When running that low its always either a solid plate or rails that touch before anything important, that way they can keep it so close to the ground that basically no air is allowed underneath. That helps downforce A LOT (that's why they have a rule for how low an F1 car can be, they don't want people breaking their back on humps at 300kph, but in hillclimb they never achieve such speeds so they have different height rules).
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Just pure absolute sound, LOVE it. That engine is music to my ears. I think it's safe to say that he's driven this course a good many times, the speed at which he pilots the corners is insanity hahaha!! (EDIT) with the exception of the mishap at 4:20 time
Hard as a rock. Notice the exhaust blowing the rear diffuser, he needs to map the engine accordingly to keep gases coming out under braking otherwise the downforce levels fluctuate causing pretty evident unbalance on corner entry. My two cents
I'm glad the Mercedes won. Would of loved to been piloting that beast. Driver did well with just that little uh-oh which hey if your pushing that hard let's face it that's bound to happen at some point. My congrats to both car and driver. Made it look way easier and I'm sure way way less expensive then it actually is!!! Great video!!!
Its a good thing these roads are pretty smooth, I can feel every bump in my car with its stiff suspension, I can only imagine how a bump feels with how low and stiff this beauts ride is.
You know us Aussie car guys think we're pretty cool in the car scene , and we are!!, but this takes the cake for all out unbelievable :-) . Wtf did I see at 4:20 he just kept going flat out still after that!!! :-) :-) Guys ,here's an awesome driver in some majorly awesome engineering , WOW
I was going to post how this reminds me of Georg, and how it's thought his crash was due to bottoming out, and not allowing him to turn properly when he need to.
Rally car's drivers have an actual copilot to tell them where to turn and how's the turn. A single driver could not drive at night with nothing but his headlights, ESPECIALLY with monstrous aero and over 600hp.
Super Video! Der SLK ist das Monster Pur.... Da kannste nichts abstreiten.. Aber Ihr könnt mal ein Video von dem 2. fachen Europameister Ronnie Bratscho machen :)
Ja genau, als Slalom Champion 2013. Ich werde schon wiedermal eines machen von. In den letzten beiden Jahren ist er halt nicht sehr oft hier gefahren oder hatte auch zum Teil technische Probleme.
Mercedes could not built good engines… without Judd the car would be not successful. The best race cars and engines are all Made in England for many times.
@@simontemplar4093that’s not true at all. Mercedes can’t build a V6 or V12 to save their life, but their V8’s have ranged from pretty decent to downright reliability stalwarts.
Thomas Kwon actually it is good to have a car this low with this kind of turns. Deep car maximum downforce -> faster turns. This is not a highspeed track. Look at f1 in Monaco the setup is similar.
This by all means it's not good, yes you need to maximize the amount of down force but this could actually get you disqualified in F1, that's why they have to race with a wood plank underneath that gets measured at the end of every race to see how much got "sanded" down
Alexis Maldonado Alexis Maldonado well good thing this isn’t F1. For the purposes of a hill climb the scraping is tradeoff you can live with because of the added downforce. You want to carry as much speed as possible into and out of the turns. I.e you want your car as low as possible. Clearly it works given how fast he went.
Makes you realise just how crazy some modern cars are. People drive cars to work and shopping with more powerful engines! My good friend has a 650 hp Opel Monaro as an everyday car. Ford and Mopar make production cars with 700+ bhp!
The chassis? You need to go read up on it! Double wishbone suspension all round mounted to a space frames chassis with a completely no Mercedes drive train! Basically it is a full race car with the outline similar to a Mercedes silk! The bits of the Mercedes are not structural and all the outer panels are bespoke but similar in looks to production car.
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That car shaved 10 kg after completing this course.
Weight minus 20KG Downforce -150 KG sounds like stats for an RPG..
The reason the car crash because its too low
😂😂😂
lol
Road split into two
Scraped the road clean!
hahaha ikr
It is literally scuffed
$1000000 scraper
probably 200k-300k
Ashish Mohan I hate breaking but this cars are so fast 1 mistake and you would probably destroy the cars aesthetics n aerodynamics
You know a car is going fast when it actually looks fast on a video from all angles!
