Ride Onboard A BMW M4 DTM Car For A Stunning 6min 15sec 'Ring Lap
DTM driver Augusto Farfus took to the Norschleife in a specially-prepared M4 DTM car, clocking a sensational 6min 15sec bridge to gantry lap time
Before you get excited about how close this lap is to Stefan Bellof’s legendary 6min 11sec record, it’s worth remembering that a ‘bridge to gantry’ lap cuts off a significant portion of the track.
Nurburgring blogger Bridge to Gantry reckons this would amount to a 6:35 - 6:40 full Norschleife lap, but as a counterpoint, Farfus wasn’t flat out for the whole lap.
The lap was part of some promotional activities for Shell, but we’d love to see Farfus head back out in this ‘Ring-prepped M4 DTM for another lap without any lifts…
Source: Bridge to Gantry
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As much as a 6:11 is a bit FARF(us)-etched, I’d love to see him try.
10/10 would daily
I guess they like GoPros…
illuminati
“Ninho Ninho, u said you were gonna drive slow”
There are currently rumours about WTCC adapting Class One reglement like DTM is actually supposed to and Super GT already has.
Although I like WTCC alot more than DTM as it’s far more exciting this could bring back actual DTM style cars back to the Nordschleife which would be nice.
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There are so many go pros in there it would run the ring in under 6 min without them
Balls of carbon fibre