New FWD Norschleife record

rypt · 18 Jun 2011 at 14:15

[TW]Fox;19400641 said:
Seriously?

yes

[TW]Fox · 18 Jun 2011 at 14:32

Just... there are no words.

crinkleshoes · 18 Jun 2011 at 14:37

[TW]Fox;19400764 said:
Just... there are no words.

I hate to agree with rypt... but he's right in this case...

You're a BMW man? :confused:

loltim · 18 Jun 2011 at 14:43

Palm face.

Cookeh · 18 Jun 2011 at 14:50

Surely the right wheel drive varies from car to car.

Seriously impressive times though!

peterattheboro · 18 Jun 2011 at 15:01

Cookeh said:
Surely the right wheel drive varies from car to car.

This.

However, rypt is never wrong so we must all bow to his opinion.

alexisonfire · 20 Jun 2011 at 19:41

Just watched the lap full screen at 720p on youtube, and its clear why the time was so good. He was being quite a hero on some of those corners, leaving absolutely no room for error, especially the last few corners, jesus. He was breaking far too late on some of the corners though, and on some, even braking through them. He was going way too hot through some, which makes me think the lap could have been even quicker. I could see his frustration with not being able to get the back end out at all when he wanted it too.

oweneades · 20 Jun 2011 at 20:06

alexisonfire said:
Just watched the lap full screen at 720p on youtube, and its clear why the time was so good. He was being quite a hero on some of those corners, leaving absolutely no room for error, especially the last few corners, jesus. He was breaking far too late on some of the corners though, and on some, even braking through them. He was going way too hot through some, which makes me think the lap could have been even quicker. I could see his frustration with not being able to get the back end out at all when he wanted it too.

Judging by the start and finish points that lap (assuming you mean the one posted by Spaz earlier) looks like a "warm up". The R26.R lap was a rolling start (which started and finished at the same point) whereas this one wasn't.

One can only assume the actual lap was even faster / cleaner.

Mr^B · 20 Jun 2011 at 21:43

Looking forward to taking mine (bog standard RS 250 Cup) for a track day later on in the year.

[TW]Fox · 20 Jun 2011 at 21:44

alexisonfire said:
Just watched the lap full screen at 720p on youtube, and its clear why the time was so good. He was being quite a hero on some of those corners, leaving absolutely no room for error, especially the last few corners, jesus. He was breaking far too late on some of the corners though, and on some, even braking through them. He was going way too hot through some, which makes me think the lap could have been even quicker. I could see his frustration with not being able to get the back end out at all when he wanted it too.

He clearly needs to call on your amazing skills for the next run, as you obviously know more about how to drive the 'Ring than he does.

alexisonfire · 20 Jun 2011 at 21:53

[TW]Fox;19416090 said:
He clearly needs to call on your amazing skills for the next run, as you obviously know more about how to drive the 'Ring than he does.

Maccy · 20 Jun 2011 at 21:56

This is brilliant news for Renault. Such a shame that only 50 of these are coming to the UK

alexisonfire · 20 Jun 2011 at 22:04

oweneades said:
Judging by the start and finish points that lap (assuming you mean the one posted by Spaz earlier) looks like a "warm up". The R26.R lap was a rolling start (which started and finished at the same point) whereas this one wasn't.

One can only assume the actual lap was even faster / cleaner.

Not sure, seems a very odd reaction from the driver and pit crew for a warm up lap?

spaz · 20 Jun 2011 at 22:13

A 'full lap' is bending the truth ever so slightly (although an accepted measurement and how everyone times their full laps) as the start/finish markers are at the point where the nordschleife joins with the gp circuit, so arent the same line and are a few metres apart from each other, so in this case they just happened to start the lap at the other side of the barrier before the first corner, hence the ability to do a flying lap instantly, like in this case, rather than an additional out/in lap.

PMKeates · 20 Jun 2011 at 22:25

I'll have to take the 535d there and beat this time.

oweneades · 20 Jun 2011 at 22:59

spaz said:
A 'full lap' is bending the truth ever so slightly (although an accepted measurement and how everyone times their full laps) as the start/finish markers are at the point where the nordschleife joins with the gp circuit, so arent the same line and are a few metres apart from each other, so in this case they just happened to start the lap at the other side of the barrier before the first corner, hence the ability to do a flying lap instantly, like in this case, rather than an additional out/in lap.

Indeed although it does look odd when compared to the R26.R lap though. The latter appears to be going much faster into the "1st" corner (based on the youtube videos).

Westyfield2 · 20 Jun 2011 at 23:42

Great stuff :cool:

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Stormster · 21 Jun 2011 at 00:14

Looks a laugh to me, driver was deffo in hero mode but thats the way! Haha, looks good. I very much doubt even a handful of OcUK's proper wheel drive BMW owners ever push their cars anywhere near like that

Freefaller · 21 Jun 2011 at 08:04

Look forward to seeing the vid when I get home - that's an epic result. :cool:

Not bad for French tat eh?

dale1uk · 21 Jun 2011 at 16:40

Just back from the Nurburgring, got there on friday and watched the renaults go around - they were bloody quick in the sections we seen!

Although not quite as fast as the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport that was there on sunday :eek:

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