This Audi R8 Driver Almost Pulled Off The Greatest Nurburgring Save Of All Time

Upon first viewing, it looks like this Audi R8 driver pulled off a spectacular save during a Nordschleife touristenfahrten session, but listen carefully, and it sounds as though there's contact with a barrier just after the car exits the frame...

Matt Robinson

26 Jul 2016

Video via Bridge to Gantry

Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.

Comments

Old habits die hard, I see…

I R8 that a 7 out of 10

I R8 it 5/7

I R8 it 8/8 m8.

I R8 9/11 m8

Quattro kicked in yo!!

Well it’s an audi doing audi things. Understeering

Ever heard of brakes?

Is that something you can eat?

Braking with awd in a skid is kind of the biggest no-no ever, from there it just goes from manageable to shitwreck-town really fast. To quote a legend - “If in doubt’, flat out”, as he did in the video, but then obviously you have to be ready for that backlash of a bitch-kick when you go from skid on grass > asphalt…wich he painfully wasn’t.

If you find yourself in a situation like this and hit the brakes, the weight of the car shifts to front wheels, unsettles the car and throws the rear end loose. Most likely hitting nose first in the barrier, or spinning out uncontrollably. And thats not what you want i believe.