The Porsche 919 was a Le Mans Prototype, they won the 24 hours multiple times with it in a highly competitive era with technically highly advanced hybrid cars. When the programme ended, they threw the rule book out of the window and made this even faster Evo version to show, what the engineers (and drivers) can do without constraints (except physics)
Incredible achievement, it's been 6 years and nothing has come close yet. Some day, when AIs can drive faster than humans (G-force limit) might smash this record. I don't expect a human ever to do any better, at most shave a couple more seconds off but that's it.
@@paulmichaelfreedman8334Kraftstoff sowie Verbrauch sind reguliert, Reifen werden vorgegeben, technisch sind Grenzen gesetzt. Du darfst nicht einfach nen gigantischen Motor einbauen. Ähnlich zu anderen Rennwettbewerben.
It was a vanity project that paid off with an incredible result. Modern F1 cars can do it a few seconds quicker in simulation, but it's never gonna happen IRL. Before cost caps, you could imagine a team like Red Bull having a go, but now no F1 team is going to risk a multi-million dollar car and even more expensive driver going flat out around the Nordschleife, no matter how good the potential publicity. Timo's awesome record is safe atm.
@@paulmichaelfreedman8334Well, they also took it to Spa where its time was beaten by a F1 car in 2021. Around the Nürburgring its debateable if F1 would be faster around a 17km circuit but considering the strict regs they have to follow its safe to say that with a few modifications it would beat the 919 Evo. But as of now the record is set for eternity as fastest lap attempts were as far as I know banned for non street legal cars.
Bull Shit. The right answer: Record lap of the Nordschleife: 6:11.13min Date: May 28, 1983. Driver: Stefan Bellof. Vehicle: Porsche 956K chassis no. 007. Lap length: 20.835 km. Lap time: 6:11.13min. Average speed: 202 km/h.
(theoretical) top speed of this car is around 250 mph / 400 kph , achieved during testing. top speed on nurburgring to date was 369 kph. as seen in video ofc.
@@Brookspirit yes, the early 80s Le Mans cars were optimized for straight line speed. Especially the Peugeot that drove the record on the Mulsanne straight, but that car wasn´t really competitive at the full track. But this cars is around 1 minute faster than the 80s cars on the Nordschleife back then.
The Nordschleife is insanely difficult for multiple reasons 1. Elevation difference of 300 meters, roughly 1000 feet on a looping race track, ie what you go up you have to come back down again. 2. Barely any run off areas. On most sections you drive less than three meters/yards from the barrier with no or almost no gravel bed to slow you down. Meaning any errors result in very painful, potentially fatal crashes. 3. With the elevation changes come dips/compression areas, as well as hill tops where your car may easily loose ground contact or even jump. Most race cars aren't built for jumps; they really don't like having sudden air pockets underneath. The hill tops are particularly dangerous as you can't see what is coming behind them. If you try braking while your car is already trying to get airborne you're royally screwed. 4. Many of the curves lead into blind corners. You simply are unable to see into them when you enter. You have to drive in the hope that there's no one slower in the curve because you barely have a chance if any at all of braking and slowing down. Many of the curvrs also get tighter and tighter toward the end, so you can't set your steering for one perfect arc through the curve but you have to constantly adjust. 5. The trees to the side often make for random, flashing light effects due to the sun's rays and intermittent shadows. All of these together with the very long lap makes this thing be called "The Green Hell" for good reason.
Number 5 is not really an issue, I've never noticed this while out on the track. Otherwise you are right, you need proper track knowledge before you take your car out for a lap as it can be a very difficult track to master. Most people end up in the wall because of their mistakes.
It's hard to put the ridiculousness of that Lap into words. I've been to the ring multiple times, even hiking around the track. If you've seen the actual topography, the elevation, and you take into account that a regular GT3 racecar takes 3 whole minutes more to circle the track - it's just mindbending. Going down Hatzenbach with 250, pass Bergwerk with almost 150 or going up kesselchen (18% incline) with 300 (more than a GT3 has topspeed on the final straight) is just fkin hilarious. Kudos to driver and engineers, they lost their minds and achieved greatness.
And the crazy thing is that the combustion engine in this thing is merely a two litre flat four like a VW beetle although somewhat better engineered. Porsche do know their shit.
Porsche always knew their shit, they've seldom produced anything that could be called inferior. Their engine technology is top tier. German engineering at its best. The only person I'd compare to F. Porsche, engineering and creativity wise, is Christian Koenigsegg.
Yes, Timo Bernhard knows the track. He won multiple 24h hour races on the Nordschleife, at Le Mans and many other famous endurance races around the world. Still for him that speed is so over the top, he said himself in interview that he simply had to trust the car will grip. Absolutely mental.
@@Justforvisit as a Dane I second that, younger generations are very difficult to place... Danes are not accent free yet, like Mads Mikkelsen or Nicolai Coster Waldau, but the thing is... we (Danes) will pick up the slightest hint of our own accent... be it rythm or words we were told was a clear indicator of the person being Danish. But native English speakers don't seem to pick up the small peculiarities.
Transit not Transporter. It was for the 40th anniversary of the Ford Transit van. Remember the 10 minutelap time is dificult for the average drivers in a SPORTS car and she ( RIP Queen of the Nurnburgring ) did that time in an of the shelf standard DIESEL VAN !
@theo7709 Err, no it's not! It may "Transport" goods but it is called a Ford Transit and has been called a Transit Van since the 60's when villains used it as a bank heist getaway vehicle through London, i.e. my Brother-in-law and my cousin! Sabine Schmitz, queen of the Nürburgrin, R.I.P. held a 10 minute record for Driving a Transit, not a Transporter, around the track on Top Gear(?). An AEC, Routemaster, double decker London Red Bus isn't called a Transporter just because it transports people from A to B, likewise the Austin FX4 London Black Cab! The VW Transporter, circa 1950, was the iconic Camper van, the Split Screen being the most sort after, that Aussie Hippies, in the 60's, used to drive from Aus to London and sell them on the South Bank of the Thames, outside the Royal Festival Hall, so that after their year(s) travelling, they could fly back home!
I'm surprised no one has posted this yet. The car is powered by a 2 liter V4 turbo engine and an electric motor with a total output of around 1160 HP and has various energy recovery systems. It weighs 888kg as it was driven in the video.
I'm wondering if Porsche designed the engine to possibly step into F1 .. but the F1 engines are 1.6l.. but if they had the same block then had a different size bore? I think the F1 engines split the turbo assembly within the "v" of the block.
@@bdn9041 The 2024 F1 Engine is 1,6L V6 engine. 2025 is V4 afaik. I don't think Porsche had thought about F1. I mean, the 919 drive was used in endurance races. The Evo has only expanded all the restrictions in the regulations. Porsche has not yet managed to enter Formula 1. Audi will enter F1 with Sauber in 2026.
You're gonna want to watch 'Sabine Schmitz's Nurburgring Van CHALLENGE' part 1 and 2. And maybe 'In memory of Sabine Schmitz, Queen of the Nurburgring'
Hi. Fun fact: The corner at your video 7:48 (lap time minute "3:37") you drive in race mode blind, you do not see the end of the corner. Insane ride of Timo and the sickest car in the world.
F1 cars have exposed wheels because of historical regulations, not because it would improve the performance. This Porsche was only about maximum performance so they covered the wheels.
The story surrounding Sabine Schmitz and her Nurburgring exploits revolved around Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson who tried to complete a lap in (I think) a Jaguar saloon (sedan.) After a couple of attempts he achieved his best time and was quite pleased with himself, whereupon Sabine said to him - something like - "you call that fast? I beat that in a van." And she promptly did, a Ford Transit - and it was white!
What a super cool project. A demonstration of what is possible with modern technology. After this lap, the driver said that the vehicle was not at the limit, but the driver was way over it.
This lap also put Timo at the limit fo what a healthy human being can withstand. Anything under 5 minutes, I don't ever expect to be done by a human. A properly developed and trained AI could, though.
Fun fact - that record is standing now since 2018, and it beat the previous record (which was a beast of its own, standing for 35 years, set during a race - so with other drivers on the track - also with a porsche) by almost a minute, which in racing is a huge margin
"You flip that upside down this thing would take flight." Basically happened in Le Mans 1999 to both Dumbreck and Webber. And things did go upside down, but not just the spoiler.
Walther also showed you how to drive Pikes Peak, which looks completely different today.July 11, 1987 is still unforgotten for many Quattro and Röhrl fans today - and is inextricably linked with one number: 10:47.850 minutes. This was the time 30 years ago when Walter Röhrl climbed the 4301-metre-high summit of Pikes Peak in the most spectacular Audi S1 of all time.
Hey, Ryan. I love your videos and your reactions. This has nothing to do with this video, but I would be interested to know something: Do you know Liam Carpenter? He is English and lives in Germany with his German wife. He makes fun of German clichés in a very humorous and amiable way. You definitely have to take a look at it. Especially when it says again: "In Germany, we don't say...we say..." I'm sure you would be very amused by that.
9:28 This is one of the "courage curves" normally it is driven at full throttle.....unless your car manufacturer has already completely escalated beforehand
"This is a Death Wish"... YES, it isn't known as the "Green Hell". Despite the name didn't come trough death (THANK GOD, while sadly there are 140+ people that died on that track) it is was fitting description.
some facts about the track: you've got around 550m elevation gain (around 1500-1600ft), the pavement is as smooth as it gets, but at such speeds with such a rigid car it looks pretty bumpy... severall times a year it's possible to ride your bike on that track - that's super fun - the fastest riders are just below 30min per lap and top speeds above 100k/mh (60mph)! 🥵 an average cyclist needs just under an hour! the goal for most enthusiast petrol heads is to get below 10min per lap! Sabine Schmitz was the queen of the "Nürburgring Nordschleife", she did at least 1500 laps. there are some legendary videos from her with the "top gear" crew! may she rest in peace!
