Indeed, she was a lovely lady and a superb driver. I'm not in any way shape or form any kind of expert regarding motor racing but I enjoyed the little that I've seen (please don't shoot me down -) on Top Gear, where Sabine was a guest... Driving a _van_ around this track, of all things !! I was sad to hear of her passing. Rest In Peace Sabine.😥💔
One word of warning if you go there as a tourist from overseas. You are not allowed to drive on the track with your rental car form Sixt, Avis etc.. These companies will block you worldwide if they get aware (and they likely will), that you "misuse" their cars + they will bill you the "extra wear". You can rent a car at the Ring to drive there but it won't come cheap ;)
There are bad news for the German drivers as well. I talked in the past days with someone responsible from a big German car insurance company. They plan to exclude the tourist drives as well. Those became too costly. Not due to more insurance cases but more really expensive cars involved.
Better idea is to just get a drive in the Hyundai Taxi. Way more fun, far less risk and you will understand the track because you don't have to focus on driving it.
After lapping the Ring 300 times (also in wet) I still feel I've to learn a lot... this place is fun but demanding as well. Don't mention the climate there, where you can start in perfect conditions and facing fog or snow a couple of miles later.
I've been watching the 24h race for 15 years now. It's insane. 23 classes, through day and night, rain, hail and even snow one year. It's the best race in the world.
I almost had a car accident on the Nordschleife because the track suddenly got wet. Due to the large dimensions of the track, it can only rain on parts of the track.
The thing that i think is missing for someone how don't know, this is open for public and everyone can go there with there own cars. So you can not only go there if you want YOU can also drive there yourself. Tho most rental car companys exclude this ring from there rental agreement. Tom Scott has a great video on it.
I'm from a motorsports family, almost everyone is a driver or works in a team. Honestly my best childhood memory is playing around in the garages and watching the cars go by
Hey, thats about true... I´m proud of driving there regular too, started it up in simulator, in VR. But now i drive there in real life, if just with my daily drive BMW 325i. Its still fun, though. And i love it. Even if i have no chance to compete with all these porsches, heck, even the E36s are realy fast here. I just do my thing, let them by (wich can be very scary if you get passed at the end of the foxhole at 200+kmh) and just stay focused, engaged and safe.
My favorite track. Anyone, who wants to drive it, should start in a simulator and count the number of his crashes in the first 4 weeks of learning how to drive. No matter how good u are in the simulator or even on the real track, something can always happen and u land in the sidewall. Mischa Charoudin also crashed multiple times, and hes a expert on the track. Its defenitely the hardest but also most fun track in the world. It never gets boring. And when u drive at night, its a totally different kind of challenge. Especially the blind corners where u really have to know where u have to go and how fast u can go. The green hell is the perfect description, altough it also feels like automotive heaven.
The Nürburgring is open to the public to test you skills and braveness. You can buy a ticket and test you drivers capabilities. Any serious car manufacturer proves the capabilities of their cars on that track. It is the ultimative test for the undercarriage of the car they made. You, as a visitor, can even go on a ride with a professional race driver in a Porsche, Mercedes or BMW.
I appreciate that you know that Köln is Cologne and that Munich is München. Please pronounce it as often as you can. If it is wrong, it gets better. You cannot learn a language without practicing it. Here's an advice: the german "ö" sound comes close to the sound you use in English in words like. word, turn, burn ...
The thing many people tend to forget when they get to the Nordschleife is that there is ALWAYS someone faster than you. No matter what car you drive, if it's your first time there, be ready to be overtaken A LOT. You might have a La Ferrari or a Koeniggsegg Jesko or Bugatti Chiron - doesn't matter. You WILL be overtaken by a built Mark 1 VW Golf or an R34 Skyline. Any car with 200HP or more in the hands of a driver who knows the track will always be quicker than the fastest car in the hands of someone who enters the ring the for the first time.
This year's race was also red flagged due to heavy fog, they only managed 8 and a bit hours of racing in total before the fog came down and the race was flagged. They came back out for the final 2hrs but just paraded around behind the safety car for 5 laps with no more green flags to be seen.
Arguably the most dangerous race track in the world. Outside the Isle of Man - 37.4 miles (60.2km) its elevation goes from near sea-level to 1,300 feet (400 m).
@johnwarr7552 Yep. It's classed as one but people don't use it to go to work or for popping to the shops. It's still a dedicated race track. The TT track is public roads closed for racing.
@@SeanF374 Also the Isle of Man TT mountain is de-restricted through most of the year unless some halfwit decides it's their time to eat some grass with some road rash on the side. I've clocked at 175mph which is the fastest I've ever been, and around 170mph on the Autobahn in Germany. Call me an adrenaline monkey 👍
Now check out the Mountain course used by the Isle of Man TT. A street course nearly 38 miles in length with 300 corners and elevation going from sea level to nearly 2000ft. The Nürburgring run off areas are very generous compared to the Mountain Course where instead of those you get stone walls. In 104 race meetings there were 270 fatalities and since 1935 there has only been one year (1982) during which nobody died.
