Just thought I would post a quote from Jackie Stewart talking about his
last win (Nurburgring):
"Had I not won a Grand Prix there, there would have been something sadly
missing from my career -- but, really, wasn't it a ridiculous place?
Leaping from one bump to another, 187 corners or whatever it was! The
number of times I thanked God when I finished a lap there. . . I can't
remember doing one more balls out lap at the 'Ring than I needed to. It
gave you amazing satisfaction, no doubt about it, but anyone who says he
loved it is either a liar or he wasn't going fast enough. . . Me, I like
that place best when I'm sitting by a log fire on a winter's night", he
smiles. "Clearly in my mind are all the braking distances and
gearchanges, and that's surely the only way I've ever lapped it without
a mistake! Each apex clipped, each exit clean. . . lovely."
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Stewart also Said he always took a long look at his house before leaving forthe
Ring, becuase it may have been his last look.
Michael,
Thanks for the great post. This demo has me pulling out all my books about the
subject. I just read from Lauda's book," My Years With Ferrari" chapter 9 "1st
August 1976" which of course was the date of his accident at the Bergwerk
section of the Ring. Very scary place indeed. I have a friend who just returned
from shooting a Porsche commercial on the Nurburgring, he said he's never been
so scared in his life as when a Porsche test driver took him on a lap to scout
locations, actually, I don't think I could have done it, he was lying on his
stomach, on a special camera platform built onto the back of a Mercedes Station
Wagon. At one point in the tape, a trio of Ducati catch the Merc and blast by
in a long sweeper, great footage! Unfortunatly, the production company cannot
release any of it. : (
Don
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>Just thought I would post a quote from Jackie Stewart talking about his >last win (Nurburgring): >"Had I not won a Grand Prix there, there would have been something sadly >missing from my career -- but, really, wasn't it a ridiculous place? >Leaping from one bump to another, 187 corners or whatever it was! The >number of times I thanked God when I finished a lap there. . . I can't >remember doing one more balls out lap at the 'Ring than I needed to. It >gave you amazing satisfaction, no doubt about it, but anyone who says he >loved it is either a liar or he wasn't going fast enough. . . Me, I like >that place best when I'm sitting by a log fire on a winter's night", he >smiles. "Clearly in my mind are all the braking distances and >gearchanges, and that's surely the only way I've ever lapped it without >a mistake! Each apex clipped, each exit clean. . . lovely.">I'm actually thinking of riding my bike down to the Ring this summer and do
>a couple of laps there for 7DEM or something ... to learn the track before
>GPL ships! (yeah right!) :-)
Be careful, though, you can't disable a very realistic damage model in
real life. It even includes DirectPain (TM). :)
The guard rails are pretty expensive on the Ring, and no, the entrance
fee doesn't include any insurance...
When I go there next time, I'll probably take the "Ring-Taxi", where a
pro driver takes you around the track in a touring car at racing
speed. Costs a bit more initially, but can be much less expensive in
the long run... ;)
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