Nick Heidfeld drove his BMW F1.07 around the fabled 20.8km Nurburgring Nordschleife on Saturday April 28th. This was a demonstration event which meant the car was equipped with hard demonstration tyres and ran with increased ride height but otherwise the car was in full race trim. The team had instructed Quick Nick not to push too hard but he still managed to go around in 8:34 and reached 275kph on the Dottinger Hohe straight.
I’ve posted a clip from a fan who attended the event. The BMW makes an appearance toward the end of the clip but just enjoy the anticipation and sound off screen before the car enters the frame. You can’t help but smile when you finally see this car come into view. I drove around this track in 2004 and it’s so cool to see a modern F1 car on arguably the most impressive piece of racetrack in the world.
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