@Misha Charoudin - Not gonna like that looks like the fastest I’ve ever seen anybody in your videos go round the ring, looks like it’s going in fast forward at points, F1 drivers can really drive fearless huh lol
@@pirminpfeiffer7206 @LEATHAL INTERJECTION Yeah I know,but when you see Mclarens, Ferraris ,AMgs,POrsches,it aint supercar either...Its a sportcoupe,you can use it to drop kids to school and than have fun coming back home
I've known a lot of people who've worked in F1 and if they had the joy of working with Kubica, they all say the same thing. The dude was insanely fast, even compared to his F1 peers.
Racing in F1 is more difficult because you feel like you drive on the top of engine and gforce which you feel its a little bit different so if you drive like a pro with F1 that mean normal car is like walking in park 😁
I was thinking the same. This is pure skill and the speed comes from him, not from the car. To us this is incredibly fast, but to hun being used to F1 speeds this is pedestrian.
THey mostly Polish people who knows that Polish goverment put money into f1 ( Oil/Petrol company Orlen) instead of lowering taxes or saving buisnesses of people during covid. They give money to disabled former f1 driver who always was last even when he scored his only point in Williams he was last
This is a man that reached the highest level of racing in multiple disciplines which are wildly different, and kept on going even after suffering near fatal crashes. Mad respect for Kubica!
everybody gangster until there's GigaKubica in your mirrors... It's hard not to be a fan of Robert, he's a down to heart fun guy, he's bloody quick and fought like a madman to recover from a crash that many said was career ending. He's such a legend. P.S. you can really see those F1 driver reflexes when the car gets a little out of shape.
It’s amazing that he is able to move the car exactly on the limit (or 99%, at least it looks like it), but the same time totally smooth and save. Without knowing the track in detail in real life lol. That’s why he was fast in f1, total different story comparing to normal fast tourist drive and track day drivers... e.g. Robert drives super smooth, but kubica looks maybe the same from outside with like 100 times more steering inputs
@@pin9r He's F1 veteran. If he did 15 laps on it, he already knows the track by objective standards. Subjectively he would probably say that there's a lot more to learn ;) But you can clearly see this on F1 grid too, during practice sessions, when all drivers drive for the first time on the track during that race week. Top shelf drivers learn the track conditions in couple laps and are instantly fast. Second league F1 drivers lag behind for a bit before they catch up. Watch the times and you will see, that Max, Lewis and Leclerc are insta fast on every track. Kubica has the same quality to him, he was known for a great, instant feedback since his times in karting.
@@norisnezak it reminds me of his very first rally after the crash, in 2012 in Italy with a Impreza WRC. He was driving like a madman and using all the road. In fact - he won that event ;)
He wasn’t underrated , he was going to Ferrari before the accident he had in rally, that sadly destroyed his f1 career ,most people believe he would have won Drivers championships in F1 , and all the drivers in F1 feared how quick he was
@@ngc-fo5te my point about Robert remains the same , he was a championship calibre driver for sure, had it not been with Ferrari it could have been elsewhere , very sad his injury that robbed him of a great career.
@@custardberrytart651 He was a borderline championship calibre driver - he was good but probably not great - but that silly rallying cost him for sure.
That's really impressive! Key elements of good driving: 1) He uses the FULL space available of the track corners and is comfortable using a range of lines that suits the car through each. 2) He realizes the inherent understeer of the car, even on throttle, and manages the front tire grip limit very well through corners and places the car very well on intended lines while using most of the available tire grip and handling balance. He also recognizes this quite early on and adjusts his driving quickly to it. Even near the end when the rear tires start to get a little hot and the car will oversteer a little, he adjusts quickly and manages it well. 3) He bleeds off very little speed up to corners and is quite good at keeping momentum. He also seems to deliberately enter corners slightly fast and is willing to make small adjustments mid if needed or the girp isn't there. 4) He accelerates VERY early out of corners and even into and mid corner as available with the track space. 5) He has decent understanding of the track to know how to enter and come out of corners and can pretty comfortably manage car speed and placement through corners. 6) He is very deliberate in driving inputs. Short of inputs managing grip of the front tires and driving line, he applies very few actual inputs and extremely few corrections. Actions are very deliberate with specific intent. This is a BIG area that differentiates very good drivers from ok drivers. Even things like choice of application speed plays a role, not just the amount of input. 7) He is doing all of this while still driving the car relatively light. This is him maybe at 70%. He's not taking chances or doing anything wild or outside of the scope of what he can easily see. Even so, he still does all of the above well with low risk and clean, simple driving. This is just really, really good driving.
@AdA January It's my passion of driving since I was a kid, the analytical mindset of an engineer along with hands-on experience with modding and tuning cars, and a couple decades of hobbyist racing experience (autocross and rallycross mainly, toyed with drifting when I was young). All of this has allowed me to become competent and successful in my own realm of hobbyist racing but also understand and recognize good driving when I see it. It's very fun to watch a highly skilled driver. There's also a unique attitude when it's just play instead of work that makes videos like this enjoyable.
I come to this video from time to time. We need to see more f1 pilots driving "normal" cars to really understand how good they are. the control he has at any given point is unreal.
The lack of tire noise says a lot about his skill level. Always in control of the weight and balance while going flat out. Guy is an artist behind the wheel.
@@cryptout True, but I'm not talking about his skills level here. The limitation is the car, you can be 100% committed in a Ford Fiesta, it just means your lap time is slower because of the slower car. Just my two cents.
Kubica is an absolute savage...He's beating on that car like it owes him money...He has amazing skill, he hits every turn right, every apex, and never misses a breaking point...This guy has balls of steel...
@ I meant he was not going 10/10ths. More like 8.5/10 and making it look easy because he’s Robert effing Kubica. He was also clearly trying to spare the car too much punishment.
Funniest thing is Kubica is so humble that he doesn’t pull a “DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM!?” routine. Just asks, “even if I know how to drive *pretty well*?”🤣🤣🤣🤣
The way he steers at the tires maximum grip level. You can literally hear the tires break traction on every corner to their limits of obersteering yet he manages to push them through by pure feel.... one of the most amazing videos I've seen. Mad respect for this driver!
I guess it helps that he is not only an F1 driver who is used to WAY higher cornering speeds but also a Rally driver who is used to cars sliding all over the place.
Nothing seems fast when you've driven a F1 car.. 'Damon hill'
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I'm 51 years old, and I grew up watching Senna on F-1, and I remember Mr. Kubica piloting on F-1, too. He's not under-rated as told by someone here on the comments. In my heart, Mr. Kubica is one of the finest ex-F-1 pilots of a great era. And as said, I'm 51 years old. I've read a lot about polish fighter pilots of WWII, that were based on Great Britain. They were greatest fighter pilots, too. I believe "speed" is on polish veins.
He wasn’t under-rated, his career was cut short by that horrible injury he had while doing rally racing just for fun. The Lotus team and F1 in general tried to accommodate him but his right arm was just too damaged. I remember the day he crashed, my dad told me about it, it felt like losing a family member, it sucked because we knew he would go far.
This guy is an absolute legend, and I'm not just talking about how bloody good of a driver he is. His comeback story is incredible, no less amazing than the most famous ones. Massive respect.
What's the comeback story? Getting sacked from Williams? I mean he used to be good. Then bad luck got the best of him. He isn't NOWHERE as good. Good to see him go from f1, he was holding up younger talent
@@D3FKONMusik123 the guy could've been a world champ. He had a FERRARI contract for 2012. The fact that he returned to the sport after all this is remarkable and another story of what could've been
Yeah the elevation changes look really dangerous at that speed, tyres squeal, then nothing, then squeal again, that's the sound of impending death for a normal human - and like he said with no runoff areas you're straight into the barriers.
You probably mean understeer. If he was flirting with oversteer at every corner, the car would look like its rear tires are about to spin out all the time, which never happens.
@@Lewis.Alcindor Correct, hes catching the oversteer so fast that it nevers shock the balance of the car. But yes hes flirting with understeer. His weight transfer are perfect.
To my friends here like me who do little races and track days in their road car and especially young drivers and enthusiasts: Watch the way Robert manages the load around the car, the weight on the tyres. So fast and firm but perfect gentle inputs with almost no second guesses. You can see his use of the steering and throttle to manipulate slip angle beautifully. It is a real privilege to see skill like this. Thank you Misha and of course Robert.
5thgearouttahere yes and also instinctively anticipating and correcting the rear giving way with the camber change. As you say you need load on the fronts to keep grip and prevent understeer but not too much. Very fine line, especially around a track like that.
Robert Kubica is actually driving with one fully operating hand after his accident and he is still world top driver. He is great person and extremely passionate. It was a pleasure to watch this video. Great work both of u.
I notice that aswell. He made positioning of the car prior to the jump look so easy and the line so efficient. Misha seems to struggle in a lot of videos to get the car in the right position in this section.
@@marksapollo He drives a rally a lot, in rally they use left foot for braking WHILE keeping gas pressed with right foot, this way he balances the car weight while carrying a lot of speed in corners and then just keeps accelerating to exit the corner
Interview with Hamilton "I've never seen anything like it. I had a big team of people helping me with my kart and race preparation, but this Polish kid shows up with just his dad and a beat-up kart. Kubica's dad even fixed the kart himself, and I still lost to him. I don't know what it was about him, but he was just so fast. He had this natural talent, and he was always so determined to win."