That's why drag races vs Porsche at YT are so ridiculous. Porsches are made for the track. I really would like to see a Demon, Hellcat or Tesla vs a GT2RS at the green Hell (Nürburgring).
Anyone wants to see what the driver has to say about this (long interview, english subtitles in good quality available): "Rennfahrer Timo Bernhard über seine Nordschleifen-Rekordrunde im Porsche 919 Evo" on RUclips.
Fun fact to 8:56, leaning in wouldn't actually help him as you need grip on your outer wheels to turn in, the same goes for karting leaning outwards helpd you get around a corner quicker
For youre understanding. He can Manuel Boost with the E engine. he is basicly Driving 900HP and when he need some Power (1150 MAX) , he Press a Botton and he get MORE Power then the weight ratio... So he had permanent enough Power like a Normal Car on a straight line.
There are places on the track where really fast cars can jump. But this naturally also depends on how much downforce the aerodynamics of your car produce.
I believe the top speed on the long straight at the end was limited, because there are tire regulations that require certifications for top speeds, and those tires were certified "only" for 370kph.
❤ Please one day you should react to the RUclips video > Sabine Schmitz - Onboard | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Frikadelli Racing Team | VLN 2014 < ❤ Sabine is a legend and this day she drive from last place to third in one round and end as winner - She died a few year ago from cancer and so the first curve at the Green Hell of Nürburgring is named after here ... edit.. i like your reactions
The company running this track offers the so-called "Ringtaxi", a regular BMW M5 with German Street Registration. I had the honour a couple of years ago being on this with Sabine Schmitz behind the steering wheel, a famous and popular German race driver, who knew this race track "in and out", as we call it. She grew up around the Ring and she had more than 16,000 rounds reported on this track. She unfortunately lost her fight against cancer in the meantime. This ride was about 7 unforfuckingettable minutes - there are also yt vids available of these taxi rides. My father back then stepped out of this car and said " I will NEVER say again women can't drive". There is a reason it is called "The green Hell". By the way: 369 km/h as the top speed shortly before the finish line are 229.29 miles per hour
the 919 is a Le Mans 'Prototype' (LMP1), basically the top class in endurance racing, the specs are engine size (2.4L), max horsepower (700hp), top speed (200mph) and weight (850kg), the rest is pretty much do as you wish. Also, you're right about the Nurburgring being a death wish, F1 used to race it back in the day and Niki Lauda nicknamed it 'the green Hell' for how deadly it was.
There are a lot of videos on yt about people going around the track in their own car and crashing. They totalled their car and they have to pay for the barriers to be repaired.
Yeah! You need to check the "Sabine Schmitz's Nurburgring Van CHALLENGE | Top Gear - Part 2" video. :) They did not even do that on a closed track but during an open hours and had to watch out for other drivers. xD Ah Sabine. You were one of the bestests.
Respect to Timo Bernhard for this outstanding Performance. My personal rekord lap was a 9:57.19 in 1997 . Driven in a BMW E36 M3 on a private Clubsport event . Now i feel slow.
5:20 very few road cars hold 100 kph through there. Going 150 kph would upset most mortals through there. Like a roller coaster turn without leaning into it.
What always gets me is that he goes 300kph FLAT through Schwedenkreuz (the long left hander at 4:06-4:10 in your video). He doesn't even BEGIN braking until he's nearly at the right hander afterwards which is usually a 2nd gear corner in ANY other car.
The car that the 919 EVO Took the record from It's Great Grandfather, The Porsche 956. A car which at the 1983 24-Hours of Le Mans, out of top 10, 9 of them were 956s. After which Porsche set the Nurburgring record of 6.11.130 until 919 EVOs in 2018. YEP!!! It's record stood for 35 YEARS!!!!
You've seen it in video games.. but have you even tried it there? In GT6, I at least felt like it took forever in a pretty good German car, the first time I met it.. just one lap is long, not least because a track like the le' mans one, without chicanes, you can go along the long stretch w/ 320 km/h without needing to correct that often... that's not how nürburgring does a straight. Yet, I believe that it's the worlds most famous circuit for allowing regular track days for regular people with their regular cars. (For those that doesn't feel that the autobahn is thrilling enough). I wouldn't dare to actually go round nürburgring in a car that I'm not very familiar with. Edit: gotta say that the LMP classes are my absolute favourites, F1's got no chance IRL. Edit 2: Timo is great. Anyway for the USAns watching, 300 km/h is almost 200 mph
The crazy thing is, the bumps on the track make his foot sometimes lift off the pedal just enough that you can see the throttle input bouncing around in the straights
The screen was 90% your face, and 10% the absolute insane lap. Commentary is one thing, but this is just your face and a postage stamp of the exciting footage.
This channel is like watching the evolution of “basic white suburban man” to someone who’s actually got a concept of things outside their trip to work 😂
It's crazy though. If you didn't know any better you'd think it was someone making a fast lap in a game, since it "couldn't be real" the way he drove. Great lap, great car, great driver.
5:34 Well the nickname of this track is "The Green Hell" especially because it is that dangerous. It was built when the racecars were quite a bit slower than today.
