Heidfeld with F1 car on the Nordschleife

[htfaber]

This will be fantastic to watch!

Heidfeld to challenge old Nurburgring circuit
15 March 2007


It has been over three decades since the greatest racing cars on the planet came face-to-face with the world's most challenging circuit. On 28th April the BMW Sauber F1.07 will become the first Formula One car for 31 years to grace the Nürburgring's legendary Nordschleife track. Nick Heidfeld's journey into history will be the highlight of a full day in the Eifel mountains with the BMW Motorsport racing arsenal.

As BMW Motorsport Director Mario Theissen points out: "This day is our way of saying thank-you to the fans for their support. The same weekend, the Nürburgring Nordschleife will also play host to the VLN Endurance Championship. Around a third of the drivers in the race will line up in BMW models, which helps explain why BMW Motorsport is one of the partners in the VLN. An average of 25,000 spectators will follow the action at the world's most thrilling circuit. BMW is a longstanding partner of the Nürburgring."

"With BMW Driver Training, BMW Adventure World, our "Ring Taxi" rides and the Performance Center all based at the circuit, this is a kind of second home for us - as well as the scene of victories in all disciplines of racing. The Formula One car's laps of the Nordschleife will be the highlight of a day devoted to BMW Motorsport. Nick's demonstration will not be about setting records, but a tribute to a unique race track - one which is inextricably linked to the heritage of BMW Motorsport."

http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2007/...gring_circuit/

[RC45]

Nick's demonstration will not be about setting records,

Boo - so he will have a 8500rpm limiter in place ?

[sameerrao]

Yeah someone go cover this please

[5vz-fe]

Sounds like on car vid of that lap with be the hottest thing in town

[dutchmasterflex]

I feel like a hot lap in a current F1 car would be straight suicide!

Very cool that BMW is doing this.

[ZfrkS62]

uh...so are they going to retrofit aluminum control arms on that thing because i foresee suspension failure sometime around Whersefein with the Carbon Fiber components.

I really hope Bergwerk doesn't claim another career..

[harryo2b]

Eh don't worry. Track is in my back yard. I'll be there

[TopGearNL]

This is great!

Can't wait to see vids of it, let alone pics! Cowboy?? 8)

Anyway a F1 car on the Nordschleife, and no track record? Come on!

[deuces]

leave it to bmw

[pzgren]

if the bmw management does't set the policies to high for Nick's ride i'm sure he'll push it a bit because nick is a big NS fan.
but anyway a very nice idea to drive with a F1 car on NS...looking forward to see pics and vids of it

[stmoritzer]

we need a decent JW report from this event!
( pics and video is a must, thanks harryo2b )
looks like BMW is doing some PR events like on the lake in St.Moritz , but this time it's a proper carevent