Yes, the Isle of Man TT is insane because they race with motorbikes not on an actual race track but on converted everyday roads. Similar to Monaco being everyday streets but used for racing. Only that the Isle of Man is a tiny island that is otherwise a sleepy reclused spot vs an ultra rich mini kingdom. The Nürburgring was designed as a racetrack and never as a normal road.
isle of men is defenitely a different book a public road converted into a track for a couple days during the even. Absolute mad men driving there. Its defenitely something else. Same for Rallye stages.
In the early 90s a gentleman by the name of Hans Stuck, took me for 4 laps of the Ring on a bloody rapid Porsche 911GT2 RS if my memory is correct..... it was wonderful, but terrifying, it was the cambers, and wet low areas of the track he said to worry about, {plus other cars}. Of course, Hans has won Le Mans 24 hours race a number of times, won at the Ring and Spa etc etc , ex F1 and amazing Sportscar driver. And a nice guy. We actually spent about 2 hours talking about our love of dogs.
Misha Charoudin crashed BMW M4 very hard just a week ago on Nürburgring after a technical issue in the car. See his video about details. The track is definitely dangerous. And yes, watching the video with Misha explaining the lap blindfolded is worth watching. You can find it with title "7 Blind Minutes of The Nürburgring Nordschleife in the AMG GT R" (hZ9S_4E2I0Y).
@@hajom78 Yeah, finding that your brakes do not work nearly the fastest part of the track is not fun experience. They were lucky to have such minor results.
Misha has a great channel where he drives different cars every day and he always gives a great insight. He now also races in the GT4 (SP8T) class in the 24hr race in a BMW M4 GT4. Another thing is it did fail to mention the weather changes in this video. One part of the track can be clear and sunny, another part it could be heavy rain or snow.
Yeah, it's Not far away. And he should Go to Phantasialand, too. And Cologne cathedral and so much more to visit in cologne and in the region of the rhineland!
OK people, the NÜRBURGRING is located in Rheinland-Pfalz near the city NÜRBURG (Köln and Bonn are not really that close to it, but nearby. Nürburg and Nürburgring has absolutely NOTHING to do with the city NÜRNBERG at the east of Germany. And yes the city Nürnberg in the east is written eather Nürnberg with the Umlaut ü, or Nuernberg. It has NOTHING what so ever to do with the typical american writing and false pronounciation Nuremberg! There is NO letter M in the name of this city. Show some respect for christ sake, to the culture. Nobody in this world would call New York Maw jork.
Kinda funny that during the voice over introduction to Misha´'s advice for every day drivers they used driving footage of Kevin Estre of all people :-).
Great video! Yes. it can be a scary track but it's basically petrolhead Disneyland. Totally unique place. I own and operate a guest-house at the Ring and have lived here since 2017, happy to help out with any questions about the area you may have.
Just came back from my second time driving it. Hired a track car this time. So good. Definitely the way to do it, as you have some level of insurance albeit with a massive excess, whereas you are not insured in your own car generally. Normal tracks are just boring by comparison.
The 70 deaths mentioned at the start is only the number killed in competitions. When you include all deaths at the ring, an average of around 26 people lose their lives on there every year.
By that it is only a part of the original track being used for Tourist rides. By that, the late Sabine Schmitz took people round in a "Ring Taxi" and most likely scared the shit out of people during that?
I took all of the cars ive ever driven for at least one lap on the Nordschleife. Best Day was the Tuning and Practice Day for the Racecar Series. Then you can do your Lap on the GP and Nordschleife on Slicks.
you dont know what you're talking about 😂😂😂 misha is NOT a legend and he isnt a ringtaxi driver and never was a ringtaxi driver , misha is the most overhyped and overrated car youtuber on the whole internet 😂😂😂
@@justincase9471 im just telling truth in a world full of lies , misha isnt a ringtaxi driver and he never was , and yes he is overhyped and overrated , people who know they know , it is what it is , he is arrogant AF
Hi, Joel! You come to KÖLN???? -Yeeeeeaaaah! ...Tätä, tätä, tätä! ("Tätä" imitates the triple musical flourish at carnival. Just for fun). An expression of joy... I wish you much fun in Cologne then. And also think about all the green places/ public parks in Cologne. You can party and you can chill. For some targets you need the public transportation.
Before you go there, you have to check the contract of your car insurance. There are insurances that explicitly exclude "touristenfahrten" on the nordschleife. Imagine your insurance doesn't pay.
If you wanna experience the Ring, there are several companies that offer Ring Taxi service, professional drivers and in well maintained car who drive there for a living and take tourists on a loop.
...please remember. You can go with your car thrue the Nürgburgring Nordschleife! Fantastic track... to test you and your car. Is is a very often used testtrack.
They didn't mention the weather that is very changeable in the Eifel and makes the track even more dangerous and challenging. Because of the enormous length of the Nordschleife, there could be some parts where it's sunny and other parts covered in rain/hail etc.
In the Sixties I drove our family Opel Kapitän (Super Six) 1939 around the whole track. And there were some people in much faster cars (like Porsches) then who really could not drive and control their car...
