellof set during the 1983 1000km race in a Porsche 956.

Thanks to the wonder that is video games I have been able to run this track hundreds of times. During the summer I would usually do 5-10 laps a day. I just can't get enough of that track.

My personal best is a 6:06. set in a Porsche GT1.

[JoStream]

Very, very nice :thumbsup:. It's such a sexy track, a real challenge. What I like a lot are the narrow curbs that are the only separator between the track and the moist grass. No run-off areas, a mistake is a mistake :wonder:

But two questions remain. As far as I understand anybody can drive on that track. If that's the case I need to prove whether my feeling that I could drive around it faster is correct :lol:

Anybody have a BMW M3 E46 CSL for day use? I'll accept equivalent Mercs too :p

[saltysurprise]

I'm not sure which corner your referring to but it's not Flugplatz.;) Flugplatz is in the very early part of the lap, at about 50 seconds into the run.


My personal best is a 6:06. set in a Porsche GT1.

I'll have to watch the video again:D I'll try and find the time. I was going off a map I have of the track. It was late, and I had 'other' matters at hand. Don't drive the Ring:drunk::lol:. Obviously I'd do a much longer stint than you would:lol: I haven't got the damn thing memorized:wonder::lol:

Either way it's freakin' beautiful to watch:thumbsup:

[Ryan]

More videos: :D

The Radical SR3 vid

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Derek describes his qualifying run for the 1983 1000km. Probably the fastest ever on-board lap of the Ring.

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Bike style.:cool:

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[Ryan]

And to top it all off!:D:D:D

[saltysurprise]

I don't know why, but for some reason, I can't get your embeds to work, Ryan:confused: I'm sure it's the Tube, because they wouldn't work for me there either.

*I can't seem to get any Tube vids to work tonight:mad:

[Ryan]

They work fine for me.:confused:

Here's the link for the Heidfeld video.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0ceX5Wk-zSY

[saltysurprise]

They work fine for me.:confused:

Here's the link for the Heidfeld video.



Strange. The only one that works for me is the one DB had originally posted:confused:

Anyway, you'll notice that the Heidfeld clip has embedding disabled. That's why I removed it. I suppose I could have left the url though:rolleyes::o

[Driverdb]

Strange. The only one that works for me is the one DB had originally posted:confused:

That's because all my posts are of top quality! :lol: