BMW bring F1 back to the ‘Ring

April 28th, 2007 | by Farzad |

Nick Heidfeld drove his BMW F1.07 around the fabled 20.8km Nurburgring Nordschleife on Saturday April 28th. This was a demonstration event which meant the car was equipped with hard demonstration tyres and ran with increased ride height but otherwise the car was in full race trim. The team had instructed Quick Nick not to push too hard but he still managed to go around in 8:34 and reached 275kph on the Dottinger Hohe straight.

I’ve posted a clip from a fan who attended the event. The BMW makes an appearance toward the end of the clip but just enjoy the anticipation and sound off screen before the car enters the frame. You can’t help but smile when you finally see this car come into view. I drove around this track in 2004 and it’s so cool to see a modern F1 car on arguably the most impressive piece of racetrack in the world.

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2 Responses to “BMW bring F1 back to the ‘Ring”

  1. By Waldorf on Apr 28, 2007

    That’s very disappointing. A minute slower than the Porsche Carrera GT, and only 275 on the long straight? They go that fast at Monaco.

    I don’t really understand the “demonstration tires”. Are they try to demonstrate that Bridgestone tires have no grip?

  2. By Guillbee on Sep 5, 2007

    This time looks strange as I’ve just read the Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera (here, you need to speak french http://fr.cars.yahoo.com/16082007/321/lamborghini-la-gallardo-superleggera-cartonne-su-0.html) clocked a time of 7.46 on the same track with a top speed approching 310kph. OK the Formula 1 had hard tyres, OK the driver was told not to push but the gap seems pretty big for a less powered and heavier car. It’s about 2.5 sec / km and the track is really twisty!!
    If somebody has more news about it…

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