You should book a tour around the Nürburgring in a ring taxi, a professional driver will show you the track in a really fast car. It's not chap, but it's a cool experience
I wouldn't say you couldn't do anything impressive, last years 24h race was a masteclass by Kevin Estre, there are very few pilots out there that makes the schleife feels so natural as him, Micha being one of them. BTW, Micha participated in this years 24h (actually 8h) endurance with fellow youtubers, it was a very interesting race by them, even though they were punished at the start, youtubers becoming race drivers.
@MihzvolWuriar I was taken around the Ring on my 1st laps ever by a man named Hans Stuck..... to say I was impressed was an understatement, he is known {not Ickyx} as the "RainMiester" or rain master. I was in heaven and had a death grip on the seat. Wonderful, it was in a Porsche 911 GT 2 RSR
we go to the ring twice a year, opening week, and a week in august. its petrolhead heaven. the people are great, the food is good, the beer great. but if your taking a car over there to do laps, just remember always have about a 1000euro spare, just in case your car has to get towed off. as its your first time, book up some "ring taxi" laps, if you get a real quick taxi driver, it will leave a very big impression on you. theres mk2 golfs out there that scare the shit out gt3 porsches. such a brilliant place.
it is one of the best experiences I've had to drive there myself,.... but I am sure it would be even better as a co-pilot in one of the AMG-GT R they have available. (reservation is mandatory)
Been there a few times, its amazing. Just do your homework, know your limits and don't try to set a lap record on your first run :) Also the whole area is amazing with great racing history atmosphere, beautiful nature and nice people.
Hi Joel ... Here's a video from the 2024 24 hours race on the Nürburgring which took place last Saturday/Sunday. They were only able to race for about 13 - 14 hours as on Sunday morgen a thick fog covered the track and didn't disperse before the 24 hours were up.
Me and my friends go here every year for about a week. This is the best place on earth for people who love cars, and we are lucky enough to live about 4 hours away.
You pronounced Nurburg perfectly, Clarkson, May and Hammond from the original top gear and the grand tour have all driven it over the years, and surprisingly Hammond didn’t crash on it
You can rent a car specifically for driving on the Ring. But....if it goes wrong: Deductible at least 5000 dollar, you pay for picking up the wreck (1000 dollar) and pay for damage to the guardrail (1200 dollar per segment) and you pay for the time the Ring had to be closed because of your accident. So, beware. I am sane, so I never drove on the Ring.
here you can see why it's named green hell. but we germans love it. and yes, we miss sabine so hard. but, btw, this will a challenge never ends. but pls, don't drive it by bike. tahe a solid porsche 911 GT3/RS, best xou can choose. and take a guy with you who knows our bad track 😅😎
What's not mentioned is that the track is open most days to the public as a toll road.. No training, no safety briefing or equipment required no experience. Just a car and a driving licence and a toll fee and off you go..
Keep in mind, the majority of the fatalities happened way in the past, before the 1980s. Nowadays its very rare that someone gets killed there, and if so, its nearly always a hobby driver who overestimated the abilities of his car and himself. One big handicap on the Nürburgring was not mentioned: the weather. As its very hilly there and elevated, the weather can be extremely erratic. It can be nice and sunny in one place, and 3 mls on its raining or snowing. And then driving gets really difficult. I recommend, when you come here dont try to drive there with a rental car as a total newbie. It can become very costly quicker than you imagine. As the guy said: its very difficult to look good there, but very easy to look like a fool. :) If you really want to see the Ring, I suggest to use a good racing sim.
Must watch: Porsche 919 Evo Record lap on this track. Timo Bernhardt the OG devil of the green hell. Also watch Kevin Estre p11 to p1 in 2 laps in 2022(?)
Nurburgring is very dangerous for inexperienced drivers.😁😁 And recommended is a fast fast car.☺️👍 This one did make it to the Nurburgring but was not filmed while doing it, camera's were not that common in those days.😁😁 This is a testrun.(+-2004)😁😁 th-cam.com/video/2bK4VTqv5Ec/w-d-xo.htmlsi=jLZzJ04vw7ziy8ae Awesome channel by the way, loved your German trip!❤ When are you coming to the Netherlands?☺️
After surviving a "Adrenalin Renntaxi " ride during free pre race training day, we went there to have a relaxed Sunday at Brünnchen . We just wanted to have some fun wathcing the guys in their private cars destroying their cars. A few minutes after we were sitting, a guy with his bike impacted right in front of us. We decided to go home after several ambulances came... and finally also the Helicopter. Because of the Helicopter, we do assume that he was not dead, even if it kooled like this. So this was no funny day, we left the Nordschleife with a sad and shocked feeling. 😢
If you want to learn and drive the Green Hell, watch Misha Charoudin, for real. I have bine there 3 times, raced there and drove a normal BMW. dont forget, you will have to pay for everything when a crash happends. Best track ever ! also in a Sim game.
I believe it was 70 fatalities during the ENTIRE HISTORY of this very old track. Not quite as catastrophic as it is made out to be, - the history of this challenging race track VERY long!
