Race Driver Explains Nürburgring Crashes
I sat down and analysed some of the internets biggest Nürburgring fails. Incidents like spins, crashes and some showboating gone-wrong!
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The Nürburgring Nordschleife is over 20km long, has 160 turns and is one of the most unforgiving tracks in the world. But what makes it unique, is that it spends most of the year open to the public - meaning that thousands of people take to the track in their road cars.
As you can imagine, not all of these people are experienced racing drivers. So there are some simple mistakes that lead to huge crashes - so I'm going to give you my take on what went wrong in these Nürburgring Nordschleife Fails.
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Whether it's on the ground or airborne, spinning looks terrifying. (And I would've probably done the same mistake 🤷♂️)
Probably the 1976 crash of Nikki Lauda
Dale Earnhardt
Honestly from my point of view, that VLN Mercedes GT Car (at 1:38) was purely unlucky, with no, to little driver mistake involved there. Because to me, it looked like the back of the car, including the tires, lifted up into the air at the moment of 1:55 , making the car rotate, he tried to catch the slide, but as the grip was then reapplied because of the weight coming back to the rear, the car straightened out, and then into the barrier. So yes, the camber change does apply, but the back tires looked like they were off the ground, making the situation worse. Please don't attack me if you saw the situation differently than I did, because, in the end, what happened, happened and after all, we can only be the judges who have not or never been in that seat.
@@llama_wehraboo7274 roroytptptpytpt
Some say, if you walk around the Nurburgering, you'll find enough parts to build a BMW
Lol, too many amateur drifters!
Hahaha too good!
🤣🤣🤣
Gho That's an awesome comment....😂😁🤣
@Albertus Nathan Widjaja Whoa, I can google aswell! Lets see, OH it says here '' no-one asked ''
If I had £5 for every BMW that binned it at the Nurburgring I could buy a new BMW and go crash it there
Dude 100%, it's just so many inexperienced drivers that try too hard!
@@karelpgbr thats how you gain experience, by trying hard
You could buy a McLaren F1 for that money...
well when you crash yours, you'll make £5 back
then get more money from the other BMWS, buy the insurance agency, get free insurance, and crash another BMW.
All those Nordschleife crash compilations make you appreciate the Porsche 919 Evo Nordschleife record even more...
i've heard a racing driver (multiple 24h Nürburgring winner) saying that it was not really that impressive from a driving skill perspective, because the car was super easy to drive, tons of grip and downforce.
@@gnutscha At that speed a small mistake would most likely cost you your life. The 24h cars are much slower.
@@EarthIsFlat456 of course its more dangerous, but as i said, i was talking about the driving skill, not the balls of the driver. faster doesnt mean its harder to drive
Also the endurance racers that go around in this circuit for almost a whole day
Not really, these are all just amateurs, its like watching some noobs playing Smash and falling every time and saying "Watching them fall make you apreciate professional players even more"... it just doesnt work that way.
Can't help but think of Sabine when watching this, she would have certainly given some of these drivers some advice! Sabine owned that track without a doubt. I was shocked to hear of her passing at such a young age. She was a true legend. Rip Sabine.
She is dead? When? How?
@@shakul12 long battle with cancer, quite recently
@@codemy666 :-(
Sabine died??? Oh no!
@@shakul12 She battled with cancer since 2017. We lost her on march 16th :,(
Here in Finland you always know winter has arrived when you see BMW's crashed on the side of the road
Here in America it's 4wd pickups and SUV's.
Disregarding the fact that bmw drivers are more likely to have an extra drink to keep warm in Finnish winter season?
@@maxb1401 no, usually they just have too much power compared to the experience required to drive a RWD in snowy and icy conditions
In Norway if you have a black BMW then you are more than likely a gangster of Pakistani heritage and they're not known for crashing. I think they might perhaps take advanced driving courses in order to compete in spontaneous driving competitions involving law enforcement.
@@SofaKingShit Swedish police seem a little lacking in their pursuit abilities. I've seen lots of videos of people making an ass of them. I even saw one where a motorcycle rider caused a pursuing officer to pull out in front of a vehicle and get t-boned.
Guy with the porsche is a legend ........After crashing his first car 30 minutes later he was back on the track with his other porsche.....True legend
Legend or quite rich xD
@@codemy666 of course he has some money but a legend just because he had the confidence to do that ... So many supercars wasted and sad hiding in storage around the world ...
