22 minutes to explain 5 seconds of intense time. It just amazes me how fast and how much our brains process information under stressful circumstances. Great video. Great detail in your explanation. Thank you
Good observations and reactions. When close to the limit there is not much of a safety buffer for issues such as coolant. Without spotting that dust and breaking earlier you might well have hit the barrier! Well done.
Thanks again Robert for your detailed analysis of what happened and your honest admission of how much was planned and what was instinct (albeit trained). A good element of making your own luck too!
Great save, and that "oh shit" face is hilarious. This video is the textbook case as to why anyone should never drive at the limit in TF, you never know what is happening ahead. In this case, as you said, going faster would've ended a lot worse for you. Always have a safety margin so that you can react as best you can in this kind of moment.
I think one of the main points to take from these type of incidents is not to panic. Any hard inputs could backfire, so to roll with what you have and keep the car as straight as you did, was by far and away the best opportunity to avoid disaster. Well driven Robert, some quick judgement there whether you were concious of it or not 👍🏻
Robert while going +100km sliding into a barrier with a 6 figures car with unknown consequences = smiles. Me parking my car falling into pieces and touching a kerb = scared the sh*t out of me. Gotta love Robert.
You can really tell how talented and experienced you are that you can make a 22 minute video about all the thought processes you made in a couple of seconds. It shows you really know the track.
A 22 minute video about how it was pure luck that the car didn’t end up in the barrier. There were two thought processes. ‘Ah the dust isn’t someone in the barrier’ and ‘oh shit I’m heading into the barrier’. Not a chance that he spotted the coolant until he watched the video.
You said it Robert.... seat time, seat time and seat time. Always stay calm, look where you want to go and stay of the brakes. If you’re looking at the barrier, you’re going into the barrier. Regain control of the car with steering inputs and throttle out. Great video and excellent analysis! (and I guessed correctly btw... fluid on the track)
Another company you need to contact is TH-cam because I've got my notification bell on since last year and I didn't see this video within the hour it's been posted. Great analysis.
Glad you and the car are ok.... You can clearly see Robert has the skills to pay the bills.... That has to be in the top saves out there... And he saved a widowmaker RSMR non the less💪🏽💥
It's mad that people would say it's because you ran out of talent 😂 ... From first viewing you can tell it is something on the track, it's like when you hit black ice... There's isn't much you can do except hope 😂
@@RobertMitchell my favourite video to date is likely the one where you explained the use of helmets, lap belts and roll cages. I’d like to see a video about larger tire sizes on an oem rim. I feel the line isn’t to fine before a wider tire has negative consequences but I see it on the forums regularly.
Love these super techy breakdowns of situations I probably won’t ever find myself in (a good thing and a bad thing!) Nice one Robert and 🙌🏻 for skidding outta there in one piece!
Thanks for the analysis Robert, glad you where alright and saved the gt2 mr. And hope things work out with getting the insurance sorted out from the coolant owner.
That dashcam vid is like a trick question lol. Extremely difficult to see the coolant on the track unless you have intimate knowledge. At first I was thinking either overcooking or too much throttle, but I don't know the car at all and I don't know the track IRL. Our eyes are fortunately much better than modern cameras. What a save. That's definitely one to remember.
Robert, it has become your trademark, straight up, as it happened, and as transparent as it gets. I truly enjoy how you dissect this moment, and your "o-shit" moment face was priceless!! Yep I held my breath when I saw this beaut going off the track. The Bruenchen is very unforgiving off the line... Great content as usual. To all the keyboard Ninja's, it is the professional decency to stop right where the car is in mechanical trouble and warn the others, coolant on a track is like black ice... so driving of here is like "hit and run". You don't do that.
The Brünnchen corner and the overwhelming number of spectators there, is an example of 'observation selection effects'. It is also known as 'anthropic bias'. It is an interesting area of research. Cheers 🍺
Even i m a beginner I can explain a mistake I did on nos the same way. I had a couple of car safety trainings that helped me to make this decisions. Shot version: 1. I'm probably to fast for this corner / steering in to the apax and softly braking 2. I'm definitely too fast / car understeers a lot 3. open up the steering wheel and going for middle of the corner / still understeer 4. hit the breaks hard because I'm losing control / thinking: don't steer in more, it doesn't bring back the grip (missed to open up the steering) 5. Try to go for the outline of the corner / ABS and ESP are working hard ( lucky that I'm let them on ) 6. finally the speed become such slow that the frontend gets grip while ABS are working. If I can explain desicions I made in many 1 or 2 sec. You, Robert, can do it even more. And you made better desicions then I did. P.S. this happens on my 3 lap ever at slowest corner on Adenauer Forst. P.S. this car safety trainings I did were very helpful !!! P.S. I was not thinking of unsettle the car. May be this is the difference to an experienced driver like Robert
@@tobiasz9090 maybe because a brakingpoint is comprised of many more variables and therefore subjective. Variables wich when done right allow for a certain line. A line wich will bring you comfortably from entry to exit. A line you will miss if your braking is too late. I’ve done more laps with this instruction than without. No regrets, so much fun. Seems like you enjoy it too!