I know, you're an American with not much time, but less is more. Trust me , I was a tourist in Norway with just 2weeks, oh my gosh, drive 10 minutes, stop for 10, that's the pass 😀
@@bubu5908 realy? I have it for ......... years, I thought it was free. I looked it up and you're right. It cost 19.99€ and you'll need the Dreampack 1 (apparently ;-) ) . Sorry for my mistake. Let's say ............... it's cheap :p
I mean if you pronounce ü and u the same. Otherwise good :D *edit: video speaker does the same, its very american. if you master the Umlaute (ä,ö,ü) you are already advanced so dont worry :)
Go slowly! You had the ü in Nürburgring quite right, your ö in Köln, however, needs some practice. And for that purpose, here are the three words we use for the umlauts in the German spelling alphabet: Ärger, Öse, Übel. Try these often, and maybe do what I did when learning the French pronunciation, practice in front of a mirror. It really helps.
Dear More JPS, Nürburgring the most dangerous racing course in the world. This is today absolute nonsens. The old Nürburgring 24 kilometer track was at all times of racing the most demanding race track, this first of all by the length, second by the geographic condition in the hills of the Eifel and woods. This old course is since years only used for a limited type of racing and racing cars. Before this, racing was very dangerous by the type of cars and their design, especially in formular one and similar classes all the time and everywhere. A bonmot of the 60ties 70ties from race drivers: „I have all the time a black suite in my luggage for the next funeral“. Nearly each weekend ends with a fatal accident somewhere. Today the old race track can be booked for a private trip from everybody with your own car. And for these „hobby riders“ is the track a challange and very often an overload which ends in the guarding rails. Very, very seldom such crashes ends with hurts or finaly fatal victims. The biggest load of risk have bike drivers, because on each crash their body is the crashzone. The car drivers wrinkled sheet metal somtimes so big that the car is a total loss, but big hurts or death drivers, NO.
I still miss Sabine Schmitz, undoubtedly the queen of the Nurburgring.
Sabine's run with the van is simply cult
check out a lass named vika she drives a polo. shes fast becoming the new ring queen.
R.I.P.
Indeed, she was a lovely lady and a superb driver. I'm not in any way shape or form any kind of expert regarding motor racing but I enjoyed the little that I've seen (please don't shoot me down -) on Top Gear, where Sabine was a guest... Driving a _van_ around this track, of all things !! I was sad to hear of her passing. Rest In Peace Sabine.😥💔
R.I.P. Sabine
One word of warning if you go there as a tourist from overseas. You are not allowed to drive on the track with your rental car form Sixt, Avis etc.. These companies will block you worldwide if they get aware (and they likely will), that you "misuse" their cars + they will bill you the "extra wear". You can rent a car at the Ring to drive there but it won't come cheap ;)
There are bad news for the German drivers as well.
I talked in the past days with someone responsible from a big German car insurance company. They plan to exclude the tourist drives as well. Those became too costly. Not due to more insurance cases but more really expensive cars involved.
@@martinstock some insurance companies exclude it already
😂😂😂
"Ringtaxi" fahren → th-cam.com/video/QsRRDWU6DpQ/w-d-xo.html.
Better idea is to just get a drive in the Hyundai Taxi. Way more fun, far less risk and you will understand the track because you don't have to focus on driving it.
You can get a ride in a BMW "Taxi" with drivers like Misha who do it every day. Well worth a few Euros.
You can do even a Porsche 911 GT3 RS with him now, the proper way
I was "Taxied" round in a Suzuki Swift Sport a few years ago. What a great experience...................
After lapping the Ring 300 times (also in wet) I still feel I've to learn a lot... this place is fun but demanding as well. Don't mention the climate there, where you can start in perfect conditions and facing fog or snow a couple of miles later.
I've been watching the 24h race for 15 years now. It's insane.
23 classes, through day and night, rain, hail and even snow one year. It's the best race in the world.
24 Hours of Daytona, Le Mans, and Nurburgring. Craziest races in the world IMO. And I pray they NEVER go away.
I almost had a car accident on the Nordschleife because the track suddenly got wet. Due to the large dimensions of the track, it can only rain on parts of the track.
The thing that i think is missing for someone how don't know, this is open for public and everyone can go there with there own cars. So you can not only go there if you want YOU can also drive there yourself. Tho most rental car companys exclude this ring from there rental agreement. Tom Scott has a great video on it.
I'm from a motorsports family, almost everyone is a driver or works in a team. Honestly my best childhood memory is playing around in the garages and watching the cars go by
Köln - it might help to pronounce the "ö" in "Köln" like a "u" in "burn"
Hey, thats about true... I´m proud of driving there regular too, started it up in simulator, in VR. But now i drive there in real life, if just with my daily drive BMW 325i. Its still fun, though. And i love it. Even if i have no chance to compete with all these porsches, heck, even the E36s are realy fast here. I just do my thing, let them by (wich can be very scary if you get passed at the end of the foxhole at 200+kmh) and just stay focused, engaged and safe.
My favorite track. Anyone, who wants to drive it, should start in a simulator and count the number of his crashes in the first 4 weeks of learning how to drive.
No matter how good u are in the simulator or even on the real track, something can always happen and u land in the sidewall.