I clicked on it because the thumbnail looked fast
so fast I thought it was sped up
“A car is only then fast enough when just the thought of unlocking it scares the shit out of you!” - Walther Röhrl
just the tittle is enough to know that the car is going fast
video is obviously speed up
Awesome machine! Every time I see or hear a Judd V8, I can't help but remember the late, great, Georg Plasa. This guy looks to be in the same league.
I'm sure that somewhere Georg is smiling... Thank you MPZ.
Thank you!
Jang Suharna
Well Said Peter.
Aw :/ I still miss him to this day.
Ah damn it..rip Georg..
The Driver took "you need to feel the street" way too serious.
right? who needs an oil pan, we can just leave most of it on the pavement!
Dry sump. The advantage is a smaller oil pan.
Jona Muir That's how you achieve faster times brotha.
When running that low its always either a solid plate or rails that touch before anything important, that way they can keep it so close to the ground that basically no air is allowed underneath. That helps downforce A LOT (that's why they have a rule for how low an F1 car can be, they don't want people breaking their back on humps at 300kph, but in hillclimb they never achieve such speeds so they have different height rules).
The down force pushes the suspension down
Engineer: "Dont worry, the aerodynamics are self tuning."
Of course, and if something on the wings go wrong he will have the same fate as Georg Plasa :-(
I'm not going to even lie but this is the first time I ever see a Mercedes Benz Hill Climb car.
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Again for the 2nd ruclips.net/video/nPmEprG8Awk/видео.html (perfect sound)
controls and steering response around the corners seemed effortless. Incredible.
Great footage. Thanks for the upload!..these sounds make my day
Absolutely Amazing. That car is glued to the road!
Just pure absolute sound, LOVE it. That engine is music to my ears.
I think it's safe to say that he's driven this course a good many times, the speed at which he pilots the corners is insanity hahaha!!
(EDIT) with the exception of the mishap at 4:20 time
Judd engines are some of the sweetest music in all of the automotive world.
that thing looks planted and so composed! Who would've thought SLK is a great hill climb racer, love the sound!
This is the sweetest thing i see on the rd in a longtime..very nice..BENZ"..EXCELLENT DRIVER
Ein unglaublich spektakulärer Bolide, der von Reto Meisel sehr geschickt am Limit bewegt wird. Danke für die tollen Aufnahmen!
crazy sound , beautifull car , i lost my cake in my cofee 2 times when i watched this video
Thank you!
Jean-Jacques Herpes .
Jean-Jacques Herpes
That'd be the cold sores...
You're not alone. Grammar.
Why are you dipping cake in coffee?
What an incredible machine and driver. Bravo to the engineers and driver man, so badass
Awesome footage! Thanks for sharing.
Reminds me so much of Plasa and his E36 M3 JUDD V8, still getting goosebumps...
judd v8 but not same music at all BMW from Plasa was something special.
Both driver and car are just epic fast!! :¬O
Judd v8.Awesome sound.Plasa the King.The exhaust note very similar but restricted.
One of my favorite sounding vehicles now.
That defuser spoiler setup is wicked cool! 😮😮😮
Hard as a rock.
Notice the exhaust blowing the rear diffuser, he needs to map the engine accordingly to keep gases coming out under braking otherwise the downforce levels fluctuate causing pretty evident unbalance on corner entry.
My two cents
So he crashed, nothing broke because of the quality build and continued? insanely awesome. the speed is fkn crazy :D
Diedrik de Vries some carbon fiber broke off of the car, I think it was from the lip
From the setup to low
Diedrik de Vries bmw
Diedrik de Vries only left side of the front diffuser and the left wheel well that it
The car that crashed is number 570. The car they show after is 479.
Wow that handles so good. Completely dialed in!
I've never heard a V8 sound quite like this beauty
I'm glad the Mercedes won.
Would of loved to been piloting that beast. Driver did well with just that little uh-oh which hey if your pushing that hard let's face it that's bound to happen at some point.
My congrats to both car and driver.
Made it look way easier and I'm sure way way less expensive then it actually is!!! Great video!!!