@@Tristan.R.J.M you're right if you go for lap times. I was thinking about beginners, don't care about 50cm but 2m. If you get a powerful car you got better breaks and tiers. So the braking point should be similar. Misha told me breaking points as an instructor, hopefully I can remember a lot of them. Yes, I have fun on the nos. It's maybe the only change to use all the power on an street that's similar to an country road without fear of losing my driver's license...
That was quite a scare, however your instinct was correct. Loved your self analyses and how you approached that situation . I am glad that i watched that video and maybe i might be able to response the same way . Thank you for the explanations that you provided.
Thanks for being honest about including luck in your save. Plenty of guy's egos would dictate that their "skill" caused them to avoid a heavy collision.
Nürburgring is such a super complicated and technical track. I do admire Robert could use those limited edition supercars like GT2RS , 488 pista, 620R so often on this track. Anything could happen this track, some the driver could expect but some you just can't. Anyway, glad to see both robert and the GT2 RS are all safe.
Wow. Just Glad you are Safe Robert. We can Always Rebuild. You We Can't. Did know you and M.R are taking part in Rally Cross Now. Just Happy You Are Safe. Wishing You Good Health. Cheers Carlyle
When I realise that you have bigger cost without touching anything expect the ground than if I would have flipped my car over the barrier :') Keep the great content :)
Excellent video analysis Robert, one of the best on track video explanations I've seen. It was interesting to know your thought process from the entry into Brünnchen, to seeing the dust and knowing that you have to scrub the speed off, whilst checking up track for the other car. Then having spotted the coolant and leaving you with a tough choice of do I stick the car into the barrier or try and push though. You did well to hold it and drive away with so little damage. I had to watch the onboard video a couple of times before I noticed the coolant on the track.
Great driving save! Did exactly the right things on pure instinct. So many people wind on more and more lock when the car is going straight but don't understand that puts them in the wall
Just like nascar really! Aim for the cloud of smoke and clench things 🤓 I love how you can 100% tell who’s NOT listened / watched all the way though the video 🤣
thank you for these comprehensive and honest explanations, robert. when i saw the clip for the first time, i really had to hold my breath. and: thank god nothing happened. for me, an important aspect from your explanations is now: we should all drive more in the rain, even though we hate it. but the automatisms that are generated help to get through such situations perhaps unscathed. thank you again!
Fastest lawnmower in Germany, no way was it a lack of talent, you've done too many laps to have just f..ked up, so glad you didn't have to bin it into the wall, thanks for the explanation though, Rj in Oz
Very interesting & insightful analysis to not only what happened to you, Robert - but also the hazards on any real-life race track --- that are often totally out of your control... It's also a great reminder for me, as to why my friends & family stir me that I drive like a grannie in real-life - because the very best thing about going Sim-Racing is the one key simple word called :-RESET!!!
Well done Robert this just shows that instinct as a driver pays dividends, this skill separates those who can drive fast in a straight line to those who can save a car in a split second under challenging always changing conditions, for me as a driver you have this skill or you simply do not, this is what separates a proper driver, especially the do I bin it or try to save it and always thinking of others before yourself, if I might hit them I will bin it, if not then try the save, I have had instances like this on our local track and to be honest it separates the ones who have it to the ones who do not it is night and day! Love the analysis of this always honest and open. Good Job :-)
When you really master driving something you can rely on instict: in a 2 wheel situation i was almost on a frontale with a beefy bmw motorbike..... well my brain switched out and I found myself and my motorbike back again on the opposite side footwalk without knowing how..... (perfecly fine)
This is why I like riding my XT 250 in the dirt. It’s great cross training and makes my street riding better in so many ways. Sliding around turns using the throttle or making quick reactions through the bumps to keep it smooth, you can get more excitement in a couple of hours of dirt than a years worth of responsible street riding. Even track days don’t let you ride with the same “looseness” that is normal in the dirt. Those skills can serve you well in situations where you have to rely on instinct and are purely reacting. It’s great cross training.
10:25 to 10:35 is literally hide the pain harold lmao Good job on that save man, shows that you have a huge amount of experience with this stuff and know what you're doing behind the wheel, that must have been scary as hell
Solid driving Robert essentially driving around the hazard, particularly scrubbing off that bit of speed, an extra 10 km/h could have made things much trickier. And the Porsche behaved so well off road, you can see why they made great rally cars! Best of luck resolving the insurance issues.
As soon as I saw the clip I thought "Nah, there's oil on the track there must be. A GT2 just doesn't understeer like that". Turns out yep there, just the wrong fluid :D
Love how you start smiling as you go off lol but you were so calm and let the car move and didn’t fight it to much which looks like it then meant you gathered it all up very well. My one question is why did the lights go off wile you were on the grass but then came back on?
