Ride Onboard A BMW M4 DTM Car For A Stunning 6min 15sec 'Ring Lap
DTM driver Augusto Farfus took to the Norschleife in a specially-prepared M4 DTM car, clocking a sensational 6min 15sec bridge to gantry lap time
Before you get excited about how close this lap is to Stefan Bellof’s legendary 6min 11sec record, it’s worth remembering that a ‘bridge to gantry’ lap cuts off a significant portion of the track.
Nurburgring blogger Bridge to Gantry reckons this would amount to a 6:35 - 6:40 full Norschleife lap, but as a counterpoint, Farfus wasn’t flat out for the whole lap.
The lap was part of some promotional activities for Shell, but we’d love to see Farfus head back out in this ‘Ring-prepped M4 DTM for another lap without any lifts…
Source: Bridge to Gantry
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
Comments
All those go pros be like
you know its the best shotgun you will ever ride..when youve got about 20 go pros set up on the dash
It still amazes me that no one has managed to best Stefan Bellof’s time yet.
Some balls that guy had. Shame he went out that young.
I see that the driver and crew had an argument over the definition of ‘too many go pros’.
you know its gonna go viral when you have 6 gopros recording
Is that a straight-cut gear sound? My God.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0AQ7YlsvKA