Great video, thank you! I love this record lap and watched it multiple times. Have you seen the legendary RUF Yellowbird record lap? It's my other favorite car video of all times besides this one here. Title is: Ruf CTR "Yellow Bird" full laps on Nürburgring Nordshleife 1987 (Option Auto). The channel name is Option Auto. This RUF was the fastest production street car at the time, with a top speed record in 1988 at the Nardò track of 342 kph. The Nordschleife video gained cult status due to the totally mental driving and drifting of Stephan Rozer on tyres, which were a lot different at that time from what we have today. The second lap in the video is the lap record.
This speed is so fast your vision will blur at times. On top of that you'll have g-forces pulling you either way and you will feel enormous compression forced riding up that elevation.
I highly recommend watching a video titled "Ruf CTR "Yellow Bird" full laps on Nürburgring Nordshleife 1987 (Option Auto)", you'll see a dude chuck an unruly RUF tuned Porsche around this same track. It's magnificent.
Hi. If you are sometimes near nürburgring be adviced there are race taxis which give you insight how crazy this drivers go and you will be not much slower than real racing. But have a Kotztüte with you :-))
You can watch Nurburgring crash compilations, they aren't going as fast as in this video. It's usually the less experienced people driving on it who crash, as the Nurgburgring is opened to regular people often, and not just reserved for professional racing drivers.
F1 open wheels are actually a limitation done on purpose to keep straight line speed under control, there are many rules like this .. Obviously in WEC too... This Porsche is a prototype done to show what they're capable without engine limitations
4:45 just to make it clear for any Americans. This is more than 200mph and yes it’s faster than Formula 1. Porsche just wanted to know what is possible and what not.
My favorite thing is that he (the driver) said it could probably go faster but the limit is the human body and mind
Yes, he said his neck was the limit.
Someone from America pronouncing the "e" in Porsche?
*German heartbeat intensifies*
🤣🤣🤣 haha that one is funny! But yeah, you are right :)
The Porsche 919 was a Le Mans Prototype, they won the 24 hours multiple times with it in a highly competitive era with technically highly advanced hybrid cars. When the programme ended, they threw the rule book out of the window and made this even faster Evo version to show, what the engineers (and drivers) can do without constraints (except physics)
Incredible achievement, it's been 6 years and nothing has come close yet. Some day, when AIs can drive faster than humans (G-force limit) might smash this record. I don't expect a human ever to do any better, at most shave a couple more seconds off but that's it.
@@paulmichaelfreedman8334Kraftstoff sowie Verbrauch sind reguliert, Reifen werden vorgegeben, technisch sind Grenzen gesetzt. Du darfst nicht einfach nen gigantischen Motor einbauen.
Ähnlich zu anderen Rennwettbewerben.
It was a vanity project that paid off with an incredible result.
Modern F1 cars can do it a few seconds quicker in simulation, but it's never gonna happen IRL.
Before cost caps, you could imagine a team like Red Bull having a go, but now no F1 team is going to risk a multi-million dollar car and even more expensive driver going flat out around the Nordschleife, no matter how good the potential publicity.
Timo's awesome record is safe atm.
@@paulmichaelfreedman8334Well, they also took it to Spa where its time was beaten by a F1 car in 2021. Around the Nürburgring its debateable if F1 would be faster around a 17km circuit but considering the strict regs they have to follow its safe to say that with a few modifications it would beat the 919 Evo.
But as of now the record is set for eternity as fastest lap attempts were as far as I know banned for non street legal cars.
Bull Shit. The right answer:
Record lap of the Nordschleife: 6:11.13min
Date: May 28, 1983.
Driver: Stefan Bellof.
Vehicle: Porsche 956K chassis no. 007.
Lap length: 20.835 km.
Lap time: 6:11.13min.
Average speed: 202 km/h.
(theoretical) top speed of this car is around 250 mph / 400 kph , achieved during testing. top speed on nurburgring to date was 369 kph. as seen in video ofc.
Nic,e but they were doing over 250mph down the Mulsanne Straight at Le Mans back in the 1980s before they ruined the track.
@@Brookspirit the prior record on the Ring was Stefan Bellof in a Porsche 956 in 1983 with 6 minutes 11 seconds.
@@Brookspirit yes, the early 80s Le Mans cars were optimized for straight line speed. Especially the Peugeot that drove the record on the Mulsanne straight, but that car wasn´t really competitive at the full track.
But this cars is around 1 minute faster than the 80s cars on the Nordschleife back then.
The Nordschleife is insanely difficult for multiple reasons
1. Elevation difference of 300 meters, roughly 1000 feet on a looping race track, ie what you go up you have to come back down again.
2. Barely any run off areas. On most sections you drive less than three meters/yards from the barrier with no or almost no gravel bed to slow you down. Meaning any errors result in very painful, potentially fatal crashes.
3. With the elevation changes come dips/compression areas, as well as hill tops where your car may easily loose ground contact or even jump. Most race cars aren't built for jumps; they really don't like having sudden air pockets underneath.