Mischa Charoudin also crashed multiple times, and hes a expert on the track. Its defenitely the hardest but also most fun track in the world. It never gets boring.
And when u drive at night, its a totally different kind of challenge. Especially the blind corners where u really have to know where u have to go and how fast u can go.
The green hell is the perfect description, altough it also feels like automotive heaven.
The Nürburgring is open to the public to test you skills and braveness. You can buy a ticket and test you drivers capabilities. Any serious car manufacturer proves the capabilities of their cars on that track. It is the ultimative test for the undercarriage of the car they made. You, as a visitor, can even go on a ride with a professional race driver in a Porsche, Mercedes or BMW.
I appreciate that you know that Köln is Cologne and that Munich is München. Please pronounce it as often as you can. If it is wrong, it gets better. You cannot learn a language without practicing it.
Here's an advice: the german "ö" sound comes close to the sound you use in English in words like. word, turn, burn ...
I`m glad Joel, that you`re coming back to Germany in the summer.
Fun fact - right at this moment there's the annual rock festival "Rock am Ring" taking place at that race track :P
I was born in Köln/Cologne. The real (old) name:
Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium ;)
Vielen Dank fur eure addition of knowledge!
...don't think that is helping him to pronounce _Köln_ correctly..... Maybe _Kölle_ can do the twist.... 😛
The thing many people tend to forget when they get to the Nordschleife is that there is ALWAYS someone faster than you. No matter what car you drive, if it's your first time there, be ready to be overtaken A LOT. You might have a La Ferrari or a Koeniggsegg Jesko or Bugatti Chiron - doesn't matter. You WILL be overtaken by a built Mark 1 VW Golf or an R34 Skyline. Any car with 200HP or more in the hands of a driver who knows the track will always be quicker than the fastest car in the hands of someone who enters the ring the for the first time.
On the Nordschleife you can have all four seasons simultaneously. 2016 the 24h race had to be red flagged because snow rain and ice.
This year's race was also red flagged due to heavy fog, they only managed 8 and a bit hours of racing in total before the fog came down and the race was flagged. They came back out for the final 2hrs but just paraded around behind the safety car for 5 laps with no more green flags to be seen.
Arguably the most dangerous race track in the world. Outside the Isle of Man - 37.4 miles (60.2km) its elevation goes from near sea-level to 1,300 feet (400 m).
The Isle of Man track is public roads. The Nordschliefe is a race track.
@@SeanF374 When it is used for tourist driving, the Nurburgring is classed as a public road. More specifically, a one-way derestricted toll road.
@johnwarr7552 Yep. It's classed as one but people don't use it to go to work or for popping to the shops. It's still a dedicated race track. The TT track is public roads closed for racing.
@@SeanF374 Also the Isle of Man TT mountain is de-restricted through most of the year unless some halfwit decides it's their time to eat some grass with some road rash on the side. I've clocked at 175mph which is the fastest I've ever been, and around 170mph on the Autobahn in Germany. Call me an adrenaline monkey 👍
The Nurburgring is NOT a racetrack; it is a public toll road.
Now check out the Mountain course used by the Isle of Man TT. A street course nearly 38 miles in length with 300 corners and elevation going from sea level to nearly 2000ft. The Nürburgring run off areas are very generous compared to the Mountain Course where instead of those you get stone walls. In 104 race meetings there were 270 fatalities and since 1935 there has only been one year (1982) during which nobody died.
Yes, the Isle of Man TT is insane because they race with motorbikes not on an actual race track but on converted everyday roads. Similar to Monaco being everyday streets but used for racing. Only that the Isle of Man is a tiny island that is otherwise a sleepy reclused spot vs an ultra rich mini kingdom. The Nürburgring was designed as a racetrack and never as a normal road.
Hes already reacted to the TT, the bikes and the mark Higgins wrx sti record lap
isle of men is defenitely a different book
a public road converted into a track for a couple days during the even. Absolute mad men driving there.
Its defenitely something else. Same for Rallye stages.
In the early 90s a gentleman by the name of Hans Stuck, took me for 4 laps of the Ring on a bloody rapid Porsche 911GT2 RS if my memory is correct..... it was wonderful, but terrifying, it was the cambers, and wet low areas of the track he said to worry about, {plus other cars}. Of course, Hans has won Le Mans 24 hours race a number of times, won at the Ring and Spa etc etc , ex F1 and amazing Sportscar driver. And a nice guy. We actually spent about 2 hours talking about our love of dogs.
Misha Charoudin crashed BMW M4 very hard just a week ago on Nürburgring after a technical issue in the car. See his video about details. The track is definitely dangerous.
And yes, watching the video with Misha explaining the lap blindfolded is worth watching. You can find it with title "7 Blind Minutes of The Nürburgring Nordschleife in the AMG GT R" (hZ9S_4E2I0Y).
And it was after the foxhole, coming up from the compression. I'm glad he and the passenger made it without any injuries.
@@hajom78 Yeah, finding that your brakes do not work nearly the fastest part of the track is not fun experience. They were lucky to have such minor results.