And that my friends is why cars have paddle-shifters. That is an amazing man and machine. in the rain?...insane!
The grip,, and the handling just soooooooooooooo amazing,,
Its a good thing these roads are pretty smooth, I can feel every bump in my car with its stiff suspension, I can only imagine how a bump feels with how low and stiff this beauts ride is.
Reto is a great driver and a very nice guy :)
nice looking car and also great performance!!
What a machine! Fantastic footage!
Thanks!
I believe a electric car will be much faster.
The panorama of swiss mountains.. so calm. Then comes the monster. I like that.
Incredible Handling on that beast
that's what they call a glorious sound. that undertone. few engines have it
I love a good Judd V8! All around great racing engine!
That’s mad skills!!… seriously watch that twice WHOA!
You know us Aussie car guys think we're pretty cool in the car scene , and we are!!, but this takes the cake for all out unbelievable :-) . Wtf did I see at 4:20 he just kept going flat out still after that!!! :-) :-) Guys ,here's an awesome driver in some majorly awesome engineering , WOW
You should really look more into European hillclimbing.Plenty of crazy cars with great drivers.
*hits blunt*
Did you say 4:20, maaaaaan?
Wish we had hillclimb cars like this over here
cool and great driving technique
Awesome King of the mountain number 999 thumbs up 🏆
Some if the best reflexes needed in this sport and hand eye coordination like no other event
Hitting corners like a Boss...
I think his car is too high he should lower it
agree maybe an inch or 2 would do 🤔
Umm, guys we have a problem, the car has literally no traction or grip...
armando ramirez did you know hear or see it scraping
Downforce isn't enough lol
the diffuser is scraping the road already lmao
Bloody Hell.. handles superb, like a scalextric car.. loved it
A Star made and born in old good germany. Highest performance and Settings all over!!
this is amazing . you can hear the driver gunning it round the bends through the gears and the car just doesnt brake traction!
epic
that grip is impressive😍😍
i like it, this merc stance is put in good use
Grande Reto !!¨come sempre la SVIZZERA da lezioni al mondo ciao..
love it, but still love Judd134 more, RIP Georg Plasa #neverforget
Seban420 it's so sad...
F.
I was going to post how this reminds me of Georg, and how it's thought his crash was due to bottoming out, and not allowing him to turn properly when he need to.
These events at night would be legendary!
With no street lights? Lmao RIP
Just like how there's plenty of rally circuits in the night with no street lights. You just need to equip great aux lighting.
TheGameDeity lol it not hard to do this at night with no street light. Try california canyon roads at night lol done it plenty of time
Rally car's drivers have an actual copilot to tell them where to turn and how's the turn. A single driver could not drive at night with nothing but his headlights, ESPECIALLY with monstrous aero and over 600hp.
Sense of momentum would be insanely hard to judge.
I love this channel. I hope you guys can come to Colorado to film Pikes Peak Hillclimb :)
It takes the corners so smoothly
Just perfect!
Carro lindo... piloto guia muito ,foi no limite
One of the best!
Bodenfreiheit ist was für Anfänger. Klasse Video!
Danke!
Ach Quatsch, das schleift sich ein ;)
nice video!! go reto go!! i hope listen the real sound whit the free exhaust!
Thank you, Yes, it sounds much more better with an open exhaust, but in Switzerland he was running in the E1 class with a sound limit... sniff
Mayo87ita は
man thats an awesome beast of a mercedez
Not much of an mercedes on this car anymore. xD Still a great car! ^^
What a beast. Got the perfect nickname for it...Sparky
Thanks for that rad video
if they had crowd control like this in the 80s they never would have been my favorite group b cars.
Seems slightly too low :D
lol sounds like it too
all in the name of aerodynamics :D
you just need to give it some gas to lift the front ;)
even f1 have tried to no suspension settings to make the downforce even bigger
It relays heavily on ground effect, is my guess. It doesn't work if the car is even a bit too high.
Love the Cattle soundtrack!
Poetry in motion!!
This was simply incredible. Loved the trick, how he shed unnecessary weight towards the end. Like to see who could beat this?