@@ShiffteeExactly correct,It was Lewis and his dad that’s it,He had no team and Anthony worked 3 jobs and worked on the Kart at night,This Tool posted a complete lie…
I imagine all the other drivers having a blast, telling themselves "damn i`m going so fast" and then a wild Kubica appears in the mirror going through like a Formula 1 car.
Kubica is an amazing driver, he was destined for Ferrari before his awful accident in Rally, he was so fast and in my opinion would have been a multiple world champion in F1 he was that good, all the F1 drivers feared his raw speed
It's amazing to watch how little steering input he uses - always runs the car right to the outside using all the track. Often looks like he will understeer wide but always keeps it under the limit - just
@@johnojoseph yea, If I'm not mistaken he's turning the car in using a rotation from the brakes, therefore the car stays quite neutral (no oversteer, no understeer) and fast.
The guy lost his arm but he didn't give up. Instead he continued to fight and now he's performing better than the vast majority. Best respect to such people!
His right arm was partially severed but after several surgeries he can still feel and move his fingers, although strength and mobility look reduced to me.
The guy has one functional arm, raced in a single F1 race in 2021, and that was enough for him to beat Mazepin who raced the entire series for all 20+ races in the championship. He’s so good
You can see how these drivers are such a class apart - they are playing right on the edge of grip 100 percent of the way around the track. It’s almost an intellectual pursuit for him. Very, very impressive.
This guy drives rally cars for fun at a very high level. He got a year in F1 with more or less one hand. I have watched this guy drive a rally stage at night with his lights broken from their mountings and he went flat out. not to mention his abilities in an F1 car before the accident. Robert Kubica is an absolute star and a dam fucking great racing driver!
The instructor wasn't an idiot, he knew exactly who Kubica was. Took the opportunity of a lifetime to have a passenger lap with a world class F1 driver 😉 very smart
I just drove the Nurburgring last week for the first time in my life. People do not realize how much elevation change and bumps there are on the track at any time, and how hard you have to focus to drive fast. But by far the most impressive thing about this lap is the second section after Pflanzgarten 1 jump. The way he brutally destroys every corner is unreal, I swear it is terrifying to watch and think it’s actually possible to drive like this in an M4. He has absolutely 100% faith in his lines and just goes. Only WRC drivers will give you this feeling of being true god level.
I was thinking the same thing lol. He is just sooooo much faster. Your can see everybody else's brake lights while he still has his foot flat. Guy was at about 200% the commitment level anybody else would have been comfortable with
Henrik Rónai he overlapped that blue caman gt4 shortly after the cut, i guess second lap. Usually i dont really enjoy watching these but when he trailbraked it in t1 with cold tires i was like hold up.
I've watched a fair amount of Misha content and have to say that's the hardest driving I've seen yet. He was ragging the life out of that M4. Always a legend.
You're driving like a world champ in Nurburgring, flying around, eating corners, and then... KUBICA makes you realize that you're like a granny driving on a Sunday morning compare to his driving abilities.
Yeah, you feel like you're on the limit and about to crash, while kubica will overtake you with a relaxing cruise mode. He is just unreal and no wonder, he was a f1 driver, still is reserve driver, even when he finishes in the last spots..... That just shows how good every race driver is, even the slowest pros are world-class cause they are pros
That was absolutely stunning to watch. The first time my jaw dropped was when he sent this prepped-out M4 full load up the hill at Flugplatz without braking before the jump. The following minutes literally gave me goose bumps. The amount of car control and precision of this man is mind-boggling. How he uses the entire width of the track, going to the very edge of the asphalt, but never onto the grass. How he places the car perfectly at every apex. How he transfers weight and uses the natural dynamics of the chassis and suspension in Hatzenbach. How he catches the car, on the edge of traction, at high speeds. How early he is on the throttle on corner exit. How he easily passes any, literally any given high performance car on the track (and the little time it costs him). Ri-di-cu-lous. And to think he is used to so much more speed and g-forces, it probably felt like a Sunday drive to him.
True but you have to remember the m4 has WAAAAY less downforce than an f1 car which means the feeling would be scarier going 150 in an m4 than a f1 car, as you can feel the car being pushed to its limit, probably felt like it was about ro flip or take off alot of times🤣insane car control and understanding demonstrated in this video
@@haseebhussain3327 Actually not at all. If you try to drive a simulator, and drive an F1 car, you'll quickly realize that it's such another level, you can't really imagine it. Even after driving it for hours, you are still FAR from making just one good lap in an F1 car. After that, you drive a lap in a "normal" M4 or similar, it gives you a sensation as if it's all happening in slow motion. Regardless of bodyroll and weaker chassis, I'm sure it's super easy for Kubica. I guess for him driving an M4 on its limits is like us regular people getting a fiat 500 and driving it on its limits. Not scary, but fun.
I still come back to this vídeo occasionally to just admire this guy’s pure skill. Such a shame we never were able to see what this guy could’ve achieved in F1
His steering control at 9:11 is just insane, the way he counter steers as soon as he feels traction slipping and then instantly attacking again is mind blowing
In addition, his right hand is not fully functional again, so you can say that he is leading mainly with his left hand. (Brawo Robert, nikt was nie wyprzedził przez całe okrążenie. Fajnie się to oglądało, prowadził jak maniak, absolutnie genialnie.)
If you are the CEO of BMW, and you aren't reaching out to Robert to do a marketing campaign for M cars, you are insane. Picking up passengers at the grocery store and then a wrong turn and a lap on the ring - this lap will live in the Internet Hall of Fame - "but I'm expensive"
@@alexrulz54 forget about it, man (unless you're joking). That would be a deal for an average person, but not for Kubica, who's very well known and experienced driver.
This was like watching a world-class musician or an artist painting a master peace, how he just kept that car on a razor edge of control so fast was just magnificent, it was like the car was a part of him incredible reactions and skill
Yeah man, watching him drive this M4 compared to people driving GT3's, Ferrari's, etc.. and the sheer amount of pace he has compared to them is honestly insane.
@@artieimages7132 He love karting and He beat Hamilton and Rosberg every time there. You should check his karting story and "beyond the Grid "interview what he say there about karting is amazing !!!!. He also have his own Karting brand
I've never seen the nordschleife attacked by such a car in such manner before. It was absolutely amazing and the most exhilarating lap of the Nürburgring I've seen. Both car and track were taken to an inch of each other! Incredible! Thank you Robert and Misha!
First time in a car on a single lap i wouldn't have taken that many high speed corners. Very impressive. What happened in the middle though with that static at 7:24?
@@HERXMES Ah, I thought he said first time in an M4. I know he's a pro driver that's been on that track in many configurations before. That's my dream honestly
Damn Robert is such a technical driver. All apexes and the racing line spotless! No unnecessary wheel spin. Poetry to watch. And that was his "safe drive".
@@maitreyasharma761 Like I said. Porsche is the best track car ever. But the guys who own them, they are not Robert. Should be extra youtube channel. With Kubica drive thru trafic in other cars...Imagine him in GT2
@@sundaywalker2698 funny you'd say that considering best BMW time for nordscheliefe is 7:27.88 whereas the time for that particular porsche is 7:18. not to mention, when you are capable enough of getting to the place of the "porsche driver", you are hardly as pea brained as you are right now and won't have the feeling of contempt of "driving the best racing car" or whatever.
Agree, shame here around me most F80 M3/M4 are driven by non enthusiats just want to show off and draw attention with burble fart tunes. But this video made me want a M4 in the future to strip down into a track car once all these current owners trade in their leases for the next model ha
Kubica is one of the greatest racing drivers of the modern era. He's not just super quick, he's really smart about it too. The tactics he used to beat the likes of Hamilton in karting - priceless! Such a shame we never got to see him in a front-running F1 car.
Well... he did actually win a race. Plenty of great drivers pass through F1 without achieving that. If you also count his 12 podiums, that easily puts him among the top 20 F1 drivers of the past 20 years or so.
@Kunt well, motorsport is a bitch. It's really complicated and fans usually are not aware of most circumstances that occur. To get results the whole team has to be "in the zone".
@@perp1exed totally agree, many amazing drivers drove F1 without winning...Sadly to win you need a freaking fantastic car, and a TON of money....and that´s why F1 (starting in schummi era) became so damn boring...See Rubens Barrichelo, even having good cars(brown and Ferrari), he born in the wrong country, even that counts at modern F1...
He was a great F1driver, good enough to be World Champion, but that was over after his rally crash. Last year in F1 he showed he can not race at highest level, just look at his hand. A pity.
@fantasyvimmienskrrt7428 the car loses the rears and starts to step out and he steers into it almost instantly. It's like he predicted the exact limit of the car.
I love listening to how early Robert is going on the power out of almost every corner, and the rear rarely wags. That's smooth but fast throttle application and a feel for the track and car that is beyond 99% of us. Truly a great driver!
With my first car a golf 1 i went for holiday in jugoslavia and thought i was driving not slow but not racing either and got overtook by a guy from poland - with trailer... The trailer went around the next turn on one wheel. I kept some distance then.
Robert always had the skills to be F1 World Champion, and was the driver that Lewis and others feared, such raw speed in anything he drives, including this M4. Was a joy to watch, incredible how Robert seems more in control here than some drivers doing half this speed.
@@EndlessVoid98 well.. he still could do this in good car. After all he was fastest during first tests in season ..in Alfa Romeo...and he won WRC2 title in his first season in rallies. In WRC 1 car he won multiple special stages with 9 times WRC champions Loeb amd Ogier.. including his first time in WRC car and very first special stages in WRC rally Monte Carlo ..first rally in season. He is better driver than Verstapen or Hamilton.
In his whole career he only won one race! where do you find the skills of a world champion?🤔🤔😛😛😛 The fear of lewis!!😅😅😅😅dream on! SURE, he fucked up hamiltons championship in 2021 by crashing in the wall, what resulted in the overtaking of Verstappen after the red flag. Kubika was a great rally driver, but only costed his f1 teams a lot of money
@@RayNL2009 It's always good to know a topic you are comment. Macau GP - Its famous race considered as unofficial F3 world championships where participants have the same aerodynamic car specifications only engines are different but with HP limit. Kubica got older mercedes engine spec than Hamilton. 2004 vs Hamiton/Rosberg - th-cam.com/video/rm24WS-Q3WI/w-d-xo.html 2005 vs Vettel - th-cam.com/video/1aj9QwSZlTY/w-d-xo.html di Grassi after 2005 told that he won only because of safety car.
Mad respect to Kubica, the guy its a veteran race driver, you can clearly see the scars from injuries on his hands. For me and i think for many, would be an honor to have Kubica at the wheel!!!
If you know anything about driving * it would not be a horror movie, it would be pure pleasure. Real driving, not computer games or driving to church on Sunday.
Although this video was posted 2 years ago... part of me still thinks the brakes are still hot from this lap! 7:54 - 8:23 almost made me purchase a 4 point harness for my computer chair! This guy is a BEAST! 😳
@@bessarion1771 Imagine letting Kubica pass, I gave way to him, that why he is waving at 13:30. And o yes i knew he was passing me when i was on the ring that day in the Apex GT86. Man he was hammering that M4
and now imagine yourself working at car rental shop and telling this guy he needs an instructor to tell him how to handle a car i would feel kind of stupid...
Oh you will know that it was a professional racing driver. For sure. Doesn’t matter how fast you are, you feel like youre flying on the limit and all ober sudden out of nowhere, theres a car passing you muuuucj faster passing you like you where doing 30
At the end of video Robert said that it was safe and actually he really meant it. That day one of the polish journalists - Cezary Gutowski, was also driving with Robert on Nürburgring. He said that Robert told him he's going safe and not pushing to the limits cause they don't have helmets etc. I can't imagine how it would be if he took things seriously. 😆 Great video Misha, thanks mate and keep it up!
@@metitusable He is pushing the car as fast while being safe for himeslf (without a helmet), the passenger and other drivers who are just crusing. He isn't pushing it as fast as he could drive if he was racing, with a helmet, without a passenger or in qualy. He can push the car way past this and easily keep control of it You are delusional if you rhink that this was close to how much he pushes in races or in qualy So yeah, get educated before commenting
@@NoOne56488 He is pushing the car as fast while being safe for himeslf,the passenger and other drivers who are just crusing. He isn't pushing it as fast as he could drive if he was racing, with a helmet, without a passenger or in qualy. He can push the car way past this and easily keep control of it
Oh my lord. Look at those lines, car control, not one too hard breaking or too hard acceleration, they are just on point. Most of us who are not acclimatized to some track or car, would never think ahead of a curve or breaking point, but he just goes and knows what he's doing. This driving is a master piece, people should recognize his tallent more outside Europe.
@@Submariner92 Or a whole lot of other great drivers. No need to to bring any of them into this, right now we're just applauding Kubica's performance :)
Imagine working at a rental place and having to tell one of the greatest talents F1 had in the last 20 years that he needs to drive with a instructor if he wants to rent a car...
@@me2ontube They probably knew, but it's typical for generic Germans: "if there is a rule that he needs to ride with instructor it can be god almighty himself - HE WILL DRIVE WITH INSTRUCTOR!".
One day I was staffing for a trackday @ LeMans and told a guy that not having his driver licence was an issue. He told me that he had his race driver licence. Not knowing the level of its licence I told him to go to the trackday manager. Turns out he might know the track, with his podium in GT3/E in the 24h race...
The understanding of car and traction is unbelievable. Also, ability to drive the car to its limit of these F1 drivers is unreal. Hats off Mr. Kubica.... Also, Your lap around Monaco in Renault F1 still raise goosebumps everytime I watch.
Man, I often forget how good Kubica is... Not only is he a great, great driver (obviously, as a very experienced F1 driver), but he also seems fairly humble and a lot of fun to be around... I never thought I'd say this, but if I could spend a day with any F1 driver, he'd be on the top 3, just because of how fun this video was to watch... Maybe I'm going to start a huge argument saying this, but I think the main reason he wasn't massively successful in F1 was just bad luck, more than anything else...
one could argue, compared to Heidfelt he did "out-drive the perforamnce level for his car he was given". He was on the path to being competitive if he had a better car (remember Heidflelt was usually in the top 10, whereas Kubica was consistently top 5). He could have seen some major runs if the deal with Ferrari ever fell through. Great comment and yes the rally accident truly was a tragedy for F1 drivers and fans alike
When Kubica had an accident he left the F1 and won WRC2 championship, then in WRC with private team in 2015 he won the first two stages of Monte Carlo with 2010 Ford Fiesta that had like 40 OS versus factory teams and drivers like Ogier. In F1 Alonso basically admitted that Kubica is better than him and Hamilton because he won everything pre-f1
There's a reason "the luck of champions" is an expression used all over the world... You can't get to the very top without lady luck smiling at you a few times unless you're a once in a century talent like Senna.
Almost 1 year after this great run, today Robert Kubica is back to F1 racing in GP Holland with Alfa Romeo team. 15th place and faster than both Williams drivers. Outstanding driver. Would love to see him back with Misha on another lap at the Nurburgring.
@@gladdy6412 they dragged Russel to the boxes because Kubica had a chance to catch up with him and overtake him, and it would look bad. Likewise, they did not release Latifi recently in kwali because after q3 Latifi had better times and they were afraid that he would beat Russell in qualifying.
@@bessarion1771 im gonna love to see 2 staged drivers at one team. Ham and Russel gonna be crazy asf. You should watch f1 conference after quali at spa when Russel overtook Ham in quali. Ham was in other dimensions wt his mind lol
@@Globusi You will be so surprised when Russell falls flat on his face. He has no clue how to pass, cannot drive in traffic, and cannot drive in wet. He is an average driver at best. The great drivers always outdrive their cars (as long as the team let's them). When Kubica was No 1 driver at Sauber and Renault he always put his car ahead of where it should have been based on performance. All Russell has is the dubious honor of outqualifying his teammates, and that is after MASSIVE input by the team to make this happen. He was ALWAYS passed by Kubica on the first lap of every race where driver's skills are most important. You live in Lala Land fueled by the pro-Russell blogs. You will come crashing to Earth next season.
His heritage is showing through, he's carrying some serious speed into those corners and braking later than I'd ever dare lol. This is a guy with serious balls and experience.
In all fairness it's a loooong course so unless you've spent a lot of time there you probably wouldn't know the corners you're approaching and couldn't take them at full speed
Mzwandile Harmans Are you talking about production car records? Because the only reason dude was eating cars up was because of his skill. Even the M4 was screaming for mercy at some corners.
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Robert Kubica managed to do 36 laps with us.
See how the car looked like afterwards: th-cam.com/video/SxK0N_Vn_Gk/w-d-xo.html
how much fuel did he use 🙄
closest get 1 lap of ring with misha 🙂
must be 14 tanks
@@gordoncrouch7766 all of it
@Misha Charoudin - Not gonna like that looks like the fastest I’ve ever seen anybody in your videos go round the ring, looks like it’s going in fast forward at points, F1 drivers can really drive fearless huh lol
Really drastic example of the difference between a world class racer and enthusiasts. Incredible how he pushes the car at all times.
And between a professional race driver and F1 driver. That's still an easy 2-3% laptime difference to his favour.
For me the best ever recorded lap of the Nurburgring.
Total commitment. Total control.
He makes them look like NPC drivers from old computer games. Their only purpose is to be overtaken.
@@davidfoster3814 the one i actually love and watch from time to time is the 1987 ruf ctf yellow bird one u should check it out
Amazing
After watching this, I realized I dont need a supercar, I need to learn how to drive
The m4 is no corolla though
Listen here..I said the same thing bro😂
@@pirminpfeiffer7206 @LEATHAL INTERJECTION
Yeah I know,but when you see Mclarens, Ferraris ,AMgs,POrsches,it aint supercar either...Its a sportcoupe,you can use it to drop kids to school and than have fun coming back home
@@pirminpfeiffer7206 right, but I bet he will murder me in a corolla while I drive the m4.
@@palillo2006 *insert obligatory initial d reference*
That M4 needed a cigarette after all that pounding
😂
OMFG, that’s pure comedy! That M4 got pounded so bad I bet it needed a lot of work afterward. Poor thing!