@@RobertMitchell I wondered this too... are those DRLs on the GT2 shared with the indicators/switch off when the indicators go on? My thought was that maybe the car detected something going wrong and was about to start flashing the hazards but then stopped before it could when you recovered and switched the DRLs back on?
Someone please make Robert‘s face into some meme or something. That facial reaction is just pure gold. Sorry Robert for feeling like having a bit of fun at your expense ;) glad you were alright and the GT2 survived well. When in doubt, drive on grass. True MR driver like Kevin
Fantastic save! I've had this happen on local tracks in the PNW with spilled coolant. Was lucky to not bin my car, but I had a lot more run off. Learned a lot from your analysis. Thank you for sharing.
Robert, great driver instincts and skills! When I watched the Instagram footage, I certainly did not see the coolant spill so didn’t really understand what had happened. But your analysis and insights have filled in the missing pieces. Thanks and well done, you and the GT2 are safe and around to see another day. Bravo
Really enjoying the channel, nice to see the behind the scenes, all to easy for many to judge without knowing the full story. Hoping to come back on 2 wheels when lock down lifts but it would have been game over on a motorcycle with coolant on the ground. Keep up the good work
Had a similar encounter with coolant on my r1 going around a bend at 140 same thing saved my I something in the road and a truck with a popped hood. Started slowing down and hit the coolant around 110 front went through fine but almost lost the rear end. Smooth inputs and luck saved my life
The subtle corrections on the wheel, presumably developed from time spent driving in the wet, feels like should get the credit for the save here, IMO. In panic situations it's so hard to not overcorrect, and the only way to develop that instinct is with practice. Well done, glad you didn't go into the wall. (I wrote off a car on track from a similar coolant dump - 997 owners get your lines pinned!! - and was not able to control the slip..)
Great analysis of a scary situation... No one no matter how good they are can control a car that's sliding on oil/coolant... There's a few micro seconds where you have to think / react and execute ( training) and then luck comes into play. It seems like everything you did or didn't do led to you not hitting the barrier and once you stopped bouncing all over the grass/gravel you checked the rear view mirrors and drove back onto the track... This was a combo of doing the right thing and not doing the wrong thing in equal amounts... Glad your OK that's what matters most and glad car was not significantly damaged. Such a horrible feeling being in a car that's sliding and you know there's nothing you can do. Interesting facial expressions also. 😉🤔😁
Thanks for taking the time to explain bit by bit what happened, your reactions, etc. I found that very informative! Very good "instinctive" decisions!!! Obviously glad you're safe and that the GT2 did not hit the wall 😅
Having been through oil and coolant while racing autocross I know that "Oh Sh-t" feeling you get while at speed knowing you are going ice skating with a car. Luckily only my pride was hurt as I swapped ends in a 360 rotation then back on the road to finish. I had a giant shoulder area luckily and the blown engine car parked on the opposite side of the road from my spin out. Hitting coolant or oil is one way to get a shower and new underwear. Wishing you continued good luck and many blessings.
It is insane the amount of clueless professionals out there. From the first moment I saw the original video I knew 100% there was a spill. That was masterfully handled Robert, and I wish I had half of your skill! Well done! Keep it between ditches:)
Tried something in the same realm at Flugplatz at the scuderia a couple of years back. I hit something slippery midcorner and the car just went straight, I was albe to get it turned slightly, so that i hit the barriers at a very shallow angle, bumped the tyrebarrier a few times. The car got totalled but me and my passanger was unharmed, I have done trackdays for 15 years, and I have no doubt that experience helped me out on that day. The moral is clear in my book: Practice as much as possible, someday it might help you when things get sticky
A lot of people don’t realize how much damage those tire barriers do. The brackets to hold them in place Just dig into the side of the body panels and rip gaping holes in them
awesome video. Happy everything turned out alright. Speaking about insurance. I am not sure how it works in Germany but in my country, they deduct 10% on the repair bill for every year when the car is used. Up to 50%. So I had another driver who hit me and admits his fault, police report and everything. But my car was 8 years old. And the bill was 2400$ (nothing major, just the number and a grill). So insurance took that 2400 minus 50% and paid me 1200$. Looking forward to updates to see how it will go with you Robert. Good luck!
Greetings from Colorado, Robert! Thank you for the thoughtful, frank and open analysis. Yours is a somewhat rare and highly effective personal style that I describe in two ways. First and foremost, you demonstrate the value of living life consciously with and on purpose. Second, you live your life at one speed which I would describe, simply, as effective. There can be several components of both elements. But the primary value of conscious purpose is to shield yourself from what I call The Eighth Deadly Sin- that being deceiving or even lying to one's self. By definition, victims of the 8th Deadly Sin are not aware of doing so and, as a result, often deceive or even lie to themselves. I'll leave that there though I could speak at length to the idea. People who are blessed to live at one speed are rarely victims of the emotions of fear, anger or resentment. The immutable consequence of even minimal anger and resentment is a kind of low-grade insanity which manifests itself in unpredictable and inconsistent judgment. Your analysis here, as well as your first quick driving reactions that saved your car, and your immediate subsequent decisions to gather information and openly alert authorities, protecting others as well as following a series of Apex standard protocols. This video was a privilege and a joy to watch. Well done, as always.