The hill tops are particularly dangerous as you can't see what is coming behind them. If you try braking while your car is already trying to get airborne you're royally screwed.
4. Many of the curves lead into blind corners. You simply are unable to see into them when you enter. You have to drive in the hope that there's no one slower in the curve because you barely have a chance if any at all of braking and slowing down. Many of the curvrs also get tighter and tighter toward the end, so you can't set your steering for one perfect arc through the curve but you have to constantly adjust.
5. The trees to the side often make for random, flashing light effects due to the sun's rays and intermittent shadows.
All of these together with the very long lap makes this thing be called "The Green Hell" for good reason.
...and it puts the _famous_ Indy 500 into a new perspective.
Number 5 is not really an issue, I've never noticed this while out on the track. Otherwise you are right, you need proper track knowledge before you take your car out for a lap as it can be a very difficult track to master. Most people end up in the wall because of their mistakes.
It's hard to put the ridiculousness of that Lap into words. I've been to the ring multiple times, even hiking around the track. If you've seen the actual topography, the elevation, and you take into account that a regular GT3 racecar takes 3 whole minutes more to circle the track - it's just mindbending. Going down Hatzenbach with 250, pass Bergwerk with almost 150 or going up kesselchen (18% incline) with 300 (more than a GT3 has topspeed on the final straight) is just fkin hilarious. Kudos to driver and engineers, they lost their minds and achieved greatness.
And the crazy thing is that the combustion engine in this thing is merely a two litre flat four like a VW beetle although somewhat better engineered. Porsche do know their shit.
V4 actually, even more quirky
Porsche always knew their shit, they've seldom produced anything that could be called inferior. Their engine technology is top tier. German engineering at its best.
The only person I'd compare to F. Porsche, engineering and creativity wise, is Christian Koenigsegg.
The acceleration on that monster is breathtaking
Electric Drive benefits ftw 😁
Yes, Timo Bernhard knows the track. He won multiple 24h hour races on the Nordschleife, at Le Mans and many other famous endurance races around the world. Still for him that speed is so over the top, he said himself in interview that he simply had to trust the car will grip. Absolutely mental.
"it is not a super smooth racetrack"😂 - welcome to the Nürburgring - the opposite of super smooth
Not called "Green Hell" for nothing 😁
@@Justforvisit If your car survived the Green Hell, you have a "car".
I believe Timo Bernhard said that the car could actually go even faster around there, but he himself as a human being couldn't.
So adorable this co-driving gestures and facial expressions of Ryan 😂😊
Yes! 🤣
so funny
Timo Bernhard
"Do you still need the car for anything after i'm done with it?"
Porsche rep
"Äähm..."
Timo
"Okay, see you in five minutes."
That should have been:
" Du yu steel need ze cah foah enniesing aftuh ayim dun wissit?"
@@paulmichaelfreedman8334 No, not all of us germans speak English with a Bavarian accent. Most nowadays are even pretty accent free. Mostly.
@@paulmichaelfreedman8334to be accurate it should have been: Braucht ihr das Auto noch, wenn ich damit fertig bin?
@@Justforvisit as a Dane I second that, younger generations are very difficult to place...
Danes are not accent free yet, like Mads Mikkelsen or Nicolai Coster Waldau, but the thing is... we (Danes) will pick up the slightest hint of our own accent... be it rythm or words we were told was a clear indicator of the person being Danish.
But native English speakers don't seem to pick up the small peculiarities.
The car needed a cigarette after that.
One of the greatest records: Sabine Schmitz in a Ford transporter in 10:23 ....
Ford Transit. Transporter is VW (you know the one all the hippies used to drive in)
@@paulmichaelfreedman8334 it's still a transporter...
Transit not Transporter.
It was for the 40th anniversary of the Ford Transit van.
Remember the 10 minutelap time is dificult for the average drivers in a SPORTS car and she ( RIP Queen of the Nurnburgring ) did that time in an of the shelf standard DIESEL VAN !
@theo7709 Err, no it's not! It may "Transport" goods but it is called a Ford Transit and has been called a Transit Van since the 60's when villains used it as a bank heist getaway vehicle through London, i.e. my Brother-in-law and my cousin!
Sabine Schmitz, queen of the Nürburgrin, R.I.P. held a 10 minute record for Driving a Transit, not a Transporter, around the track on Top Gear(?).
An AEC, Routemaster, double decker London Red Bus isn't called a Transporter just because it transports people from A to B, likewise the Austin FX4 London Black Cab!
The VW Transporter, circa 1950, was the iconic Camper van, the Split Screen being the most sort after, that Aussie Hippies, in the 60's, used to drive from Aus to London and sell them on the South Bank of the Thames, outside the Royal Festival Hall, so that after their year(s) travelling, they could fly back home!
Sabine ist echt viel zu früh von uns gegangen. Der Nordschleife fehlt ihre Königin.
I'm surprised no one has posted this yet. The car is powered by a 2 liter V4 turbo engine and an electric motor with a total output of around 1160 HP and has various energy recovery systems. It weighs 888kg as it was driven in the video.