Misha has a great channel where he drives different cars every day and he always gives a great insight. He now also races in the GT4 (SP8T) class in the 24hr race in a BMW M4 GT4. Another thing is it did fail to mention the weather changes in this video. One part of the track can be clear and sunny, another part it could be heavy rain or snow.
Hello Joel. British viewers probably will think of Top Gear and Sabine Schmitz, sadly missed these days.
They were great, especially guessing who was their 'Silent Race driver' , they managed to reveal him as Michael Schumacher😄
Cologne is close to Nurernburgring - just visit the track during a saturday/sunday.
Yeah, it's Not far away. And he should Go to Phantasialand, too. And Cologne cathedral and so much more to visit in cologne and in the region of the rhineland!
OK people, the NÜRBURGRING is located in Rheinland-Pfalz near the city NÜRBURG (Köln and Bonn are not really that close to it, but nearby. Nürburg and Nürburgring has absolutely NOTHING to do with the city NÜRNBERG at the east of Germany.
And yes the city Nürnberg in the east is written eather Nürnberg with the Umlaut ü, or Nuernberg.
It has NOTHING what so ever to do with the typical american writing and false pronounciation Nuremberg!
There is NO letter M in the name of this city. Show some respect for christ sake, to the culture. Nobody in this world would call New York Maw jork.
Kinda funny that during the voice over introduction to Misha´'s advice for every day drivers they used driving footage of Kevin Estre of all people :-).
Great video! Yes. it can be a scary track but it's basically petrolhead Disneyland. Totally unique place. I own and operate a guest-house at the Ring and have lived here since 2017, happy to help out with any questions about the area you may have.
Fun tip: Watch a few "Best crashes on the Nürburg Ring" videos. It´s about tourists risking their cars for a short fun!
Just came back from my second time driving it. Hired a track car this time. So good. Definitely the way to do it, as you have some level of insurance albeit with a massive excess, whereas you are not insured in your own car generally.
Normal tracks are just boring by comparison.
The 70 deaths mentioned at the start is only the number killed in competitions. When you include all deaths at the ring, an average of around 26 people lose their lives on there every year.
Well that’s the wrong way to calculate it because it’s no where near 26 people a year.
By that it is only a part of the original track being used for Tourist rides. By that, the late Sabine Schmitz took people round in a "Ring Taxi" and most likely scared the shit out of people during that?
I took all of the cars ive ever driven for at least one lap on the Nordschleife. Best Day was the Tuning and Practice Day for the Racecar Series. Then you can do your Lap on the GP and Nordschleife on Slicks.
Misha is a legend. You should watch him driving paying customers cars. It’s pretty funny
Edit: did realise he wasn’t paid. Even better imo
People don't pay him to drive their cars. That would be illegal on the Nürburgring, due to the agreement with the ring taxis.
you dont know what you're talking about 😂😂😂 misha is NOT a legend and he isnt a ringtaxi driver and never was a ringtaxi driver , misha is the most overhyped and overrated car youtuber on the whole internet 😂😂😂
@@twanvorstenbosch Who hurt you? 🥲
@@twanvorstenbosch damn you must be fun at parties. Zielig.
@@justincase9471 im just telling truth in a world full of lies , misha isnt a ringtaxi driver and he never was , and yes he is overhyped and overrated , people who know they know , it is what it is , he is arrogant AF
Hi, Joel! You come to KÖLN???? -Yeeeeeaaaah! ...Tätä, tätä, tätä! ("Tätä" imitates the triple musical flourish at carnival. Just for fun). An expression of joy...
I wish you much fun in Cologne then. And also think about all the green places/ public parks in Cologne. You can party and you can chill. For some targets you need the public transportation.
Before you go there, you have to check the contract of your car insurance. There are insurances that explicitly exclude "touristenfahrten" on the nordschleife. Imagine your insurance doesn't pay.
If you wanna experience the Ring, there are several companies that offer Ring Taxi service, professional drivers and in well maintained car who drive there for a living and take tourists on a loop.
...please remember. You can go with your car thrue the Nürgburgring Nordschleife! Fantastic track... to test you and your car. Is is a very often used testtrack.
You absolutely have to get a "ring taxi" ride around here, would make such a fun vlog for us and you.
They didn't mention the weather that is very changeable in the Eifel and makes the track even more dangerous and challenging. Because of the enormous length of the Nordschleife, there could be some parts where it's sunny and other parts covered in rain/hail etc.
In the Sixties I drove our family Opel Kapitän (Super Six) 1939 around the whole track.
And there were some people in much faster cars (like Porsches) then who really could not drive and control their car...
You should book a tour around the Nürburgring in a ring taxi, a professional driver will show you the track in a really fast car. It's not chap, but it's a cool experience
I wouldn't say you couldn't do anything impressive, last years 24h race was a masteclass by Kevin Estre, there are very few pilots out there that makes the schleife feels so natural as him, Micha being one of them.
BTW, Micha participated in this years 24h (actually 8h) endurance with fellow youtubers, it was a very interesting race by them, even though they were punished at the start, youtubers becoming race drivers.