Definitely a great recovery... regardless of opinion it’s typically hard to drive well under these “puckered” moments! Well done Sir, it also shows the armchair “QBs” that anyone can experience a situation like this and the talent lies in the recovery.
When you sit back after a lot of external factors went in your favour for sure.. couple of corners either way no video footage, no left side run off and limited sighting over crest etc, but the key as you say is remaining calm and trusting instinct, Great save for sure with minimal damage! Interesting on the insurance front does that apply say to a UK car that is explicitly not covering the car on track or would you as 3rd party still have recourse?
Very facinating talk and great talkthrough on what happened, very detailed on explaining things. good job on your reflexes and experience from this. Made me smile on what your thoughts were in just those few seconds " oh shit oh shit" lol. Good stuff and next the next time i'm a the Ring I'll say Hi.
I tip my hat Sir, very well driven and a great analysis. Thank you for taking all of us through the "experience" from an honest view. A bit of luck of course, but mostly skill!
Great awareness! After watching the video for the first time. I already thought coolant or Oil. Good job keeping it out of the wall. Kudos to you. Could have been a desaster
Sometimes a little luck and little skill is all it takes…that’s why we never crashed the family station wagon growing up. Sometimes the skill is a little best left un-explained! Just move on! Great job and great honesty! Binned would have been a very transparent vid…that’s the trust I have.
How many crashes do we see where is not the initial issue that's the problem but the overreaction to it. Kudos for subconsciously accepting you're going wide and trying to keep the car stable.
Pancake probably chewed on the guy's coolant hose which caused the leak.
Revenge of Pancake as you were chewing Pancakes before?
HAHAHAHAH!! She has an appetite for gravel and fluids.
bwoah
then Pancake the Puppy is SUS
If that’s the case, I’m not even upset. ❤️pancake
Shhhh Misha! That’ll make you liable!
"The Porsche performed flawlessly in the grass" - Robert Mitchell 2021 😂
Hahah! It did :-)
@@RobertMitchell Kevin Estre with the Grello is of the same opinion as you. At least at the Hohen Acht... LOL
Came off full screen to make this comment and see its already at the top 😂
@@stefanroseEP3 🤣🤣🤣
I really had to LOL when I read that comment because I thought the same :D
I love the Instagram commenters who write as if they are Kevin Estre but haven’t even driven a lap on the Ring 😂
;-) Thanks again for the video!
No problem 😌
Or any track at all
Yeah the coolant was even visible in the video and how the car suddenly started sliding I knew it had to be something slippery on the road
@@topsu_u When I saw the first clip my guess was oil, you could tell there was loss of control, not concentration. Nice work Robert.
reality: Robert was surprised a Dacia came up in the mirror pushing him down.
The insurance company of the car that spilled the coolant: "YOU DID WHAT?!?!?"
Exactly they PISSED for sure
22 minutes to explain 5 seconds of intense time. It just amazes me how fast and how much our brains process information under stressful circumstances. Great video. Great detail in your explanation. Thank you
Good observations and reactions. When close to the limit there is not much of a safety buffer for issues such as coolant. Without spotting that dust and breaking earlier you might well have hit the barrier! Well done.
I think so too Andrew! I hope you guys can learn from my experience! :-)
@@RobertMitchell Great analysis in the video, it will definitely help me, thanks!
@@RobertMitchell I learned a lot, inc. the part about how the car continues its rotation (only worse) when it enters the coolant area.
Thanks again Robert for your detailed analysis of what happened and your honest admission of how much was planned and what was instinct (albeit trained). A good element of making your own luck too!
Now we all know the 60k MR lawnmower package is well worth it.
I booked a lap in the GT2RS MR for my friend's birthday this month, please don't crash it 😂
It’s still going strong luckily
Great save, and that "oh shit" face is hilarious.
This video is the textbook case as to why anyone should never drive at the limit in TF, you never know what is happening ahead. In this case, as you said, going faster would've ended a lot worse for you. Always have a safety margin so that you can react as best you can in this kind of moment.
You have to have a safety margin in tf 100%
I think it's due to all the weight you lost. Your previous mass used to keep the front end more planted. 😉
I think so too! haha!
I think one of the main points to take from these type of incidents is not to panic. Any hard inputs could backfire, so to roll with what you have and keep the car as straight as you did, was by far and away the best opportunity to avoid disaster. Well driven Robert, some quick judgement there whether you were concious of it or not 👍🏻
Robert while going +100km sliding into a barrier with a 6 figures car with unknown consequences = smiles.
Me parking my car falling into pieces and touching a kerb = scared the sh*t out of me.
Gotta love Robert.