JjAAJAJAJAJAJAJAA
Ahahha
Lol
I've known a lot of people who've worked in F1 and if they had the joy of working with Kubica, they all say the same thing. The dude was insanely fast, even compared to his F1 peers.
This is the first video I've seen of the nurburgring where you get a real sense of the speed. Unreal video.
You can see it in the camera it's always trying to move sideways. Absolutely hitting peak lateral G's at the limit of the tires.
I'm looking forward to it
Yeah. Incredible video. Mental the speed he carries.
You should look at the Giulia Quadrifoglio lap. The speed is absolutely insane.
Найди и посмотри круг Порше 911 GT3 RS рекордный.
He knows exactly how the car is going to react to whatever he’s about to do and corrects it BEFORE it happens. World class skills.
He won wrc 2 championship in 2013 and he won some stages in wrc so he feel car very good
And also in f1 he must feel everything what happened with car
Racing in F1 is more difficult because you feel like you drive on the top of engine and gforce which you feel its a little bit different so if you drive like a pro with F1 that mean normal car is like walking in park 😁
I was thinking the same. This is pure skill and the speed comes from him, not from the car.
To us this is incredibly fast, but to hun being used to F1 speeds this is pedestrian.
I was about to say, the dude is so fast that he corrects what was about to happen 😂
The 1.6K dislikes are from all of the cars Kubica passed on that lap.
Good one 👍
That's soo funny :D
🤣🤣🤣 awesome comment!
THey mostly Polish people who knows that Polish goverment put money into f1 ( Oil/Petrol company Orlen) instead of lowering taxes or saving buisnesses of people during covid. They give money to disabled former f1 driver who always was last even when he scored his only point in Williams he was last
Thats a classic
This is a man that reached the highest level of racing in multiple disciplines which are wildly different, and kept on going even after suffering near fatal crashes. Mad respect for Kubica!
Yeah, you can see what one of those crashes did to his right wrist. That thing is mangled.
@@0101-s7v and even with that hand he has driven F1 and WEC cars.
Robert ~Kubica is one of the greatest and most underrated drivers of all time. Resilient and super fast
@@0101-s7v What happened to his arm was a bad design / poor maintenance of the road barrier. Sad, cause he could have been F1 champion.
One of the all time greats in F1, accomplished rally driver and now several wins in 24h LeMans LMP2
everybody gangster until there's GigaKubica in your mirrors...
It's hard not to be a fan of Robert, he's a down to heart fun guy, he's bloody quick and fought like a madman to recover from a crash that many said was career ending. He's such a legend.
P.S. you can really see those F1 driver reflexes when the car gets a little out of shape.
It’s amazing that he is able to move the car exactly on the limit (or 99%, at least it looks like it), but the same time totally smooth and save. Without knowing the track in detail in real life lol. That’s why he was fast in f1, total different story comparing to normal fast tourist drive and track day drivers... e.g. Robert drives super smooth, but kubica looks maybe the same from outside with like 100 times more steering inputs
@@pin9r yes, I loved the lap mostly for the same reason. His ability to push the car to its limit while remaining totally in control.
@@pin9r He's F1 veteran. If he did 15 laps on it, he already knows the track by objective standards. Subjectively he would probably say that there's a lot more to learn ;) But you can clearly see this on F1 grid too, during practice sessions, when all drivers drive for the first time on the track during that race week. Top shelf drivers learn the track conditions in couple laps and are instantly fast. Second league F1 drivers lag behind for a bit before they catch up. Watch the times and you will see, that Max, Lewis and Leclerc are insta fast on every track. Kubica has the same quality to him, he was known for a great, instant feedback since his times in karting.
@@pin9r Is it just me or is he really using 101% of the track? Getting reeeeally close to the grass/barrier in some places? Very very slick driving!
@@norisnezak it reminds me of his very first rally after the crash, in 2012 in Italy with a Impreza WRC. He was driving like a madman and using all the road. In fact - he won that event ;)
Robert is one of the most underrated drivers of all time. Absolute machine.
Not underrated at all. He got a serious accident that destroyed his F1 career, that's all. Everybody knows he is a top.
He wasn’t underrated , he was going to Ferrari before the accident he had in rally, that sadly destroyed his f1 career ,most people believe he would have won Drivers championships in F1 , and all the drivers in F1 feared how quick he was
@@custardberrytart651 Most people don't believe that - because Ferrari were on their distinct downturn.
@@ngc-fo5te my point about Robert remains the same , he was a championship calibre driver for sure, had it not been with Ferrari it could have been elsewhere , very sad his injury that robbed him of a great career.
@@custardberrytart651 He was a borderline championship calibre driver - he was good but probably not great - but that silly rallying cost him for sure.
That's really impressive!
Key elements of good driving:
1) He uses the FULL space available of the track corners and is comfortable using a range of lines that suits the car through each.
2) He realizes the inherent understeer of the car, even on throttle, and manages the front tire grip limit very well through corners and places the car very well on intended lines while using most of the available tire grip and handling balance. He also recognizes this quite early on and adjusts his driving quickly to it. Even near the end when the rear tires start to get a little hot and the car will oversteer a little, he adjusts quickly and manages it well.
3) He bleeds off very little speed up to corners and is quite good at keeping momentum. He also seems to deliberately enter corners slightly fast and is willing to make small adjustments mid if needed or the girp isn't there.
4) He accelerates VERY early out of corners and even into and mid corner as available with the track space.
5) He has decent understanding of the track to know how to enter and come out of corners and can pretty comfortably manage car speed and placement through corners.
6) He is very deliberate in driving inputs. Short of inputs managing grip of the front tires and driving line, he applies very few actual inputs and extremely few corrections. Actions are very deliberate with specific intent. This is a BIG area that differentiates very good drivers from ok drivers. Even things like choice of application speed plays a role, not just the amount of input.
7) He is doing all of this while still driving the car relatively light. This is him maybe at 70%. He's not taking chances or doing anything wild or outside of the scope of what he can easily see. Even so, he still does all of the above well with low risk and clean, simple driving.
This is just really, really good driving.
Xmvw2X indeed 👏👌
Well said
you say quite good, and decent, i belive the word that should be used is GREAT
Great analysis!
@AdA January It's my passion of driving since I was a kid, the analytical mindset of an engineer along with hands-on experience with modding and tuning cars, and a couple decades of hobbyist racing experience (autocross and rallycross mainly, toyed with drifting when I was young). All of this has allowed me to become competent and successful in my own realm of hobbyist racing but also understand and recognize good driving when I see it. It's very fun to watch a highly skilled driver. There's also a unique attitude when it's just play instead of work that makes videos like this enjoyable.
I come to this video from time to time. We need to see more f1 pilots driving "normal" cars to really understand how good they are. the control he has at any given point is unreal.
He's not just an F1 driver, he's a WRC2 champion and a guy who's left top professional WRC drivers in the dust on tarmac on many occasions.
Watching Albon drive this track in a Porsche was also impressive. I would love to see Lewis, Fernando, or Max on this track.
There are some Max videos driving a Civic Type R I believe @@GT1Zero
i think a good term is "street cars"
@@monkyk1ng a prepared stripped out M4 that often gets wheel bearings replaced is a street car?
When Misha stops talking u know it s very ku rwa fast
Zajebiscie kurwa fast😜
Hahahah
Hahaha
🤣🤣🤣
😂 🤣 😂
The lack of tire noise says a lot about his skill level. Always in control of the weight and balance while going flat out. Guy is an artist behind the wheel.
well said! holy fucking shit this was amazing. my jaw dropped several times, this guy is unreal.
By definition, a F1 pilot is an exceptional driver, with an extraordinary skill level, you know...
lack of noise ?? they were squealing like 80% of the drive!!!!
Amen
Am I a noob or is it the opposite? A lot more tire noise as he regularly finds and pushes the absolute limit of the tire?
lmao this guy trusts the car more than most people trust other humans.
Yup, looks like 100% committed at every corner. Shame we couldn't see more of his talents in F1.
@@ahlapski I'm sure he was only at 80% of his skill level. He was not only a F1 legend but also very capable in Rally cars.
A bird does not trust the branch she lands on, she trusts her wings.
Zlatan Omeragic That’s deep dude!
@@cryptout True, but I'm not talking about his skills level here. The limitation is the car, you can be 100% committed in a Ford Fiesta, it just means your lap time is slower because of the slower car.
Just my two cents.
Kubica is an absolute savage...He's beating on that car like it owes him money...He has amazing skill, he hits every turn right, every apex, and never misses a breaking point...This guy has balls of steel...
And he was taking it very easy too.
@@The_ZeroLine He was not taking it very easy, he was driving the car quite hard, and just making it look easy.
@ I meant he was not going 10/10ths. More like 8.5/10 and making it look easy because he’s Robert effing Kubica. He was also clearly trying to spare the car too much punishment.
[Kubica walks into racecar rental company]
manager: you gonna need an instructor
kubica: why? to teach him how to drive?
Best comment so far haha
🤣👌
Should have whipped out that superlicense
Funniest thing is Kubica is so humble that he doesn’t pull a “DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM!?” routine. Just asks, “even if I know how to drive *pretty well*?”🤣🤣🤣🤣
...instructor gets out and vomits!!! Gives Kubica 2 thumbs up THEN pukes again... ~ROFL~
The car must have thought: "finally someone who's worth driving me..."