I'm wondering if Porsche designed the engine to possibly step into F1 .. but the F1 engines are 1.6l.. but if they had the same block then had a different size bore? I think the F1 engines split the turbo assembly within the "v" of the block.
@@bdn9041 The 2024 F1 Engine is 1,6L V6 engine. 2025 is V4 afaik. I don't think Porsche had thought about F1. I mean, the 919 drive was used in endurance races. The Evo has only expanded all the restrictions in the regulations.
Porsche has not yet managed to enter Formula 1. Audi will enter F1 with Sauber in 2026.
You're gonna want to watch 'Sabine Schmitz's Nurburgring Van CHALLENGE' part 1 and 2.
And maybe 'In memory of Sabine Schmitz, Queen of the Nurburgring'
This needs to be moved to the top...
It's the downforce that car has. It's sticks to the ground. That's the secret. And when the electric motor power turn on of course too... amazing car!
Hi. Fun fact: The corner at your video 7:48 (lap time minute "3:37") you drive in race mode blind, you do not see the end of the corner. Insane ride of Timo and the sickest car in the world.
The former record was from 1983 and Timo did beat it by almost 1min
I had the fortune to be driven around the Nürburgring in a 550hp BMW (Ringtaxi) in 2007... unforgettable experience.
You should watch the Nurburgring Nordschleife Touristfahrt Compilations! 🤣👌🏼✌🏼
F1 cars have exposed wheels because of historical regulations, not because it would improve the performance. This Porsche was only about maximum performance so they covered the wheels.
His motivation for the fast lap time was an angry BMW right behind him because the Porsche wouldn't let him overtake ;)
No, it was a white sprinter (typical delivery van by Mercedez Benz).
Neither a BMW nor a Mercedes can keep up with this car...
The story surrounding Sabine Schmitz and her Nurburgring exploits revolved around Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson who tried to complete a lap in (I think) a Jaguar saloon (sedan.) After a couple of attempts he achieved his best time and was quite pleased with himself, whereupon Sabine said to him - something like - "you call that fast? I beat that in a van." And she promptly did, a Ford Transit - and it was white!
She din't actually beat his time though. But the effort alone was pretty epic and she (and the viewers) had lots of fun! RIP Sabine.
Nickname of the Nürburgring was "Die grüne Hölle" (The green hell) 😉
What a super cool project. A demonstration of what is possible with modern technology. After this lap, the driver said that the vehicle was not at the limit, but the driver was way over it.
When there are no races at the Nürburgring, the race track is also accessible to normal people, you should take a look at a few Nürburgring fails.
The vehicles generate so much downforce on the road that they could theoretically travel at 100 km/h on the ceiling of a tunnel.
Wait until you learn about the McMurtry, which can do this while standing still!
Hi from the Nürburgring! 🙋♀
He drove a completely different route. The steep section that was still used in Bellof's day no longer exists. You have no idea.
Years ago I was a passenger in an Opel Commodore GSE on the Hockenheimring. I lost consciousness in two corners due to the centrifugal force.
This lap also put Timo at the limit fo what a healthy human being can withstand. Anything under 5 minutes, I don't ever expect to be done by a human. A properly developed and trained AI could, though.
Fun fact - that record is standing now since 2018, and it beat the previous record (which was a beast of its own, standing for 35 years, set during a race - so with other drivers on the track - also with a porsche) by almost a minute, which in racing is a huge margin
"You flip that upside down this thing would take flight."
Basically happened in Le Mans 1999 to both Dumbreck and Webber.
And things did go upside down, but not just the spoiler.
In 2015 a Nissan GT-R GT3 went flying during the VLN race on the Nürburg Ring.
Walther also showed you how to drive Pikes Peak, which looks completely different today.July 11, 1987 is still unforgotten for many Quattro and Röhrl fans today - and is inextricably linked with one number: 10:47.850 minutes. This was the time 30 years ago when Walter Röhrl climbed the 4301-metre-high summit of Pikes Peak in the most spectacular Audi S1 of all time.
Normal People will pee, poop and throw up at the same Time while driving so fast. Respect for the Driver. 👍
Hey, Ryan. I love your videos and your reactions. This has nothing to do with this video, but I would be interested to know something: Do you know Liam Carpenter? He is English and lives in Germany with his German wife. He makes fun of German clichés in a very humorous and amiable way. You definitely have to take a look at it. Especially when it says again: "In Germany, we don't say...we say..." I'm sure you would be very amused by that.
9:28 This is one of the "courage curves" normally it is driven at full throttle.....unless your car manufacturer has already completely escalated beforehand
"This is a Death Wish"... YES, it isn't known as the "Green Hell". Despite the name didn't come trough death (THANK GOD, while sadly there are 140+ people that died on that track) it is was fitting description.
6:38 no it's the "Green Hell"
some facts about the track: you've got around 550m elevation gain (around 1500-1600ft), the pavement is as smooth as it gets, but at such speeds with such a rigid car it looks pretty bumpy... severall times a year it's possible to ride your bike on that track - that's super fun - the fastest riders are just below 30min per lap and top speeds above 100k/mh (60mph)! 🥵 an average cyclist needs just under an hour! the goal for most enthusiast petrol heads is to get below 10min per lap! Sabine Schmitz was the queen of the "Nürburgring Nordschleife", she did at least 1500 laps. there are some legendary videos from her with the "top gear" crew! may she rest in peace!