@@undercoverbush2193 Confidence and being stupid is often mixed up, not saying the driver is stupid but you give him too much credit
@@codemy666 Im sure you're driving better then him around the ring ;) Stop talking shit and show me your video driving like that ,then we can have a conversation. Until then your opinion is invalid to me
@@undercoverbush2193 As if your opinion has any base, but sure go off mate
You need to do these videos every week it is very helpful for pointing out flaws in driving inputs and techniques with perfect examples
I'm gonna stick driving this track at the console
Samee one day I'll beat my 7:53 time in the rsr
Yeah but i would still like to run a cautious lap around the ring!
@@rns.motorsports same
@@kgmulato5951 i just kinda send it once i get a feel for the car after the first couple turns its go time sometimes accidentally into a wall lmao
@@mannythrash508 sometimes I do a few laps to get acclimated to the track then do a full race once I'm confident enough to send the car to its corners, hell, even slowing down makes you sweat haha
He feels every chrash physically and mentally 😂 great video!
You can see Driver61 knows what it feels like to be in a crash by his expressions during the onboard. He braces for impact like it was coming for him.
I have a friend that was involved in a roll while driving amateur dirt stock car in the 90's. She tried to save it, but got her arm caught in the wheel during the incident. It took many surgeries over several years to finally get her arm back to straight. I wouldn't wish that on anyone.
What just happened ?
I've seen dirt track drivers leaving their thumbs on the front of the wheel. Must be common enough.
@@bmortloff Jean Alesi begs to differ :P
Always let the wheel go in a crash!!! Cover your head instead
That full spin clip was so cool I have never seen that. Especially on that corner in particular
On the Radillon ??
@@rishenreni7618 yes I think
I'm just counting how many segments of the Armco barriers they damage, as they have to pay for those.
I've watched hours and hours of the NBR crashes, and every one he is watching I'm like "oy yep this is a good one" as I have seen all these.
Here you go pal 🥇
great , how abou stop enjoying other peoples bad luck and grow a pair by driving it yourself ?
@Mattaroony i know , enjoying other peoples misfortune is a disturbing sign
6:05 you missed that one completely! Huge shunt!
on the other hand, this crash was identical to several other crashes from the same video. he countersteered keeping the drift, the car suddenly regained traction while the steering was to the right and bam, it throws the car off track at full speed
8:25 I work in a racing team that was involved in this accident. The driver from the car, that crashed directly into the camera, got penalized for this situation. If i remember correctly he lost his permit, because it was a situation, where he had to take care of the other drivers. The car that was spun crashed into the side first car of this pack. This impact was very hard and the driver broke a rip. You can see the beginning of this second crash.
you have to do more of these. As someone without any racing experience, the part of explaining the situations is incredibly fascinating.
That black golf understeering is exactly how I binned my first car, learnt my lesson there and then though...
10:27 Zen Driving... I love the enormous calm of this guy... He looks like he is just turning right from a stop sign, on an empty road. He is my new hero, haha.
I absolutely love these breakdown videos you do. A unique perspective and incredibly informative.
Wtf, your channel grew massively! You're almost at 500k, congrats!
Even I didn't notice
Love the reaction @ 6:20, like you were there. I'm new at race siming and have been watching your channel . My lap time has improved by at least 5 seconds. I was really bad, still not great but much improved thanks to your instructional videos. Keep'em coming.
I appreciate your reactions not just being entertained by the crashes and such, focusing on how it happened and not just “oh that’s a huge crash!”
I really enjoy these breakdowns. The drifts the rally this one. They are great
Great explanations. Looking forward to more of these instructive videos of the Nordschleife.
Im really excited for the start of the F1 season. This was a nice, and entertaining video to gear us up for some racing.
A lot of bloody great tank slappas init! Thanks for the breakdown D61!
That reaction at 6:17 made my day. Also, I know the feeling, because I had a similar accident in a Lotus, though thankfully at much slower speeds, not at the Nurburgring, and I didn't hit anything.
I appreciate how well you teach, I go to you just to learn things.
Would love to see a similar video, but where drivers avoid an accident. Great work!
Love these break downs. Would love more!
This was a really good video! Would love to see more :)
What impresses me is how well those Factory cars hold up to impact.
Thanks for posting this, good to see that someone other than myself analyses these things. Also, your analysis was extremely insightful.
It's really entertaining to watch and try learning what mistake to not do... Maybe we can have these more often with some tip on how it could be save & avoided etc...