Or: "He's...WORTHY!!!!" ;)
@@adamcichon6957 HES WORTHY, OUR DRIVE WILL BE LEGENDARY!!
No it was thinking he had so many horrible crashes will he do the same to me?
@@Nightmare24091989 delete this
@@ZERO7277 nope
The way he steers at the tires maximum grip level. You can literally hear the tires break traction on every corner to their limits of obersteering yet he manages to push them through by pure feel.... one of the most amazing videos I've seen. Mad respect for this driver!
That is exactly what I was thinking. You could hear the tires wanting to break loose yet he kept them motivating around the corner. Sweet drive.
I guess it helps that he is not only an F1 driver who is used to WAY higher cornering speeds but also a Rally driver who is used to cars sliding all over the place.
He wasn't an F1 driver for no reason, right? :D
@@chechenwojak5671 indeed the guy is crazy skilled
Nothing seems fast when you've driven a F1 car..
'Damon hill'
I'm 51 years old, and I grew up watching Senna on F-1, and I remember Mr. Kubica piloting on F-1, too.
He's not under-rated as told by someone here on the comments. In my heart, Mr. Kubica is one of the finest ex-F-1 pilots of a great era.
And as said, I'm 51 years old. I've read a lot about polish fighter pilots of WWII, that were based on Great Britain. They were greatest fighter pilots, too. I believe "speed" is on polish veins.
Husars started it, as a Polak thank you for the kind words.
God bless
just look at domestic polish racing, so many great track battles
Under-rated means he was a lot better than people gave him credit for … hope this helps
He wasn’t under-rated, his career was cut short by that horrible injury he had while doing rally racing just for fun. The Lotus team and F1 in general tried to accommodate him but his right arm was just too damaged. I remember the day he crashed, my dad told me about it, it felt like losing a family member, it sucked because we knew he would go far.
This guy is an absolute legend, and I'm not just talking about how bloody good of a driver he is. His comeback story is incredible, no less amazing than the most famous ones. Massive respect.
10/10
What's the comeback story? Getting sacked from Williams?
I mean he used to be good. Then bad luck got the best of him. He isn't NOWHERE as good.
Good to see him go from f1, he was holding up younger talent
@@D3FKONMusik123 the guy could've been a world champ. He had a FERRARI contract for 2012. The fact that he returned to the sport after all this is remarkable and another story of what could've been
@@D3FKONMusik123 man dont be so bitter.
D3FKON Music™ this for example th-cam.com/video/HwyRS_6Uqn0/w-d-xo.html
Imagine having to tell a guy like Robert he cant drive the track without an instructor :D
I think someone is having a bad day in the office right now.
Imagine living at the Nurburgring and not recognizing Robert Kubica
Probably he met Misha's wife...🤣
*stole
Oh man i cant believe that this can happen. Was this person blind.
Flirting with oversteer every single corner. At the very limit of tires, brakes and the suspension bottoming out. A pro is a pro, legend Kubica !
Yeah the elevation changes look really dangerous at that speed, tyres squeal, then nothing, then squeal again, that's the sound of impending death for a normal human - and like he said with no runoff areas you're straight into the barriers.
You probably mean understeer. If he was flirting with oversteer at every corner, the car would look like its rear tires are about to spin out all the time, which never happens.
@@Lewis.Alcindor Correct, hes catching the oversteer so fast that it nevers shock the balance of the car. But yes hes flirting with understeer. His weight transfer are perfect.
@@bilbosacramento9326 yea i confirm, if you want to be fast you gotta have a stable rear
His correction from the understeer just past the first carousel was incredible. So quick to catch it.
Wow. F1 drivers are a level above. His driving is utterly fearless..and such a light touch on the steering wheel. Incredible.
F1 drivers are almost as good as WRC drivers.
And because Kubica was both, it's obvious why is he so great.
To my friends here like me who do little races and track days in their road car and especially young drivers and enthusiasts:
Watch the way Robert manages the load around the car, the weight on the tyres. So fast and firm but perfect gentle inputs with almost no second guesses. You can see his use of the steering and throttle to manipulate slip angle beautifully.
It is a real privilege to see skill like this.
Thank you Misha and of course Robert.
The car was dancing from apex to apex. He let it flow smoothly from apex to apex without having any big correction.
5thgearouttahere yes and also instinctively anticipating and correcting the rear giving way with the camber change.
As you say you need load on the fronts to keep grip and prevent understeer but not too much. Very fine line, especially around a track like that.
Best laps around the Nurburgring I’ve ever seen. Robert is still a mega driver
Really lol Sabine just pissed herself laughing
Shaun Davids Rober would totally destroy Sabine th-cam.com/video/HwyRS_6Uqn0/w-d-xo.html
Laps? This is just *one* 25km lap mate🥵
He's a fucking legend mate. A real life legend
Some use the word "GIGA" ;)
Robert Kubica is actually driving with one fully operating hand after his accident and he is still world top driver.
He is great person and extremely passionate. It was a pleasure to watch this video. Great work both of u.
"Greta work both of u" - pun intended? ^^
9:11 formula 1 / WRC reflexes
10:05 mind blowing talent on this section
I notice that aswell. He made positioning of the car prior to the jump look so easy and the line so efficient. Misha seems to struggle in a lot of videos to get the car in the right position in this section.
He was in kart mode. Vertigo.
@@Schaufeloralmost like robert is a professional racing driver..
@@datutturugang666because he is
@@bennybouken tell me you didn’t get the joke without telling me you didn’t get the joke
His hands are so relaxed on the steering wheel at all times. Dude is 100% confident. Incredible!
Left hand is doing the death grip
@@Kbearr because his right hand can't hold the wheel properly
I looked him up on youtube and he had a major crash by the looks of it I think his right arm is not at 100%
@@Thekiko2501 his right hand has 30-40% efficiency. This hand was prtialy amputed amd had dozens of fructures
@@Kbearr he's had one of the worst crashes in motorsport history. Canada 2007 i think
Kubica is and always will be a legend
Give this guy a Red Bull and Lewis Hamilton will stop dominating F1
@@The_Truth88 In 2008 maybe.
@@mildlystronk in 2008 it was the 6th best Car on the grid, so no chance, But in 2009 maybe
@@mildlystronk in karting Kubica was much faster than Hamilton and Rosberg
@@m.guerra4205 I meant his skill level not the car.
Other people on track looks like they are going to church on Sunday
HAHAHAHAHAA
I laughed so hard on this one
100% Top Comment i think
true !
Even the Porche’s.. I love how he basically floored it and kept it floored pretty much!!
@@marksapollo He drives a rally a lot, in rally they use left foot for braking WHILE keeping gas pressed with right foot, this way he balances the car weight while carrying a lot of speed in corners and then just keeps accelerating to exit the corner
Interview with Hamilton "I've never seen anything like it. I had a big team of people helping me with my kart and race preparation, but this Polish kid shows up with just his dad and a beat-up kart. Kubica's dad even fixed the kart himself, and I still lost to him. I don't know what it was about him, but he was just so fast. He had this natural talent, and he was always so determined to win."
That is exactly what i see in the video. Just that raw talent. He just feels it.
Lol fake
LMAO, the quote looks like it was said ABOUT Hamilton, not by him
@@ShiffteeExactly correct,It was Lewis and his dad that’s it,He had no team and Anthony worked 3 jobs and worked on the Kart at night,This Tool posted a complete lie…
Sorry but this is bs
I imagine all the other drivers having a blast, telling themselves "damn i`m going so fast" and then a wild Kubica appears in the mirror going through like a Formula 1 car.
literally
Hahhaa, they are like ”Yeah yeah I’m almost an F1 driver” and then ”no I’m not”… 😂
"I'm going so fast! Did you see that white flash?"
"when you think you're fast"
Something to aspire towards
He's spent his life driving so fast that his hairline has been pushed back by g force.
MMMMMM
Ye, jokes aside, he probably drives better than walk or eat.. ;)
I only want to say that Robert had over 17 surgeries because of his car accident few years ago. He is a beast!
Sure.
😂😂😂
Kubica is an amazing driver, he was destined for Ferrari before his awful accident in Rally, he was so fast and in my opinion would have been a multiple world champion in F1 he was that good, all the F1 drivers feared his raw speed
Alonso has said that Kubica was one of the most talented drivers ever. Such a shame what happened.
@@jimrustle270 hamilton said that kubica was one of the only drivers he feared
@@avgmoose2568 th-cam.com/video/qbYMoKxif6I/w-d-xo.html Up there with senna's 88 pole and lewis's singapore 2018. Magic.
It's amazing to watch how little steering input he uses - always runs the car right to the outside using all the track. Often looks like he will understeer wide but always keeps it under the limit - just
@@johnojoseph yea, If I'm not mistaken he's turning the car in using a rotation from the brakes, therefore the car stays quite neutral (no oversteer, no understeer) and fast.
The guy lost his arm but he didn't give up. Instead he continued to fight and now he's performing better than the vast majority. Best respect to such people!
His right arm was partially severed but after several surgeries he can still feel and move his fingers, although strength and mobility look reduced to me.
The guy has one functional arm, raced in a single F1 race in 2021, and that was enough for him to beat Mazepin who raced the entire series for all 20+ races in the championship. He’s so good
@@philipauken5391he also scored the only point for Williams in 2019 so he also beat Russel🤷
You can see how these drivers are such a class apart - they are playing right on the edge of grip 100 percent of the way around the track. It’s almost an intellectual pursuit for him. Very, very impressive.