That's why drag races vs Porsche at YT are so ridiculous. Porsches are made for the track. I really would like to see a Demon, Hellcat or Tesla vs a GT2RS at the green Hell (Nürburgring).
I'm living just 100km away. Greetz from Saarland 🤘
The big daddy of every racetrack! Faster than lewis hamilton in quali mode. Plus supersoft tires...😊😊🎉
Anyone wants to see what the driver has to say about this (long interview, english subtitles in good quality available): "Rennfahrer Timo Bernhard über seine Nordschleifen-Rekordrunde im Porsche 919 Evo" on RUclips.
Fun fact to 8:56, leaning in wouldn't actually help him as you need grip on your outer wheels to turn in, the same goes for karting leaning outwards helpd you get around a corner quicker
For youre understanding. He can Manuel Boost with the E engine. he is basicly Driving 900HP and when he need some Power (1150 MAX) , he Press a Botton and he get MORE Power then the weight ratio... So he had permanent enough Power like a Normal Car on a straight line.
Hey Ryan, Kumpel!
Super Video! Its the best Porsche ever!!
There are places on the track where really fast cars can jump. But this naturally also depends on how much downforce the aerodynamics of your car produce.
problem is to much downforce and you need a special suit to not break your bones
The former F1 track of the Nürburgring is 5.1 km long. The shown long track, the Nordschleife (it is called green hell) is 20.8 km long.
I believe the top speed on the long straight at the end was limited, because there are tire regulations that require certifications for top speeds, and those tires were certified "only" for 370kph.
Watch Sabine Schmitz's Nurburgring Van CHALLENGE | Top Gear
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Please one day you should react to the RUclips video > Sabine Schmitz - Onboard | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Frikadelli Racing Team | VLN 2014 < ❤
Sabine is a legend and this day she drive from last place to third in one round and end as winner - She died a few year ago from cancer and so the first curve at the Green Hell of Nürburgring is named after here ...
edit.. i like your reactions
My favorite is when she tries to beat Top Gear Jeremy Clarkson's 10 Minute Norschleife run in a VAN and she barely misses.
@@xxJOKeR75xx: they should've removed the left/right mirrors...
6:01 the lowest point on track called "Ex Mühle Breitscheid"
Watch the tourist crashes at the Nurburgring. They’re mostly silly 😜
In Europe no one is impressed by US built cars, at all, not one iota, period.
The company running this track offers the so-called "Ringtaxi", a regular BMW M5 with German Street Registration.
I had the honour a couple of years ago being on this with Sabine Schmitz behind the steering wheel, a famous and popular German race driver, who knew this race track "in and out", as we call it.
She grew up around the Ring and she had more than 16,000 rounds reported on this track. She unfortunately lost her fight against cancer in the meantime. This ride was about 7 unforfuckingettable minutes - there are also yt vids available of these taxi rides.
My father back then stepped out of this car and said " I will NEVER say again women can't drive".
There is a reason it is called "The green Hell".
By the way: 369 km/h as the top speed shortly before the finish line are 229.29 miles per hour
This Lap is one of the most insane Laps I have ever seen and I bet this record is going to stand for MANY years.
In Germany we have that and in the us they have NASCAR 😂
With that car, the faster you're going the more traction you get, that thing makes some incredible downforce, that's how he's keeping traction
the 919 is a Le Mans 'Prototype' (LMP1), basically the top class in endurance racing, the specs are engine size (2.4L), max horsepower (700hp), top speed (200mph) and weight (850kg), the rest is pretty much do as you wish.
Also, you're right about the Nurburgring being a death wish, F1 used to race it back in the day and Niki Lauda nicknamed it 'the green Hell' for how deadly it was.
There are a lot of videos on yt about people going around the track in their own car and crashing. They totalled their car and they have to pay for the barriers to be repaired.
Yeah! You need to check the "Sabine Schmitz's Nurburgring Van CHALLENGE | Top Gear - Part 2" video. :)
They did not even do that on a closed track but during an open hours and had to watch out for other drivers. xD
Ah Sabine. You were one of the bestests.
Respect to Timo Bernhard for this outstanding Performance. My personal rekord lap was a 9:57.19 in 1997 . Driven in a BMW E36 M3 on a private Clubsport event . Now i feel slow.
5:20 very few road cars hold 100 kph through there. Going 150 kph would upset most mortals through there. Like a roller coaster turn without leaning into it.
In this setup, without the LMP rules applied, this car has so much downforce, that it could drive on a wall.
Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo 1160 HP (720 HP at the rear and 440 HP-E the front Wheels) by 849 kg -> 888kg with driver.
You need to see Sabine Schimtz taking a van around this track. She was the queen of the ring. An absolute legend.