Brilliant to see accidents explained so well
So interesting, love the explanations and insights
Loved that a great professional racer who's pushed his vehicles to the max won't get back on a motorcycle. Much respect, Scott. Now I want to go for a ride.
In a nutshell: Drivers going way too fast for their skill level. Faulty input, faulty judgement and reactions. Period. Now for pure joy, watch Sabine spin around the ring in anything. Sheer beauty and excellence. Rest in power you goddess.
one of them, and it probably still had something to do with inexperience, looked to me like a bit of wheel-hop. Get on the brakes late and hard, back tires lift a little bit off the ground for a split second, and that's all you need to loose it. But what do I know, I've never been in a car on track, I'm a just a nerd who enjoys the technical side of racing from my couch.
Oh hey 5:15, thats my video! Actually I had seen the yellow flashing light going down into foxhole so I immediately left off the accelerator. Had I not seen that I would have probably ended up like the others as well.
I liked what the expert done here by explaining where these drivers got it wrong . Educational.
This was a great video explaining mistakes of other people do more of this it was awesome
Great channel, great explanations, great content, well done, learn lots
Nice video Scott! Cheers!
I was told, if you go to the track expect to walk home lol
That’s why I have a motorcycle specifically for the track and I trailer it.
Never take anything to the track that isn't disposable or at least dispensable. I never understand the kids that drive their daily drivers on track days. If you're not prepared to leave it in the wall, don't take it to the track.
@@fantabuloussnuffaluffagus exactly bud
Hey Scott, I love your break down on what likely happened during these loss-of-control moments. When a driver looses control and damages the railing and/or other parts of the road/track, are they responsible for the repair costs?
Interesting Video! As a track marshall at the nürburgring i see a lot of crashes especially during the NLS(VLN) standing in the "Schwalbenschwanz". seeing this video helps understand them even more. though you did choose a pretty old video :D
Another great video Scott and it's good to see your empathy and body language
More. 👍 The wrecks aren't so fun to watch, but it's great getting your after action reports. You're gonna save some young enthusiasts some money and trouble with a video like this.
Awesome video man, very entertaining
Always fun to watch your stuff. Looking forward to your comments on Bahrain. How did Max lose pace in the last 2 laps? How good was Perez's drive?
Love this content.. More in depth would be great
Wow, Ive never met a perfect race car driver before. Youre the best!
Great video, I'd love to see a similar one with f1 races
@driver61 Congrats on 500k subs! Well deserved!
Awesome video thank you!
Great video Scottie
Best Nurburgring fails video ever!
You made it! 502K subscribers. I've been following you for quite a while now. Even old buggers like me can pick up new tips and tricks.
The amount of BMWs that crashed was mental
The reputation of BMW drivers in Germany is no better than anywhere else.
@@Yora21 I'd say worse actually
@@justsomepandawithinternet Might well be. On highways in Germany, when someone pushes dangerously close behind me or does risky lane changes, it's 80% BWM, 10% Mercedes, and 5% VW.
It's just sad. Such great cars driven by such idiots
@@Yora21 well I've noticed that most with Audi's and especially Mercedes Sprinters and transport cars like that
Concerning the yellow Porsche: That driver was interviewed by one of the Nürburgring youtubers, I think it may have been the Nordschleife Nürburgring one, but I'm not sure. He said that he was coming down that straight and right on the crest he noticed the yellow flag. Being an experienced driver he automatically and instantly lifted his foot of the gas to go slower, as that's what you do when you see a yellow flag. Alas, he was right on that crest and just lifting the foot was enough to destabilize his rears. He was back on the track with his second Porsche the next day and had the yellow one repaired a relativley short time later.
His explanation of trailbreaking has improved my driving 10x easily. And I use ABS still. Such a vital skill to have. Hopefully I can translate it and ween off ABS soon
Great video! I would have loved to hear a comment about holding the brakes. I've only ever done simracing, so it might be different to IRL recommendations. But in communities I've been a part of, if your car is crashing and is uncontrollable, you just hold on to the brakes in order for you to be more predictable to cars around you. Especially so if you've just hit the barrier, so you don't bounce of it roll back onto track.
I found out about _trailing throttle oversteer_ in a friend's 911 in the seventies. I see that some front-drivers have the same thing. Hard to fight instinct when you cook it into a corner.
Or push the clutch in immediately upon foot off gas.