Nice. A bucketload of downforce, heaps of power, and a guy that can steer a car (except for the off into the hill!).
Magnifique magnifique bravo bravo
Saw this car in Osnabrück - the gearbox cracked right in front of me ;) BTW, the sound in reality is even mor awesome than in the video.
this video shows how the quality must be to enjoy the viewing
Super Video! Der SLK ist das Monster Pur.... Da kannste nichts abstreiten.. Aber Ihr könnt mal ein Video von dem 2. fachen Europameister Ronnie Bratscho machen :)
Danke Dir! Schau mal in unserem Kanal, wir haben schon Videos vom Ronnie gemacht!
Ja ich weiss aber das eine war ja von der Saison 2013 oder?
Ja genau, als Slalom Champion 2013. Ich werde schon wiedermal eines machen von. In den letzten beiden Jahren ist er halt nicht sehr oft hier gefahren oder hatte auch zum Teil technische Probleme.
Onboard Aufnahme wäre auch schön gewesen
the weather was perfect😊
Now this is fun to watch.
Damn nice SLK Racecar :) What a shame that it's not really used in much competitions, championships ...
Mercedes could not built good engines… without Judd the car would be not successful. The best race cars and engines are all Made in England for many times.
@@simontemplar4093that’s not true at all. Mercedes can’t build a V6 or V12 to save their life, but their V8’s have ranged from pretty decent to downright reliability stalwarts.
the diffuser scraping the ground probably cost him some time lol
Thomas Kwon actually it is good to have a car this low with this kind of turns. Deep car maximum downforce -> faster turns. This is not a highspeed track. Look at f1 in Monaco the setup is similar.
Niklas Ostermann Yep you're right, it's all about downforce.
This by all means it's not good, yes you need to maximize the amount of down force but this could actually get you disqualified in F1, that's why they have to race with a wood plank underneath that gets measured at the end of every race to see how much got "sanded" down
Alexis Maldonado Alexis Maldonado well good thing this isn’t F1. For the purposes of a hill climb the scraping is tradeoff you can live with because of the added downforce. You want to carry as much speed as possible into and out of the turns. I.e you want your car as low as possible. Clearly it works given how fast he went.
such scraping effects partly aids in serious late braking.
awesome camera footage and framraight too, good quality camera
Utterly Insane !
Man, he just flicks that thing like he could whip a 180 on a dime and give you 9 cents change!! Sicknin.
the inexperienced driver sticker made the car look even better lmao
SLK340 Judd DB 3.4 love it
Such a beautiful car!!!!! Mercedes is tops!!!!!
Wow, what a machine! All the downforce makes it look like a DTM machine combined with the GTA V Feltzer body kit.
gamers... *eyeroll*
damn that car is on rails
Handling 🔥👌🏼
The way it hugs the road makes it look like unreal
that scraping trough the whole track...
get get get get low
low
low
low
low
Teguh Cahyadi I'm high now
i love sparks..... bloody hellll
Great machine, AWESOME
Mechanic: So, how much downforce do you want in this car?
Reto meisel: YES.
Oh come on guys. No Hammond comments? Well here is one. :D
My god the grip and downforce is insane
Amazing, what a talent!
"Why'd you lower it so much?"
...
"We just like sparks."
Makes you realise just how crazy some modern cars are. People drive cars to work and shopping with more powerful engines! My good friend has a 650 hp Opel Monaro as an everyday car. Ford and Mopar make production cars with 700+ bhp!
Does your friends car weight 780kg aswell?
Bit more than that but if it was all stripped out like a race car it going to be 1200 kg
Is there anything Mercedes on that car apart from the badges that are from a production Mercedes?
Yes the chassis. The kind of the same build as the 134 Judd from Georg Plasa (R.i.p.) and there is a build blog of this car.
The chassis? You need to go read up on it! Double wishbone suspension all round mounted to a space frames chassis with a completely no Mercedes drive train! Basically it is a full race car with the outline similar to a Mercedes silk! The bits of the Mercedes are not structural and all the outer panels are bespoke but similar in looks to production car.
What a car. awesome!
Dr Reto spinnt aber numme e chli
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