You can really tell how talented and experienced you are that you can make a 22 minute video about all the thought processes you made in a couple of seconds. It shows you really know the track.
A 22 minute video about how it was pure luck that the car didn’t end up in the barrier. There were two thought processes. ‘Ah the dust isn’t someone in the barrier’ and ‘oh shit I’m heading into the barrier’. Not a chance that he spotted the coolant until he watched the video.
My ability to see decreased significantly after focusing on Robert's hoodie a couple of times
You said it Robert.... seat time, seat time and seat time.
Always stay calm, look where you want to go and stay of the brakes. If you’re looking at the barrier, you’re going into the barrier. Regain control of the car with steering inputs and throttle out.
Great video and excellent analysis!
(and I guessed correctly btw... fluid on the track)
Another company you need to contact is TH-cam because I've got my notification bell on since last year and I didn't see this video within the hour it's been posted. Great analysis.
Oh no!!!! Too bad they don’t care 🤣
Glad you and the car are ok.... You can clearly see Robert has the skills to pay the bills.... That has to be in the top saves out there... And he saved a widowmaker RSMR non the less💪🏽💥
Even the Porsche "close" his eyes! Hahahahaha Happy with the save Robert! Cheers from Brazil 🍻
Exactly hahahha
😀 Haha!
It's mad that people would say it's because you ran out of talent 😂 ... From first viewing you can tell it is something on the track, it's like when you hit black ice... There's isn't much you can do except hope 😂
And another car going slower did too
These are the videos I like. Not because of the near miss but the analysis and teaching.
Me too. Way prefer it over others.
@@RobertMitchell my favourite video to date is likely the one where you explained the use of helmets, lap belts and roll cages. I’d like to see a video about larger tire sizes on an oem rim.
I feel the line isn’t to fine before a wider tire has negative consequences but I see it on the forums regularly.
Love these super techy breakdowns of situations I probably won’t ever find myself in (a good thing and a bad thing!) Nice one Robert and 🙌🏻 for skidding outta there in one piece!
Thanks for the analysis Robert, glad you where alright and saved the gt2 mr. And hope things work out with getting the insurance sorted out from the coolant owner.
The Porsche got the rally history from the past, and it helped you in that situation :) Good driving, and great save
That dashcam vid is like a trick question lol. Extremely difficult to see the coolant on the track unless you have intimate knowledge. At first I was thinking either overcooking or too much throttle, but I don't know the car at all and I don't know the track IRL.
Our eyes are fortunately much better than modern cameras. What a save. That's definitely one to remember.
Thanks mike!! Was one I’ll surely not forget:-)
I still remember the video in which Maximus says Brünnchen is his favourite corner because it sounds silly😂😂😂. Come a long way since
Haha good times!
Robert, it has become your trademark, straight up, as it happened, and as transparent as it gets. I truly enjoy how you dissect this moment, and your "o-shit" moment face was priceless!! Yep I held my breath when I saw this beaut going off the track. The Bruenchen is very unforgiving off the line... Great content as usual. To all the keyboard Ninja's, it is the professional decency to stop right where the car is in mechanical trouble and warn the others, coolant on a track is like black ice... so driving of here is like "hit and run". You don't do that.
I isolated the problem! You went off the track. Big brain here. 🧠💪💪
Great Save, Robert 🙌🏼
Thanks man!
Wow, nice analysis of what happened, and how you react to it! Glad you, and the car, are ok.
The Brünnchen corner and the overwhelming number of spectators there, is an example of 'observation selection effects'. It is also known as 'anthropic bias'. It is an interesting area of research.
Cheers 🍺
I always take an extra easy there because I don’t wanna end up in the wrong kind a video
Definitely one of those autonomic kegel moments. Great reactions and some good luck. Huge save given the circumstances! Thanks for sharing Robert
Thx Ioannis
High Pucker Factor!! In the immortal words of Jeremy Clarkson "Poo came out"
Even i m a beginner I can explain a mistake I did on nos the same way. I had a couple of car safety trainings that helped me to make this decisions.
Shot version:
1. I'm probably to fast for this corner / steering in to the apax and softly braking
2. I'm definitely too fast / car understeers a lot
3. open up the steering wheel and going for middle of the corner / still understeer
4. hit the breaks hard because I'm losing control / thinking: don't steer in more, it doesn't bring back the grip (missed to open up the steering)
5. Try to go for the outline of the corner / ABS and ESP are working hard ( lucky that I'm let them on )
6. finally the speed become such slow that the frontend gets grip while ABS are working.
If I can explain desicions I made in many 1 or 2 sec. You, Robert, can do it even more. And you made better desicions then I did.
P.S. this happens on my 3 lap ever at slowest corner on Adenauer Forst.
P.S. this car safety trainings I did were very helpful !!!
