Schumi to drive Nordschleife in W02

[Endless-Wilso]

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2013/4/14509.html
Cant wait to see that !


Lets hope he show's nick how its done.

 

[Wardez]

Yeah this should be fun to see. Although I'm not sure yet whether it'll be just a demo run, or if they'll actually go for a sub 6.

Schumi certainly has the balls, but does Mercedes?

 

[BHRxRacer]

This is suicide. If he's going for a quick lap I really hope he doesn't die.

 

[jjaisli]

He'll go fast in sections. But I can assure you this will be a 'fun run' and he won't string a quick lap together.

Given free will, I have no doubt he'd like to give it a go. But I'm sure he'll be under strict instructions not to.

 

[RX-7_FD3S]

Na he's getting old and I'm sure he understand better than us what the risk are and how unsafe the track is for a Formula one car, beside, once you're in the car, there's not much that anyone except him can do, so at the end it's up to him anyway. He'll probably go at 70%-80% of what he can do.

 

[Mac K]

It'll be cool regardless of how fast he goes.. lets not forget who we're talking about either I don't think the word "slow" is in his vocabulary.

 

[gogatrs]

Is a modern formula one car capable of beating Belloff's time in the Porsche 956?

 

[RX-7_FD3S]

Is a modern formula one car capable of beating Belloff's time in the Porsche 956?

I'm not sure but I would go with yes. It's probably much faster in the corner, however there's no way it have the same kind of top speed.

 

[Bram Turismo]

Is a modern formula one car capable of beating Belloff's time in the Porsche 956?

An F1 car would destroy that laptime with ease. There's just no comparison really to an old prototype and a modern F1 car. But given the track state of the Nürburgring and all the bumps I don't think an F1 car can actually go flat-out for an entire lap. I think the track is just too bumpy for that.

 

[tezster]

The ride height of the car would need to be raised much, much higher compared to running an F1 track, due to the severe camber and general road condition of the Nurb. This would sacrifice the aerodynamics/downforce available by quite a margin, I think. Having said that, it would be still be quite fast.

Additionally, if soft tires were used, and he were allowed to engage/disengage DRS at the long straights, he could really put down a fast time.

 

[carracerptp]

Well, if Pirelli is making the tires I'm worried if they will last a full lap

 

[Bram Turismo]

The ride height of the car would need to be raised much, much higher compared to running an F1 track, due to the severe camber and general road condition of the Nurb. This would sacrifice the aerodynamics/downforce available by quite a margin, I think. Having said that, it would be still be quite fast.

Additionally, if soft tires were used, and he were allowed to engage/disengage DRS at the long straights, he could really put down a fast time.

An F1 car is always going to produce more downforce than any other design of car, purely due to it's aerodynamic design alone. Weren't F1 cars hitting 340-350 kph in 2004 at Monza or so? So there's no doubt F1 cars can go ridiculously quick in corners and in straight line regardless of what set-up they're running.

 

[Bobert power]

Well, if Pirelli is making the tires I'm worried if they will last a full lap

That's why you give him Bridgestone's.

 

[DK]

An F1 car is always going to produce more downforce than any other design of car, purely due to it's aerodynamic design alone. Weren't F1 cars hitting 340-350 kph in 2004 at Monza or so? So there's no doubt F1 cars can go ridiculously quick in corners and in straight line regardless of what set-up they're running.

That was back when they had V10s, but IIRC they were still hitting 325km/h or thereabouts with the V8s last year.

 

[Chris123]

Is a modern formula one car capable of beating Belloff's time in the Porsche 956?

Even with restrictions probably with some ease, but it would take a hell lot of skill and balls to run one round on a hotlap, so don't get your hopes up just yet, lets just hope he takes it easy

 

[Bram Turismo]

That was back when they had V10s, but IIRC they were still hitting 325km/h or thereabouts with the V8s last year.

Aye, but remember how easily they were hitting the rev limiter at those speeds with DRS enabled.

 

[05XR8]

Red Bulls hit limiters. Mercedes keep accelerating

 

[Centura]

An F1 car is always going to produce more downforce than any other design of car, purely due to it's aerodynamic design alone. Weren't F1 cars hitting 340-350 kph in 2004 at Monza or so? So there's no doubt F1 cars can go ridiculously quick in corners and in straight line regardless of what set-up they're running.

An F1 car with ground effect would be superior. More downforce and higher top speed, but it would probably be impossible to drive one at Nordschleife.

 

[Small_Fryz]

He should just bust out the F2004 and go for it

And while he is at it, take it to Pikes Peak for 2013

 

[Alex.]

Bellof's record doesn't deserve to be beaten.

 

[Pupik]

Bellof's record doesn't deserve to be beaten.

That's like saying Fangio's astonishing 1957 lap shouldn't be beaten. Lap records were meant to be broken; that's what motor racing is all about.

The one by Stefan Bellof and his Porsche 956 will hold the qualifying record for a race event (in my mind, the one that really matters) for a long time, though.

 

[Seismica]

I reckon if they let him turn the engine up he could easily beat the lap record. With Heidfeld's run it sounds like the car was rev limited to around 13,000 rpm.

I want this to be more than a publicity stunt. I want Mercedes to make a real attempt at smashing the lap record, to the point where it can be never realistically beaten without a full F1 event being hosted there.

 

[IceMan PJN]

Bellof's record doesn't deserve to be beaten.

How do you figure?