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Geezus CHRIST!!!!! Speechless. The noise when he came onto the straight! Still shakin my head in disbelief.
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Like watching a video game
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Outstanding
watched earlier you gotta love the "Green Hell" freakishly fast The only negative is Stefan Bellof was a deadset talent and its a bit of a shame that he has lost the record after 35 years. Actually met him at the 84 Sandown WEC race. Didn't know that car is faster than F1 @ Spa amazing Last edited by zipping; 30-06-2018 at 07:45 PM. |
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WOW !!
Can't help but feel the video game generation will never understand the real commitment and engineering behind that. Actually, even I cannot understand it. Is Timo Human or alien ? Amazing. Legend lap. |
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Touched 368kph on the straight!
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Freaking hell thats fast.
Took 'nearly' a full minute off the record. ![]() |
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Why didn't Porsche race in the Le Mans 24 hour race last month? As can be seen they have a proven winner and it would have been the best way to celebrate their 70 birthday.
These LMP1-H cars are the most technically advanced racing cars even surpassing F1. Insanely fast machines.
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That’s beyond belief, a real big middle finger to the laws of physics in limiting man and machine: Makes F1 look like child’s play on go karts, and even gives the Isle of Man super bike races a run for their money, as one small mistake or mechanical failure in that hardcore lap would have sent him into eternity faster than he could blink
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Thanks for wrecking all future Ring videos I'll ever watch!!!!
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Balls of steel...
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Peter Car
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Looks like it was in fast forward. Amazing how quickly it piles on speed. It was on the limiter down the straight for what seemed like an eternity.
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I think it was an overall decision by VAG due to the cost cutting inline with the dieselgate issues across the whole organisation. Watch the video a second time but watch Timo's cockpit, the forces on him are extreme in addition to the track condition. On the straight he bouncing around like he's on a jumping castle. Pure class by Timo, concentration would have been tiring.
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Some footage from outside the car: |
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Wow!!!
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