P.S. I was not thinking of unsettle the car. May be this is the difference to an experienced driver like Robert
One question: why every one explains the best line on the ring but not breaking points? In my opinion the are more important for beginners like me
@@tobiasz9090 maybe because a brakingpoint is comprised of many more variables and therefore subjective. Variables wich when done right allow for a certain line. A line wich will bring you comfortably from entry to exit. A line you will miss if your braking is too late.
I’ve done more laps with this instruction than without. No regrets, so much fun. Seems like you enjoy it too!
@@Tristan.R.J.M you're right if you go for lap times. I was thinking about beginners, don't care about 50cm but 2m. If you get a powerful car you got better breaks and tiers. So the braking point should be similar.
Misha told me breaking points as an instructor, hopefully I can remember a lot of them.
Yes, I have fun on the nos. It's maybe the only change to use all the power on an street that's similar to an country road without fear of losing my driver's license...
My biggest fear when biking there. Good save.
Glad you're ok and nothing got damaged really!
Thanks for sharing the insights and everything for us to learn.
My pleasure!
the smile you have while you are sliding is priceless.....
That was quite a scare, however your instinct was correct. Loved your self analyses and how you approached that situation . I am glad that i watched that video and maybe i might be able to response the same way . Thank you for the explanations that you provided.
Hey Robert.....all I can say is that “mishap” sounds expensive!! Good save Robert 😁😁
Thanks 👍
Thanks for being honest about including luck in your save. Plenty of guy's egos would dictate that their "skill" caused them to avoid a heavy collision.
Robert glad you are ok, all in video seems easy when done by professionals 🤘🏻
Thanks 👍
Nürburgring is such a super complicated and technical track. I do admire Robert could use those limited edition supercars like GT2RS , 488 pista, 620R so often on this track. Anything could happen this track, some the driver could expect but some you just can't. Anyway, glad to see both robert and the GT2 RS are all safe.
The "oh shit" moment can be perfectly summed up by a Clarkson classic : a little poo came out.
Wow.
Just Glad you are Safe Robert.
We can Always Rebuild. You We Can't.
Did know you and M.R are taking part in Rally Cross Now.
Just Happy You Are Safe.
Wishing You Good Health.
Cheers Carlyle
When I realise that you have bigger cost without touching anything expect the ground than if I would have flipped my car over the barrier :') Keep the great content :)
🤣🤣🤣 great comment, love it. Have a great day!!!
Excellent video analysis Robert, one of the best on track video explanations I've seen. It was interesting to know your thought process from the entry into Brünnchen, to seeing the dust and knowing that you have to scrub the speed off, whilst checking up track for the other car. Then having spotted the coolant and leaving you with a tough choice of do I stick the car into the barrier or try and push though. You did well to hold it and drive away with so little damage. I had to watch the onboard video a couple of times before I noticed the coolant on the track.
Well driven and well held Robert that's definitely an oooohhhh shiiiiiiit moment!
Thx jace
Great driving save! Did exactly the right things on pure instinct. So many people wind on more and more lock when the car is going straight but don't understand that puts them in the wall
Just like nascar really!
Aim for the cloud of smoke and clench things 🤓
I love how you can 100% tell who’s NOT listened / watched all the way though the video 🤣
Pretty funny how clear the pick and chose the information crew is to spot
Glad you are safe and the MR too, nothing beats experience.
Before watching whole thing I'd say there was coolant or oil on the track. You weren't pushing and it understeered out of nowhere. Good job saving it.
Thx Nug!
thank you for these comprehensive and honest explanations, robert. when i saw the clip for the first time, i really had to hold my breath. and: thank god nothing happened. for me, an important aspect from your explanations is now: we should all drive more in the rain, even though we hate it. but the automatisms that are generated help to get through such situations perhaps unscathed. thank you again!
Fastest lawnmower in Germany, no way was it a lack of talent, you've done too many laps to have just f..ked up, so glad you didn't have to bin it into the wall, thanks for the explanation though, Rj in Oz
Very interesting & insightful analysis to not only what happened to you, Robert - but also the hazards on any real-life race track --- that are often totally out of your control...
It's also a great reminder for me, as to why my friends & family stir me that I drive like a grannie in real-life - because the very best thing about going Sim-Racing is the one key simple word called :-RESET!!!
MR=lucky charm, GR=jinxed.
Well done Robert this just shows that instinct as a driver pays dividends, this skill separates those who can drive fast in a straight line to those who can save a car in a split second under challenging always changing conditions, for me as a driver you have this skill or you simply do not, this is what separates a proper driver, especially the do I bin it or try to save it and always thinking of others before yourself, if I might hit them I will bin it, if not then try the save, I have had instances like this on our local track and to be honest it separates the ones who have it to the ones who do not it is night and day! Love the analysis of this always honest and open. Good Job :-)
When you really master driving something you can rely on instict: in a 2 wheel situation i was almost on a frontale with a beefy bmw motorbike..... well my brain switched out and I found myself and my motorbike back again on the opposite side footwalk without knowing how..... (perfecly fine)
This is why I like riding my XT 250 in the dirt. It’s great cross training and makes my street riding better in so many ways.