What always gets me is that he goes 300kph FLAT through Schwedenkreuz (the long left hander at 4:06-4:10 in your video). He doesn't even BEGIN braking until he's nearly at the right hander afterwards which is usually a 2nd gear corner in ANY other car.
Hey, props for pronouncing the "e" at the end of "Porsche", most American / English speakers drop that.
"For anything over 8 minutes (on the Nordschleife) I don't put on a helmet." Walter Röhrl.
The car that the 919 EVO Took the record from It's Great Grandfather, The Porsche 956. A car which at the 1983 24-Hours of Le Mans, out of top 10, 9 of them were 956s. After which Porsche set the Nurburgring record of 6.11.130 until 919 EVOs in 2018. YEP!!! It's record stood for 35 YEARS!!!!
These guys would make pretty good fighter pilots I suppose ...
0:32 fasten your seatbelt it's going to be wild...really....
You've seen it in video games.. but have you even tried it there?
In GT6, I at least felt like it took forever in a pretty good German car, the first time I met it.. just one lap is long, not least because a track like the le' mans one, without chicanes, you can go along the long stretch w/ 320 km/h without needing to correct that often... that's not how nürburgring does a straight.
Yet, I believe that it's the worlds most famous circuit for allowing regular track days for regular people with their regular cars. (For those that doesn't feel that the autobahn is thrilling enough).
I wouldn't dare to actually go round nürburgring in a car that I'm not very familiar with.
Edit: gotta say that the LMP classes are my absolute favourites, F1's got no chance IRL.
Edit 2: Timo is great. Anyway for the USAns watching, 300 km/h is almost 200 mph
at 87 its the slowest corner on the track, i love this track and have been there so many times
look up a few of the old races from the time there was still formula 1 racing there ... really fun to see
The crazy thing is, the bumps on the track make his foot sometimes lift off the pedal just enough that you can see the throttle input bouncing around in the straights
Pushing hard on the brakes requires a force equivalent with pushing 125kg+ with one’s left leg/foot.
The screen was 90% your face, and 10% the absolute insane lap. Commentary is one thing, but this is just your face and a postage stamp of the exciting footage.
This channel is like watching the evolution of “basic white suburban man” to someone who’s actually got a concept of things outside their trip to work 😂
The most insane part to me is how fast he goes from 150 to 330 km/h like it's nothing. G-forces must be rough on the body in that car.
You need to watch a lap inside a "normal" car to get a feeling for the insane speeds Timo is driving in this car.
It's crazy though. If you didn't know any better you'd think it was someone making a fast lap in a game, since it "couldn't be real" the way he drove. Great lap, great car, great driver.
5:34 Well the nickname of this track is "The Green Hell" especially because it is that dangerous. It was built when the racecars were quite a bit slower than today.
I have played this circuit hundreds of times over the entire Gran Turismo series, and I still get lost
Great video, thank you! I love this record lap and watched it multiple times. Have you seen the legendary RUF Yellowbird record lap? It's my other favorite car video of all times besides this one here. Title is: Ruf CTR "Yellow Bird" full laps on Nürburgring Nordshleife 1987 (Option Auto). The channel name is Option Auto. This RUF was the fastest production street car at the time, with a top speed record in 1988 at the Nardò track of 342 kph. The Nordschleife video gained cult status due to the totally mental driving and drifting of Stephan Rozer on tyres, which were a lot different at that time from what we have today. The second lap in the video is the lap record.
The Nordschleife is one of world most bumpy, backbreaking racetracks. You should also watch the ADAC 24 hrs GT race, that is amazing
This speed is so fast your vision will blur at times.
On top of that you'll have g-forces pulling you either way and you will feel enormous compression forced riding up that elevation.
Less than 3s on the clock and the car has gone to 124 mph. 😀
from 100 to 200 in a second!
I highly recommend watching a video titled "Ruf CTR "Yellow Bird" full laps on Nürburgring Nordshleife 1987 (Option Auto)", you'll see a dude chuck an unruly RUF tuned Porsche around this same track. It's magnificent.
I watch thousand of laps of the rin and I am still not convinced that this video is not fake.
Hi. If you are sometimes near nürburgring be adviced there are race taxis which give you insight how crazy
this drivers go and you will be not much slower than real racing.
But have a Kotztüte with you :-))
10:49 yes.... Eggs as big as basket balls
Medicine Balls!
You can watch Nurburgring crash compilations, they aren't going as fast as in this video. It's usually the less experienced people driving on it who crash, as the Nurgburgring is opened to regular people often, and not just reserved for professional racing drivers.
F1 open wheels are actually a limitation done on purpose to keep straight line speed under control, there are many rules like this .. Obviously in WEC too... This Porsche is a prototype done to show what they're capable without engine limitations
You only can race a track if you know the track. I love this one.
4:45 just to make it clear for any Americans. This is more than 200mph and yes it’s faster than Formula 1. Porsche just wanted to know what is possible and what not.
This is insane. Have you ever watched "BEHIND THE VISOR with Davey Todd | 2024 Isle of Man TT Races"? This is beyond insane.
yes, timo bernhard has balls of steel!