How eloquently elucidated
almost? almost an intellectual pursuit?..
Yep... 9:11 Damn... He's more comfortable doing this than most of us during a walk in the park. 🤣
@@karabinjr lol! Indeed
The chronic tyre chirps and squeaks say it all. Nothing left to give, all the way round.
This guy drives rally cars for fun at a very high level. He got a year in F1 with more or less one hand. I have watched this guy drive a rally stage at night with his lights broken from their mountings and he went flat out. not to mention his abilities in an F1 car before the accident. Robert Kubica is an absolute star and a dam fucking great racing driver!
th-cam.com/video/HwyRS_6Uqn0/w-d-xo.html
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@@gtgodbear6320 ?
One of the best drivers in his prime!! The night rally video of him was incredible. Supported Kubica since his first days in F1.
Respect for Kubica indeed!
The instructor wasn't an idiot, he knew exactly who Kubica was. Took the opportunity of a lifetime to have a passenger lap with a world class F1 driver 😉 very smart
More just not retarded
@Darren Murphy anyone who says otherwise is lying
Are you that instructor :D ?
@@vladandenda9462 I wish 😭
I just drove the Nurburgring last week for the first time in my life.
People do not realize how much elevation change and bumps there are on the track at any time, and how hard you have to focus to drive fast.
But by far the most impressive thing about this lap is the second section after Pflanzgarten 1 jump.
The way he brutally destroys every corner is unreal, I swear it is terrifying to watch and think it’s actually possible to drive like this in an M4.
He has absolutely 100% faith in his lines and just goes.
Only WRC drivers will give you this feeling of being true god level.
I wonder how many drivers tried to follow him and were like *"nope"* within a corner.
Hehe Great question :)
I was thinking the same thing lol. He is just sooooo much faster. Your can see everybody else's brake lights while he still has his foot flat. Guy was at about 200% the commitment level anybody else would have been comfortable with
Trying to follow someone on the ring gets you killed
Henrik Rónai he overlapped that blue caman gt4 shortly after the cut, i guess second lap. Usually i dont really enjoy watching these but when he trailbraked it in t1 with cold tires i was like hold up.
lol I would have tried (and failed) for sure!
I've watched a fair amount of Misha content and have to say that's the hardest driving I've seen yet. He was ragging the life out of that M4. Always a legend.
And that level is his safe level... Absolute beast
Yea I enjoyed seeing a m4 being pushed like that. A m car being used properly.
Watching Kubica go flat in areas where everyone else lifts was awesome.
Kubica is always in the right gear and taking each chance to be fast, i never watched a lap with screaming tires all the time. Legend
thats how you know hes going really fucking fast. hes on the limit of traction all the time
You're driving like a world champ in Nurburgring, flying around, eating corners, and then... KUBICA makes you realize that you're like a granny driving on a Sunday morning compare to his driving abilities.
Even on a virtual track.
Safety rules🤣
Yeah, you feel like you're on the limit and about to crash, while kubica will overtake you with a relaxing cruise mode. He is just unreal and no wonder, he was a f1 driver, still is reserve driver, even when he finishes in the last spots..... That just shows how good every race driver is, even the slowest pros are world-class cause they are pros
@@kxvxn01 give this man Hamilton's car and he's TOP 5 every week in F1
@@rafakaczynski9240 agree
He knows exacly what is doing, he has perfect control and balance of the car...many thanks for sharing, what a nice guy!
Excactly what I was thinking!
That was absolutely stunning to watch. The first time my jaw dropped was when he sent this prepped-out M4 full load up the hill at Flugplatz without braking before the jump. The following minutes literally gave me goose bumps. The amount of car control and precision of this man is mind-boggling. How he uses the entire width of the track, going to the very edge of the asphalt, but never onto the grass. How he places the car perfectly at every apex. How he transfers weight and uses the natural dynamics of the chassis and suspension in Hatzenbach. How he catches the car, on the edge of traction, at high speeds. How early he is on the throttle on corner exit. How he easily passes any, literally any given high performance car on the track (and the little time it costs him). Ri-di-cu-lous. And to think he is used to so much more speed and g-forces, it probably felt like a Sunday drive to him.
amazing comment
True but you have to remember the m4 has WAAAAY less downforce than an f1 car which means the feeling would be scarier going 150 in an m4 than a f1 car, as you can feel the car being pushed to its limit, probably felt like it was about ro flip or take off alot of times🤣insane car control and understanding demonstrated in this video
@@haseebhussain3327 He is a rally champ this is litterly a Sunday drive for him 😂
I would be terrified in that car and I used to consider myself an “enthusiast”.
@@haseebhussain3327 Actually not at all. If you try to drive a simulator, and drive an F1 car, you'll quickly realize that it's such another level, you can't really imagine it. Even after driving it for hours, you are still FAR from making just one good lap in an F1 car. After that, you drive a lap in a "normal" M4 or similar, it gives you a sensation as if it's all happening in slow motion. Regardless of bodyroll and weaker chassis, I'm sure it's super easy for Kubica. I guess for him driving an M4 on its limits is like us regular people getting a fiat 500 and driving it on its limits. Not scary, but fun.
I still come back to this vídeo occasionally to just admire this guy’s pure skill.
Such a shame we never were able to see what this guy could’ve achieved in F1
His steering control at 9:11 is just insane, the way he counter steers as soon as he feels traction slipping and then instantly attacking again is mind blowing
damn... that time stamp XD
@@paladynwiecznegostazuzkraj75 🛩💥🏢🏢
Absolutely i replay this skill many times
Dude is a SERIOUS driver
Awesome correction yes but he was waiting for that reaction from the car FR does that
You know shit is getting real when Misha gets this quiet during a lap! What a ride! I need a cigarette now. and I dont even smoke!
lol
Yah that guy talks a lot... Not a single word it's strange really
@@emaema1207 wow, that was sick! Thanks
What could he say? The video was far better for the silence and let the driving and Robert do all the talking.
In addition, his right hand is not fully functional again, so you can say that he is leading mainly with his left hand. (Brawo Robert, nikt was nie wyprzedził przez całe okrążenie. Fajnie się to oglądało, prowadził jak maniak, absolutnie genialnie.)
If you are the CEO of BMW, and you aren't reaching out to Robert to do a marketing campaign for M cars, you are insane. Picking up passengers at the grocery store and then a wrong turn and a lap on the ring - this lap will live in the Internet Hall of Fame - "but I'm expensive"
This video is actually probably a part of a marketing campaign for M cars
@@jakubwrona2040 I'm guessing they gave him a deal to drive the car if they can make a video of it
Grocery store --> "wrong turn" --> end up on the Nurburgring lmao
@@alexrulz54 forget about it, man (unless you're joking). That would be a deal for an average person, but not for Kubica, who's very well known and experienced driver.
@@jakubwrona2040 He paid 7000€ to drive this m4 around nurburgring, Misha said it in recent video about car condition and service after that drive.
This was like watching a world-class musician or an artist painting a master peace, how he just kept that car on a razor edge of control so fast was just magnificent, it was like the car was a part of him incredible reactions and skill
Misha: "So you are starting to know the Track?"
Robert: "It depends"
Also Robert, 5 minutes later: "Hold my Grand Prix Trophy"
Kubica is one of my favorite F1 drivers, it amazing how he had such an awful crash and then come back to Formula 1 years later.
@Mark 13 like Niki Lauda
WHAT A LAP! Insane!!! Sometimes we forget at what level an F1 driver is!
And Misha + Kubica racing next year? We have to make it happen!
Yeah man, watching him drive this M4 compared to people driving GT3's, Ferrari's, etc.. and the sheer amount of pace he has compared to them is honestly insane.
Also, was an F1 winner and could have been a world champion (in the right team) if not for his accident....
@@ianchandley Indeed! Even his comeback was amazing after all the time and recovery!
@@modrn_ it was amazing to watch, i was stress at some point and I wasnt even there.
Before F1 he was a mad rally driver too!!
Robert, Poland is proud of You for all You've done for the motorsports. Take care, champion!!! 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱
He anticipates where the balance of the car is going to be upset and he almost corrects before the car gets unbalanced. That's inhuman skill.
That's the first skill thats developed through karting.
@@artieimages7132 He love karting and He beat Hamilton and Rosberg every time there. You should check his karting story and "beyond the Grid "interview what he say there about karting is amazing !!!!. He also have his own Karting brand
That’s not necessarily an inhuman skill however his level of ability at doing so is inhuman
Hes a big talent my friend , Ferrari had a seat ready for him just before that crash
And I'm just here thinking 'why's he making all these extra moves? The car is not even sliding' 😂
I've never seen the nordschleife attacked by such a car in such manner before. It was absolutely amazing and the most exhilarating lap of the Nürburgring I've seen. Both car and track were taken to an inch of each other! Incredible! Thank you Robert and Misha!
First time in a car on a single lap i wouldn't have taken that many high speed corners. Very impressive. What happened in the middle though with that static at 7:24?
@@JOutterbridge Someone else said that part of the ring has a speed limit on this sort of track day.
