You'll Struggle To Unclench After Watching This Biker's 100mph Save At The 'Ring

Anyone who takes to a Nurburgring touristenfahrten session on two wheels is a much, much braver person than me. Why? Because you have to worry about the potential mistakes of others as well as your own.

This footage - uploaded by David Monaghan - is a scary case in point. The buttock-clenching part starts shortly after the 7min 30sec mark, when a Seat Leon driver moves back over to the left, having just been overtaken by a Porsche Cayman. He can’t have checked his mirrors, as if he had, he’d have seen Monaghan on his BMW S1000RR.

After being hit by the Seat, Monaghan is seen leaving the tarmac and clipping the barriers on both sides of the track, while somehow staying upright. An impressive save at over 100mph, for which we doff our figurative caps.

In the comments section on YouTube, Monaghan had this to say about the Seat driver:

“I take responsibility for myself and the position I put myself in but this guy is definitely to blame for dangerous driving and is under investigation by police for it. In hind sight I should have spotted that he was a risk as he nearly hits [sic] the Porsche.”

In another comment, he said that the Seat driver “didn’t apologise or admit any guilt on his part as he insisted on going through insurance to repair his car”. He added: “If he does insist on claiming then at least I can claim from his insurance for the gravel rash damage…but I’d be surprised if his insurance even covers him on the Nurburgring.”

Hat tip to Andy!