Sliding around turns using the throttle or making quick reactions through the bumps to keep it smooth, you can get more excitement in a couple of hours of dirt than a years worth of responsible street riding. Even track days don’t let you ride with the same “looseness” that is normal in the dirt.
Those skills can serve you well in situations where you have to rely on instinct and are purely reacting. It’s great cross training.
10:25 to 10:35 is literally hide the pain harold lmao
Good job on that save man, shows that you have a huge amount of experience with this stuff and know what you're doing behind the wheel, that must have been scary as hell
Solid driving Robert essentially driving around the hazard, particularly scrubbing off that bit of speed, an extra 10 km/h could have made things much trickier. And the Porsche behaved so well off road, you can see why they made great rally cars! Best of luck resolving the insurance issues.
I think Robert's forgotten the password to his TH-cam account 😅
As soon as I saw the clip I thought "Nah, there's oil on the track there must be. A GT2 just doesn't understeer like that".
Turns out yep there, just the wrong fluid :D
And here I thought you were just practicing to get into the WRC. Glad you and the car are ok!
Youz guys who drive the ring are nuts! Can’t wait till I can join you!
Nice storytelling Robert! Happy that you keep the gt2 alive!
Love how you start smiling as you go off lol but you were so calm and let the car move and didn’t fight it to much which looks like it then meant you gathered it all up very well. My one question is why did the lights go off wile you were on the grass but then came back on?
That's a very good question David and one I still don't know the definitive answer to!
Epic save either way, the damaged parts should be mounted on the walls at apex like hunting trophies lol
@@RobertMitchell I wondered this too... are those DRLs on the GT2 shared with the indicators/switch off when the indicators go on? My thought was that maybe the car detected something going wrong and was about to start flashing the hazards but then stopped before it could when you recovered and switched the DRLs back on?
Someone please make Robert‘s face into some meme or something. That facial reaction is just pure gold. Sorry Robert for feeling like having a bit of fun at your expense ;) glad you were alright and the GT2 survived well. When in doubt, drive on grass. True MR driver like Kevin
Props for sharing, most people wouldn't. Also any chance you might still come to the US with the Yaris and or the GT2RSMR?
Of course, I hope you guys enjoyed!
And yes I still want to come with one of the cars for sure!!!
Great Save!!!! Glad you and the car live to race another day!!!!
I really enjoyed this video, you should have more close calls 😝
I hope i don't but glad you enjoyed haha!
Fantastic save! I've had this happen on local tracks in the PNW with spilled coolant. Was lucky to not bin my car, but I had a lot more run off. Learned a lot from your analysis. Thank you for sharing.
This in off is a nice feature of many GP tracks around the world
LMAOOOOOOO that save though
Cheers man! :)
Robert, great driver instincts and skills! When I watched the Instagram footage, I certainly did not see the coolant spill so didn’t really understand what had happened. But your analysis and insights have filled in the missing pieces. Thanks and well done, you and the GT2 are safe and around to see another day. Bravo
Really enjoying the channel, nice to see the behind the scenes, all to easy for many to judge without knowing the full story.
Hoping to come back on 2 wheels when lock down lifts but it would have been game over on a motorcycle with coolant on the ground.
Keep up the good work
Had a similar encounter with coolant on my r1 going around a bend at 140 same thing saved my I something in the road and a truck with a popped hood. Started slowing down and hit the coolant around 110 front went through fine but almost lost the rear end. Smooth inputs and luck saved my life
Robert be like "gotta keep smiling!"
Always!
Nobody can destroy his smile! 😅😁
Never know when a camera is on @misha taught us that
The subtle corrections on the wheel, presumably developed from time spent driving in the wet, feels like should get the credit for the save here, IMO. In panic situations it's so hard to not overcorrect, and the only way to develop that instinct is with practice. Well done, glad you didn't go into the wall. (I wrote off a car on track from a similar coolant dump - 997 owners get your lines pinned!! - and was not able to control the slip..)
Comments like yours Mark, is why I keep coming back to this specific section. Thanks for taking the time, enjoyed your take on it.
Great analysis of a scary situation... No one no matter how good they are can control a car that's sliding on oil/coolant... There's a few micro seconds where you have to think / react and execute ( training) and then luck comes into play. It seems like everything you did or didn't do led to you not hitting the barrier and once you stopped bouncing all over the grass/gravel you checked the rear view mirrors and drove back onto the track... This was a combo of doing the right thing and not doing the wrong thing in equal amounts... Glad your OK that's what matters most and glad car was not significantly damaged. Such a horrible feeling being in a car that's sliding and you know there's nothing you can do. Interesting facial expressions also. 😉🤔😁
The GT2 got scared and shut its eyes for a second. I'm glad you pulled out of that safely.
Thank you!