Scott, appreciate the insight.
being from the states I've only gotten the opportunity to drive laser scanned versions of the Nürburgring in sims like rFactor 2, Assetto Corsa, etc. and especially in rFactor 2, it really shows how treacherous the track is. Particularly in cars that are reliant mainly on mechanical grip, If you go off line just a little bit you have to be completely aware of the bumps on the track and where they are on the width of the track, even more so than you already are on the racing line alone. One line you may be able to send it full throttle, but as soon as you step off that line, to maybe pass, or because of a mistake, hitting one of those bumps at WOT will send the car straight into a barrier. I always find myself constantly changing sides of the track even down straighter sections to avoid bumps and be able to WOT, otherwise you're having to constantly feather the throttle to not upset the car. Driving classic F1 cars around the Nordschleife in sims, on a computer, without any of the actual sense of speed, danger, g forces, etc. it really shows how old F1 drivers were truly dancing with the devil in the best way possible.
The proper way to do a crash video, much better than watching those gratuitous crash compilations, thank you Scott. At least you get something out of it. Those Hatzenbach clips triggering my PTSD... ran out of talent last year.
Please make more of these videos!
Growing up at the Ring this was our playground. Had my first drive before I even had a drivers license.
So many opportunities for great GIFs from his reactions in this video
I've watched so many of these crash videos. Lots of BMWs seem to lose control hahaha Woah that on-board looked scary as frick.
Please more of that!
Nice... a reaction video where the reactor actually adds value for once
many thanks for this video.
this is my new favorite channel
9:47 is the same corner where I lost it. It was early enough in the morning that there was still some water on the track and I didn't see it as I went over the brow. I got sideways looking at the guardrail at 100 mph and somehow managed to keep from hitting it.
That was pure adrenaline that got that biker off the track
@7:00 in regards to the steering wheel spinning in a crash. Nico Rosberg said he’d let go immediately to save his hands, but he said Lewis never would (I suspect he does at times though) and that this sometimes gives him an edge as he has control till the very moment he crashes. Found it interesting.
This is great. He manages to say what’s wrong without putting down the drivers. Unusual for this day and age. Where everyone exaggerates and sensationalises things for views, likes etc
Please do more of this.
Is it just me or would Scott Mansell make for a really good commentator
quite interesting, thanks mate
Have you done any video on throttle control and steering?
4:45 That BMW belonged to a friend of mine. No, not a drift car. First outing, actually. They hit some spilled liquid, probably oil, and lost control. Car was totalled.
I am so glad you explained that the driver took his hands off of the stirring wheel. I was shocked cause I thought he was knocked out by the crash and maybe in serious need for medical help. I mean I am sure he hurt himself badly but I am glad it was a concious decision he made for protection
Shwedenkreuz corner is one of the trickiest of some Nordschleife. Even in simracing almost all of players learned that this corner takes no prisoners.
We want more of this kind of video, reacting and giving advice. Also i want more reactions to rally.
Regarding oil or other stuff on the track: I'm at the Ring several times every year and I hacked my infotainment to display some sensor values. Now I was thinking of adding an IR sensor to measure the temperature of the track surface. Any idea of other sensors that would measure downwards, maybe at an angle, that could somewhat predict oil or other fluids? I guess fresh oil or coolant would be detectable by seeing (slightly) higher temperatures, so the track surface temp display could sense a sudden change and light up?
A thing I seem to see a lot are people not braking in a spin, and they just keep on rolling along into the barrier. I was taught, "In a spin, two in." (clutch and brake on).
Hey, Driver61, how do you use saved time while not spelling 3rd letter in 'BMW' ;-)?
Sabine Schmitz: Hold my steering wheel I'm coming back to life.
I could watch this endless hours
Im talking about my assetto corsa experience here, but in the beginning of simracing around the Nordschleife I have made many mistakes just like in the video but now don't make these mistakes anymore. For literally every clip I knew exactly what the mistake was and how it could have been prevented. I just wonder how that experience translates to reallife racing around the track
Track day is definitely best experience on this track, mainly because you have the full straight. Traffic gets unbelievable during tourist drives sometimes, much higher risk.
would love to see a driver breakdown of jim clark, footage might be hard though
Drove 4 times on the Nurburgring yet, but would never go there if it is snowy or even slightly wet. It is a wonderful track, but i appreciate taking my car back home :-D
People now call it "the KZhead Corner".
barely any of these incidents were on the KZhead corner.
the KZhead corner is Brunnchen, while most of the incidents in this video are in the Schwedenkreutz, which is on the opposite side of the track
The first clip reminds me of me trying to drift in SuperTuxKart v. 1.2
make "racing driver errors" a monthly series!!