@MihzvolWuriar I was taken around the Ring on my 1st laps ever by a man named Hans Stuck..... to say I was impressed was an understatement, he is known {not Ickyx} as the "RainMiester" or rain master. I was in heaven and had a death grip on the seat. Wonderful, it was in a Porsche 911 GT 2 RSR
I spent my youth at the Ring back in the 70ies.
we go to the ring twice a year, opening week, and a week in august. its petrolhead heaven. the people are great, the food is good, the beer great.
but if your taking a car over there to do laps, just remember always have about a 1000euro spare, just in case your car has to get towed off.
as its your first time, book up some "ring taxi" laps, if you get a real quick taxi driver, it will leave a very big impression on you.
theres mk2 golfs out there that scare the shit out gt3 porsches. such a brilliant place.
A few days ago was the 24h race of the Nürburgring aka the green hell please react to some 24h crashes its free content and interessting ngl ;)
it is one of the best experiences I've had to drive there myself,.... but I am sure it would be even better as a co-pilot in one of the AMG-GT R they have available. (reservation is mandatory)
Been there a few times, its amazing. Just do your homework, know your limits and don't try to set a lap record on your first run :) Also the whole area is amazing with great racing history atmosphere, beautiful nature and nice people.
Hi Joel ... Here's a video from the 2024 24 hours race on the Nürburgring which took place last Saturday/Sunday. They were only able to race for about 13 - 14 hours as on Sunday morgen a thick fog covered the track and didn't disperse before the 24 hours were up.
Me and my friends go here every year for about a week. This is the best place on earth for people who love cars, and we are lucky enough to live about 4 hours away.
You pronounced Nurburg perfectly, Clarkson, May and Hammond from the original top gear and the grand tour have all driven it over the years, and surprisingly Hammond didn’t crash on it
Perfectly in English, but not in German.
Have you seen the Tom Scott Video on the Nürburgring? He was terrified first. But then...
You can rent a car specifically for driving on the Ring. But....if it goes wrong: Deductible at least 5000 dollar, you pay for picking up the wreck (1000 dollar) and pay for damage to the guardrail (1200 dollar per segment) and you pay for the time the Ring had to be closed because of your accident. So, beware. I am sane, so I never drove on the Ring.
here you can see why it's named green hell. but we germans love it. and yes, we miss sabine so hard. but, btw, this will a challenge never ends. but pls, don't drive it by bike. tahe a solid porsche 911 GT3/RS, best xou can choose. and take a guy with you who knows our bad track 😅😎
In August is the Gamescom in Cologne, maybe you give it a try.
Including the professionals are test drivers for different companies
All German producers and others test their cars there before they go to market
Hey Joel 🙋🏻♂️
Love from Berlin 🇩🇪
Ramsi 😘
What's not mentioned is that the track is open most days to the public as a toll road..
No training, no safety briefing or equipment required no experience.
Just a car and a driving licence and a toll fee and off you go..
Keep in mind, the majority of the fatalities happened way in the past, before the 1980s. Nowadays its very rare that someone gets killed there, and if so, its nearly always a hobby driver who overestimated the abilities of his car and himself.
One big handicap on the Nürburgring was not mentioned: the weather. As its very hilly there and elevated, the weather can be extremely erratic. It can be nice and sunny in one place, and 3 mls on its raining or snowing. And then driving gets really difficult.
I recommend, when you come here dont try to drive there with a rental car as a total newbie. It can become very costly quicker than you imagine. As the guy said: its very difficult to look good there, but very easy to look like a fool. :)
If you really want to see the Ring, I suggest to use a good racing sim.
Try to get to Nürnburg Ring. Garatiet you can drive with one of the amareurs
Must watch: Porsche 919 Evo Record lap on this track. Timo Bernhardt the OG devil of the green hell. Also watch Kevin Estre p11 to p1 in 2 laps in 2022(?)
Micha C. is the face of Nürburgring ❣️👌🏼
And he is a cool guy too 😅
Love his Videos 👍🏼
I dorve there two times..... luckely before TH-cam ! ;)
The Nurburgring is NOT a racetrack; it is a public toll road.
YOU can book a “tourist trip” with Misha on your next trip to Germany and experience the Nordschleife as a passenger.
He has his own TH-cam channel, perhaps a Jps collaboration video?
I probably average 3 laps a day for the last year and half here on GT7. It’s insane people full send this place in real life
Nurburgring is very dangerous for inexperienced drivers.😁😁
And recommended is a fast fast car.☺️👍
This one did make it to the Nurburgring but was not filmed while doing it, camera's were not that common in those days.😁😁
This is a testrun.(+-2004)😁😁
th-cam.com/video/2bK4VTqv5Ec/w-d-xo.htmlsi=jLZzJ04vw7ziy8ae
Awesome channel by the way, loved your German trip!❤
When are you coming to the Netherlands?☺️
After surviving a "Adrenalin Renntaxi " ride during free pre race training day, we went there to have a relaxed Sunday at Brünnchen . We just wanted to have some fun wathcing the guys in their private cars destroying their cars. A few minutes after we were sitting, a guy with his bike impacted right in front of us. We decided to go home after several ambulances came... and finally also the Helicopter. Because of the Helicopter, we do assume that he was not dead, even if it kooled like this.