Shit, that was fast. Interior removed, roll cage, sway bars, freaking missle go cart. I felt every sway and rebound down that track, lol.
Johnny Outterbridge he drove it 15 times😁
@@HERXMES Ah, I thought he said first time in an M4. I know he's a pro driver that's been on that track in many configurations before. That's my dream honestly
Damn Robert is such a technical driver. All apexes and the racing line spotless! No unnecessary wheel spin. Poetry to watch. And that was his "safe drive".
I keep comming back to this video, this is real driving man, using the whole track, full confidence.
Misha: If I need a teammate can I call you?
Robert: I’m expensive 😭😁😁😁
This video will sell more M4 than any marketing campaign.
@Piotr Konieczynski Imagine this guys in Porsche GT. " I have best racing car"
Then small BMW just flying across you, like a Batmobil..
@@maitreyasharma761 Like I said. Porsche is the best track car ever. But the guys who own them, they are not Robert.
Should be extra youtube channel. With Kubica drive thru trafic in other cars...Imagine him in GT2
@@sundaywalker2698 funny you'd say that considering best BMW time for nordscheliefe is 7:27.88 whereas the time for that particular porsche is 7:18. not to mention, when you are capable enough of getting to the place of the "porsche driver", you are hardly as pea brained as you are right now and won't have the feeling of contempt of "driving the best racing car" or whatever.
@@sundaywalker2698 Robert owns a 911 GT3. Wish he'd have a go at the Ring with that one!
Agree, shame here around me most F80 M3/M4 are driven by non enthusiats just want to show off and draw attention with burble fart tunes. But this video made me want a M4 in the future to strip down into a track car once all these current owners trade in their leases for the next model ha
Kubica is one of the greatest racing drivers of the modern era. He's not just super quick, he's really smart about it too. The tactics he used to beat the likes of Hamilton in karting - priceless! Such a shame we never got to see him in a front-running F1 car.
Well... he did actually win a race. Plenty of great drivers pass through F1 without achieving that. If you also count his 12 podiums, that easily puts him among the top 20 F1 drivers of the past 20 years or so.
@Kunt well, motorsport is a bitch. It's really complicated and fans usually are not aware of most circumstances that occur. To get results the whole team has to be "in the zone".
@@perp1exed totally agree, many amazing drivers drove F1 without winning...Sadly to win you need a freaking fantastic car, and a TON of money....and that´s why F1 (starting in schummi era) became so damn boring...See Rubens Barrichelo, even having good cars(brown and Ferrari), he born in the wrong country, even that counts at modern F1...
Kubica managed to win 1 Formula1 race in 2008 and reached podium (top 3) 12 times. Not bad! Not bad at all 😯👍
He was a great F1driver, good enough to be World Champion, but that was over after his rally crash. Last year in F1 he showed he can not race at highest level, just look at his hand. A pity.
Ogląda się i słucha z przyjemnością. Wszystkiego wspaniałego Robert 👊😉🤙
Best lap ive seen on youtube, the hand held camera makes it feel much more like you're in the car as opposed to cameras fixed to the interior. Wow!
Yes, you can get a sense of the forces involved as he struggles to hold the camera steady.
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Not one of the fastest but rlly good
It helps appreciate how bumpy and dangerous that track is.
I think Misha does it best.
@@steffelussiiiiiiiiii he said the best in terms of feeling, not the fastest clearly
I bet the car had a cigarette after that!
i wonder how much is gone from car's life :) i think the lap cost more than tank of fuel.
Robert Kubica: It was not so fast
BMW: Please check my brakes, suspension and change oil
@@AlphaTVyt BMW: Scrap me now! I wanna be a Honda Jazz
M4 after the Kubica's drive: ok,I am done with the Ring,take me to the city.😂
@@marioturkalj3126: BMW: OK I am done with this ring, please make some burnouts or something instead, it will be easier for me anyway :D
BMW should thank Robert for a free ad. M4 passing GT3 RS like it was a Golf 1.5 ... priceless. I would love to see Robert on Nordschleife in M4 DTM.
Yeah an equal skilled driver in the m4 would definitely get smoked by that g3 rs no doubt
It may have actually been planned out. He does drive a BMW in DTM and Alfa Romeo in F1 is former BMW-Sauber with Sauber still playing the part.
@gkN 0
@@lerchomat M3 E92 570 hp can smoke GT2 RS on the track. M4 is better than Porsche on the track in real world
@@henzo7087 What does "real world" mean and what M4 has done the nurburgring in under 7 minute?
That catch at 9:12 is superhuman and is what seperates the elite from average. He caught that before the rears let go.....
I couldnt say better myself. That's pure hability.😱
can you explain what he does here? i honestly don't understand what's even happening it was such a fast sudden adjustment
@fantasyvimmienskrrt7428 the car loses the rears and starts to step out and he steers into it almost instantly. It's like he predicted the exact limit of the car.
And he probably didn’t even notice he did it.
I love listening to how early Robert is going on the power out of almost every corner, and the rear rarely wags. That's smooth but fast throttle application and a feel for the track and car that is beyond 99% of us. Truly a great driver!
Scrolling down through all the other silly comments, this is the first one to actually comment on the driving itself 👍
Reading the comments and seeing the love for him is the most wholesome thing I have seen in a while.
Well he is someone who does it all for the love of racing. It's hard not to like him. Even when he has time off he goes and does something like this.
I love how other cars on the track are taking as fast as they can go. Robert is taking it as fast as the car can go.
Robert is one of the few people that internet car forums cant say "you dont need mods you just need driving lessons" too
100%
Its a talent of feeling the car if you have no feeling you will shit your pants and crash
@@danielstokker Not a talent.
I love how those drivers understand right away to move right instead of waiting to think about it.
Robert is a FAST pilot. Was a shame his accident.
My eternal respect for Kubica.
Bet the guy in the blue GT3 thought he was going quite fast till he had the WTF moment of the M4 up his ass from nowhere lol.
He probably had to stop on the side of the track to check and see if his engine was still running after Robert passed him like that.
It's impressive how he roasted several 911s...their owners are probably worried about crashing more perhaps!
He is very quick though! 😧
But u dont mean the guy in the Blue Cayman with the big wing right ?
With my first car a golf 1 i went for holiday in jugoslavia and thought i was driving not slow but not racing either and got overtook by a guy from poland - with trailer... The trailer went around the next turn on one wheel. I kept some distance then.
@@mweskamppp welcome to PL kappa
Robert always had the skills to be F1 World Champion, and was the driver that Lewis and others feared, such raw speed in anything he drives, including this M4. Was a joy to watch, incredible how Robert seems more in control here than some drivers doing half this speed.
Shame that he had an awful rally accident. Might have been able to get a WDC if his hand wasn't fucked up afterwards.
@@EndlessVoid98 well.. he still could do this in good car. After all he was fastest during first tests in season ..in Alfa Romeo...and he won WRC2 title in his first season in rallies. In WRC 1 car he won multiple special stages with 9 times WRC champions Loeb amd Ogier.. including his first time in WRC car and very first special stages in WRC rally Monte Carlo ..first rally in season. He is better driver than Verstapen or Hamilton.
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In his whole career he only won one race! where do you find the skills of a world champion?🤔🤔😛😛😛 The fear of lewis!!😅😅😅😅dream on! SURE, he fucked up hamiltons championship in 2021 by crashing in the wall, what resulted in the overtaking of Verstappen after the red flag. Kubika was a great rally driver, but only costed his f1 teams a lot of money
@@RayNL2009 It's always good to know a topic you are comment.
Macau GP - Its famous race considered as unofficial F3 world championships where participants have the same aerodynamic car specifications only engines are different but with HP limit. Kubica got older mercedes engine spec than Hamilton.
2004 vs Hamiton/Rosberg - th-cam.com/video/rm24WS-Q3WI/w-d-xo.html
2005 vs Vettel - th-cam.com/video/1aj9QwSZlTY/w-d-xo.html
di Grassi after 2005 told that he won only because of safety car.
Driving like that after that horrible accident and nearly lost his right arm..respect Robert
Nearly lost hes life ! 2 " away from branch going into hes head !
And still dont wear an helmet while racing ....
@@racekev1853 Helmet is for Kids 😂😂
is this why right right hand grip looks a little funny?
Respect
Beautiful lines, it's amazing the way he keeps the suspension loaded through most of the lap.
His car controll and sense of limit of the car in every corner is just insane, he is so fast..
Nevertheless I shat myself just watching this lap
Dirk Kuyken yeah i watched first 5 corners and knew whats up😂
That's probably the gnarliest Touristenfahrten lap I've seen. And in a rented, slightly modified M4. Wow!
it was more than just slightly but i feel you
Yep! Awesome lap! But this M4 is stripped down half naked. Look at the back interiour.
7m09s B2G
Yep awesome to see this and you get a real view of the skill level from a pro driver, plus he is a great guy no prima Donna from RK.
Mad respect to Kubica, the guy its a veteran race driver, you can clearly see the scars from injuries on his hands. For me and i think for many, would be an honor to have Kubica at the wheel!!!
If you know anything about driving * it would not be a horror movie, it would be pure pleasure.
Real driving, not computer games or driving to church on Sunday.