Thanks for taking the time to explain bit by bit what happened, your reactions, etc. I found that very informative! Very good "instinctive" decisions!!! Obviously glad you're safe and that the GT2 did not hit the wall 😅
Having been through oil and coolant while racing autocross I know that "Oh Sh-t" feeling you get while at speed knowing you are going ice skating with a car. Luckily only my pride was hurt as I swapped ends in a 360 rotation then back on the road to finish. I had a giant shoulder area luckily and the blown engine car parked on the opposite side of the road from my spin out. Hitting coolant or oil is one way to get a shower and new underwear. Wishing you continued good luck and many blessings.
It is insane the amount of clueless professionals out there. From the first moment I saw the original video I knew 100% there was a spill. That was masterfully handled Robert, and I wish I had half of your skill! Well done! Keep it between ditches:)
Tried something in the same realm at Flugplatz at the scuderia a couple of years back. I hit something slippery midcorner and the car just went straight, I was albe to get it turned slightly, so that i hit the barriers at a very shallow angle, bumped the tyrebarrier a few times. The car got totalled but me and my passanger was unharmed,
I have done trackdays for 15 years, and I have no doubt that experience helped me out on that day.
The moral is clear in my book: Practice as much as possible, someday it might help you when things get sticky
A lot of people don’t realize how much damage those tire barriers do. The brackets to hold them in place Just dig into the side of the body panels and rip gaping holes in them
awesome video. Happy everything turned out alright.
Speaking about insurance. I am not sure how it works in Germany but in my country, they deduct 10% on the repair bill for every year when the car is used. Up to 50%. So I had another driver who hit me and admits his fault, police report and everything. But my car was 8 years old. And the bill was 2400$ (nothing major, just the number and a grill). So insurance took that 2400 minus 50% and paid me 1200$. Looking forward to updates to see how it will go with you Robert.
Good luck!
Very interesting depreciation method. What about a car that has increased in value on the used market such as a Gt2
The gods of speed were with you Robert,so happy you and the mr are ok.Cheers from the sunny Spain
Greetings from Colorado, Robert! Thank you for the thoughtful, frank and open analysis. Yours is a somewhat rare and highly effective personal style that I describe in two ways. First and foremost, you demonstrate the value of living life consciously with and on purpose. Second, you live your life at one speed which I would describe, simply, as effective. There can be several components of both elements. But the primary value of conscious purpose is to shield yourself from what I call The Eighth Deadly Sin- that being deceiving or even lying to one's self. By definition, victims of the 8th Deadly Sin are not aware of doing so and, as a result, often deceive or even lie to themselves. I'll leave that there though I could speak at length to the idea. People who are blessed to live at one speed are rarely victims of the emotions of fear, anger or resentment. The immutable consequence of even minimal anger and resentment is a kind of low-grade insanity which manifests itself in unpredictable and inconsistent judgment. Your analysis here, as well as your first quick driving reactions that saved your car, and your immediate subsequent decisions to gather information and openly alert authorities, protecting others as well as following a series of Apex standard protocols. This video was a privilege and a joy to watch. Well done, as always.
Definitely a great recovery... regardless of opinion it’s typically hard to drive well under these “puckered” moments! Well done Sir, it also shows the armchair “QBs” that anyone can experience a situation like this and the talent lies in the recovery.
Probably 99% of other people in that situation are in the barrier, great instincts thanks to your experience 👌 glad the Porker isn't too damaged.
I’m happy that you and your beautiful GT2RS are fine!!!
When you sit back after a lot of external factors went in your favour for sure.. couple of corners either way no video footage, no left side run off and limited sighting over crest etc, but the key as you say is remaining calm and trusting instinct, Great save for sure with minimal damage! Interesting on the insurance front does that apply say to a UK car that is explicitly not covering the car on track or would you as 3rd party still have recourse?
100% got lucky in many aspects. !!!
Very facinating talk and great talkthrough on what happened, very detailed on explaining things. good job on your reflexes and experience from this. Made me smile on what your thoughts were in just those few seconds " oh shit oh shit" lol. Good stuff and next the next time i'm a the Ring I'll say Hi.
I tip my hat Sir, very well driven and a great analysis.
Thank you for taking all of us through the "experience" from an honest view. A bit of luck of course, but mostly skill!
Always love the humble attitude and enthusiasm. Keep it up Robert
Wow....great reactions and handling....thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Great awareness! After watching the video for the first time. I already thought coolant or Oil. Good job keeping it out of the wall. Kudos to you. Could have been a desaster
Sometimes a little luck and little skill is all it takes…that’s why we never crashed the family station wagon growing up. Sometimes the skill is a little best left un-explained! Just move on! Great job and great honesty! Binned would have been a very transparent vid…that’s the trust I have.
Yeah I certainly would have made the same vid if it went in the wall. I’m glad I wasn’t making that video instead 🤯
I really love this kind of educational videos from you, thank you good man ! 🥃
How many crashes do we see where is not the initial issue that's the problem but the overreaction to it. Kudos for subconsciously accepting you're going wide and trying to keep the car stable.
Great breakdown video!
Really glad you are 👌 👊