So this was no funny day, we left the Nordschleife with a sad and shocked feeling.
😢
If you visit Germany again, take the ring taxi for a ride and an experienced racing driver will drive you around the Nürburgring track
JPS, do some reactions to Misha driving people's cars around the ring!
Losing brakes in the foxhole going 250km/h would be terrifying.. 😮💨🤯
Nope, since you don't ever, never touch your brakes in the foxhole, don't you dare to even lift!
Well, what comes after may cause you some troubles...
One of the main dangers of the Green Hell is actually the fact that the weather can be significantly different is various locations of the track.
....in the world
(clarkson voice) ;>
If you want to learn and drive the Green Hell, watch Misha Charoudin, for real.
I have bine there 3 times, raced there and drove a normal BMW. dont forget, you will have to pay for everything when a crash happends.
Best track ever ! also in a Sim game.
I believe it was 70 fatalities during the ENTIRE HISTORY of this very old track. Not quite as catastrophic as it is made out to be, - the history of this challenging race track VERY long!
I know, you're an American with not much time, but less is more. Trust me , I was a tourist in Norway with just 2weeks, oh my gosh, drive 10 minutes, stop for 10, that's the pass 😀
I’ve driven the Ring in my own car last year. Let’s say it was fun until the mentioned ‘Fox Hole’ shattered my katalysator and exhaust haha
If it's hard to talk about the ring, you should definetly checkout the '919 Tribute Tour' of Porsche. Thank me later ;)
To pronounce "Köln" correctly, you need to take the "e" from "Berlin" (the english pronounciation) and take it for the "ö" in "Köln".
Exactly
Watch Lap Record on the Nürburgring 5.19 😊
Do not mistake Nürburg with Nürnberg as English speaker are quite prone to.
No, let him race around Nürnberg instead
@@bubu5908 Nürnberg has or has had the Norisring.
Exactly
@bubu5😂😂😂😂😂908
@@gustavmeyrink_2.0 Yes, but most of the year that's a normal street (like the streets in Monaco).
Interesting that there was no mention of the word "bend".
If you want to try the Nordschleiffe safely, the game Assetto Corsa is a free download and you'll get the impression how it is on that track ;-)
Assetto Corsa is not free
@@bubu5908 realy? I have it for ......... years, I thought it was free. I looked it up and you're right. It cost 19.99€ and you'll need the Dreampack 1 (apparently ;-) ) . Sorry for my mistake. Let's say ............... it's cheap :p
Since when is AC free? Have i missed something?
That would defenitely be great.
Hey JP , why you don't get in touch with James Bray. He come to Germany this year.
I mean if you pronounce ü and u the same. Otherwise good :D
*edit: video speaker does the same, its very american. if you master the Umlaute (ä,ö,ü) you are already advanced so dont worry :)
Dangerous Tracks on the channel? Sounds fun!
the track is very old, alot of the fatalitys also been in early years...consider that with alot of old tracks!
you shouldwatch the 54 overtakes video from this track.
You should ride one of the Ring-Taxis and let share it with us.
Go slowly! You had the ü in Nürburgring quite right, your ö in Köln, however, needs some practice. And for that purpose, here are the three words we use for the umlauts in the German spelling alphabet: Ärger, Öse, Übel. Try these often, and maybe do what I did when learning the French pronunciation, practice in front of a mirror. It really helps.
watch this before takin the " Ringtaxi" !!!
Can you React to: Every GOAL OF THE YEAR since 2001 AFL, with the bois plz
Micha had a very big accident this week.
i heard it, but i havent seen it yet. Luckely they where in a caged BMW.
You should watch top gear racing against Sabine driving a Ford Transit
Dear More JPS, Nürburgring the most dangerous racing course in the world. This is today absolute nonsens. The old Nürburgring 24 kilometer track was at all times of racing the most demanding race track, this first of all by the length, second by the geographic condition in the hills of the Eifel and woods. This old course is since years only used for a limited type of racing and racing cars. Before this, racing was very dangerous by the type of cars and their design, especially in formular one and similar classes all the time and everywhere. A bonmot of the 60ties 70ties from race drivers: „I have all the time a black suite in my luggage for the next funeral“. Nearly each weekend ends with a fatal accident somewhere.
Today the old race track can be booked for a private trip from everybody with your own car. And for these „hobby riders“ is the track a challange and very often an overload which ends in the guarding rails. Very, very seldom such crashes ends with hurts or finaly fatal victims. The biggest load of risk have bike drivers, because on each crash their body is the crashzone. The car drivers wrinkled sheet metal somtimes so big that the car is a total loss, but big hurts or death drivers, NO.
in Dutch they call it Keulen
Look TH-cam: Nürburgring Crashes😂
See in the first comment: Die schnellste je gefahrene Nürburgringrunde! (Video of the actual lap record car. Insane!)
th-cam.com/video/EM6nyGWcXks/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Dv3I1N7csG--NM5n
Please watch the lap record by porsche
Colne ? Or Cologne... ? 🤔🤭🖖
😏How is it hard, Joel?! 🤭
GET THE GERMAN PRONUNCIATION SORTED SOON 😂