@@Durzy007 do you know how to read? I said "it will be an HONOR to have Kubica at the wheel" NOT HORROR you idiot :)))
Although this video was posted 2 years ago... part of me still thinks the brakes are still hot from this lap! 7:54 - 8:23 almost made me purchase a 4 point harness for my computer chair! This guy is a BEAST! 😳
Yes, that part was pretty insane. Other drivers would ease the throttle a bit when the car starts to weave, but this man keeps his foot planted.
You can't see the times he posted now but he spent alot of time playing Forza Motorsport 4.
This was great! Very refreshing. Great to see Robert not only healthy, but still sending it, funny and down to earth. Top chap. Thumbs up.
Imagine having no idea you're being passed by Robert Kubica..
imagine HAVING an idea you are passed by Kubica...
@@bessarion1771 Imagine letting Kubica pass, I gave way to him, that why he is waving at 13:30. And o yes i knew he was passing me when i was on the ring that day in the Apex GT86. Man he was hammering that M4
@@kasplantje7277 Nice!
and now imagine yourself working at car rental shop
and telling this guy he needs an instructor to tell him how to handle a car
i would feel kind of stupid...
Oh you will know that it was a professional racing driver. For sure. Doesn’t matter how fast you are, you feel like youre flying on the limit and all ober sudden out of nowhere, theres a car passing you muuuucj faster passing you like you where doing 30
At the end of video Robert said that it was safe and actually he really meant it. That day one of the polish journalists - Cezary Gutowski, was also driving with Robert on Nürburgring. He said that Robert told him he's going safe and not pushing to the limits cause they don't have helmets etc. I can't imagine how it would be if he took things seriously. 😆 Great video Misha, thanks mate and keep it up!
He's clearly pushing, the helmet chat is just bullocks.
Not pushing it ROFL, ok you can hear the damn tires screaming for grip.
@@NoOne56488 LOLOL
@@metitusable He is pushing the car as fast while being safe for himeslf (without a helmet), the passenger and other drivers who are just crusing.
He isn't pushing it as fast as he could drive if he was racing, with a helmet, without a passenger or in qualy.
He can push the car way past this and easily keep control of it
You are delusional if you rhink that this was close to how much he pushes in races or in qualy
So yeah, get educated before commenting
@@NoOne56488 He is pushing the car as fast while being safe for himeslf,the passenger and other drivers who are just crusing.
He isn't pushing it as fast as he could drive if he was racing, with a helmet, without a passenger or in qualy.
He can push the car way past this and easily keep control of it
The best lap i’ve ever seen on this track, damnnn what a machine is Robert!!!
The moment you realise he is 1 of 20 in the world for a reason. Being a F1 driver is something special.
That’s all about confidence and perfect manipulation of the car weight 🔥
Grosjean is 1 of 20 as well what do you think
except that he isn't an F1 driver, anymore
@@MKxpl duh you must be a wasted professor
He's the lead test driver.. still 1 out of 30
Oh my lord. Look at those lines, car control, not one too hard breaking or too hard acceleration, they are just on point.
Most of us who are not acclimatized to some track or car, would never think ahead of a curve or breaking point, but he just goes and knows what he's doing.
This driving is a master piece, people should recognize his tallent more outside Europe.
Crap I thought that he didn't use the brakes for the first 2 minutes!
plus the fact that most of his knowledge of the nordschleife came from iracing
@@Submariner92 Or a whole lot of other great drivers. No need to to bring any of them into this, right now we're just applauding Kubica's performance :)
Imagine working at a rental place and having to tell one of the greatest talents F1 had in the last 20 years that he needs to drive with a instructor if he wants to rent a car...
Imagine his boss finding out through this video and missing out on business opportunity 😅
Don't they know who he is
@@me2ontube They probably knew, but it's typical for generic Germans: "if there is a rule that he needs to ride with instructor it can be god almighty himself - HE WILL DRIVE WITH INSTRUCTOR!".
One day I was staffing for a trackday @ LeMans and told a guy that not having his driver licence was an issue. He told me that he had his race driver licence. Not knowing the level of its licence I told him to go to the trackday manager. Turns out he might know the track, with his podium in GT3/E in the 24h race...
LordShargaas oh my god...this is something else😅 what was your reaction after knowing his podium in LeMans...? would like to know your reply.
Cool to see this video still getting constant interactions on a daily basis :D
dude drives like THAT and he can't even see over the dashboard!! RESPECT!
I think he set his seat up that way because he's used to being low to the ground with actual race cars.
@@nacs just take the joke
I also noticed it... Weird.
@@mezalong i don’t think the commenter is joking. Cause if you actually look closely he looks like looking up
single-handedly as his right hand is pretty much f*cked after rally accident
The understanding of car and traction is unbelievable. Also, ability to drive the car to its limit of these F1 drivers is unreal. Hats off Mr. Kubica.... Also, Your lap around Monaco in Renault F1 still raise goosebumps everytime I watch.
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Man, I often forget how good Kubica is... Not only is he a great, great driver (obviously, as a very experienced F1 driver), but he also seems fairly humble and a lot of fun to be around... I never thought I'd say this, but if I could spend a day with any F1 driver, he'd be on the top 3, just because of how fun this video was to watch... Maybe I'm going to start a huge argument saying this, but I think the main reason he wasn't massively successful in F1 was just bad luck, more than anything else...
one could argue, compared to Heidfelt he did "out-drive the perforamnce level for his car he was given". He was on the path to being competitive if he had a better car (remember Heidflelt was usually in the top 10, whereas Kubica was consistently top 5). He could have seen some major runs if the deal with Ferrari ever fell through. Great comment and yes the rally accident truly was a tragedy for F1 drivers and fans alike
I think kubica is like Riccardo level , race winner level but championship winner will be tough
When Kubica had an accident he left the F1 and won WRC2 championship, then in WRC with private team in 2015 he won the first two stages of Monte Carlo with 2010 Ford Fiesta that had like 40 OS versus factory teams and drivers like Ogier. In F1 Alonso basically admitted that Kubica is better than him and Hamilton because he won everything pre-f1
He's like Kovalainen. Both awesome drivers, just never got to the very top in F1 for numerous of reasons.
There's a reason "the luck of champions" is an expression used all over the world... You can't get to the very top without lady luck smiling at you a few times unless you're a once in a century talent like Senna.
This man almost lost his life as well as his arm. Comes back and does stuff like this. Insane
"Speed limit?" "Yes 20, until the end of the cones 20." -> Passes the cones and goes straight into blazing hot lap. Got to love Robert Kubica !
Almost 1 year after this great run, today Robert Kubica is back to F1 racing in GP Holland with Alfa Romeo team. 15th place and faster than both Williams drivers. Outstanding driver. Would love to see him back with Misha on another lap at the Nurburgring.
Do you mean Haas, because George Russell DNF'd.
@@gladdy6412 they dragged Russel to the boxes because Kubica had a chance to catch up with him and overtake him, and it would look bad. Likewise, they did not release Latifi recently in kwali because after q3 Latifi had better times and they were afraid that he would beat Russell in qualifying.
@@Globusi Yes, Russell whitewash continues.
@@bessarion1771 im gonna love to see 2 staged drivers at one team. Ham and Russel gonna be crazy asf. You should watch f1 conference after quali at spa when Russel overtook Ham in quali. Ham was in other dimensions wt his mind lol
@@Globusi You will be so surprised when Russell falls flat on his face. He has no clue how to pass, cannot drive in traffic, and cannot drive in wet. He is an average driver at best. The great drivers always outdrive their cars (as long as the team let's them). When Kubica was No 1 driver at Sauber and Renault he always put his car ahead of where it should have been based on performance. All Russell has is the dubious honor of outqualifying his teammates, and that is after MASSIVE input by the team to make this happen. He was ALWAYS passed by Kubica on the first lap of every race where driver's skills are most important. You live in Lala Land fueled by the pro-Russell blogs. You will come crashing to Earth next season.
Wow, that was amazing to watch.
When I see a comment like this I know it's from the deepest of your heart so I need to watch it
streamable.com/pemax Legendary Lap Suzuka with Robert
Agreed!! I was shitting my pants just watching it!!haha
He’s a machine. Surgical precision, smooth, so consistent that it feels almost boring. Mind-blowing!
His heritage is showing through, he's carrying some serious speed into those corners and braking later than I'd ever dare lol. This is a guy with serious balls and experience.
If he could only get half decent car in f1
And so smooth..."smooth is fast." I love watching the line selection of drivers on this level, too: so much you can learn.
Here in Poland, when we see a slow rally (or any other) driver, we say "Kubica wouldn't brake" :D
@@KapitanZbik2138 I like it :)
All those Porsche drivers he's passing were thinking they were Kings of the Nurburgring, then thought:
"Who the hell is driving that M4!!!!"
Lol BMW still ranks above 30 compared to Porsche and Mercedes in Nurburgring
Mzwandile Harmans true that but they had a fair advantage eradicated by f1 driver skill
In all fairness it's a loooong course so unless you've spent a lot of time there you probably wouldn't know the corners you're approaching and couldn't take them at full speed
You Like Cars. What lap time he made with that m4 to be compared with what we have on record
Mzwandile Harmans Are you talking about production car records? Because the only reason dude was eating cars up was because of his skill. Even the M4 was screaming for mercy at some corners.
Kubica is so damn fast and also humble person. Hats off to him.
Yeah specially when he agreed to drive with him