top drivers for the 'Ring?
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I took a ride round the brands hatch GP circuit with the Evo bloke John Hayden, now we were only in a little Clio 172 and id been playing all day in R500 yet he drove the arse off yumping over the kerbs and peddling this thing so hard that a ferrari 355 couldnt get away in 4 laps and an M3 (e36) couldnt get by.
So probly him or perhaps Sebastian Loab the Citroen WRC driver he is amazing on Tarmac and as the ring is like a tarmac rally stage so beside him in the WRC rally car unless perhaps Derek Bell in a Porker 956 offerd!!!!
So probly him or perhaps Sebastian Loab the Citroen WRC driver he is amazing on Tarmac and as the ring is like a tarmac rally stage so beside him in the WRC rally car unless perhaps Derek Bell in a Porker 956 offerd!!!!
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lads oh lads oh lads,
i want to know which driver you'd pick to be a pssenger with for a hot lap of the 'Ring. I know there's the nurburgring taxi, driven by some bird who does 8 minute laps in a m5 but i think i'd rather ride with tiff in an R34 or m3 csl.
your comments please!
The bird you refer to (Sabine Schmitz) does passenger laps at the ring in an M5 "Taxi". Insurers won't let her drive quicker than 9.30. Accordingly she drives the straight sections rather slowly at times!!. Even at this pace she does a set of tyres in every 10 dry laps. (Yes she can do an 8 minute lap in the M5). Incidently she has never crashed a car at the ring with a passenger on board.
I am advised she can put the car sideways around every single corner and if you want some real fun go out with her in the wet.
I'd pick the "bird" anytime. Unfortunately she is booked up a long time in advance.
DAZ
PS1 - At the age of 19 she took the lap record in a production car a 4WD Ford cosworth. She has also twice been in the Nurburgring 24 hour race winning team.
PS2 - She is also a fit blonde who owns a pub.
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Stefen Wotshisname, the RUF test pilot,
He's called Stefan Roser, and he wears white socks
You can see his feet in some of the footage from the Ruf vid. V good driver though! He gets through a set of tyres every two laps, then probably buggers off for a pint and some howsyourfather with Sabrine.
I'd pick the bird too, and in fact have done twice - once in the soaking wet, once in the dry. It's a unique experience to be driven round seriously fast by a sexy bit of stuff 
To jump sideways over Quiddelbacher bridge at over 100mph in the soaking wet was an experience I'll never forget - she just has such complete confidence
Dazren probably meant to say she's not supposed to go round quicker than 8.30 (not 9.30). 8.30 is still plenty fast though, particularly for a car weighing over 1800kgs with four people on board in luxurious comfort.
Stefan Roser would be spectacular, but interesting if he would be faster than the bird. put the bird in a race car, and she's won more trophies on the Ring and elsewhere than you can count.
Walther Rohrl I guess would be the fastest and would be fantastic in a GT3, but I still love the bird experience coz it's something a bit different.
SFV.
To jump sideways over Quiddelbacher bridge at over 100mph in the soaking wet was an experience I'll never forget - she just has such complete confidence
Dazren probably meant to say she's not supposed to go round quicker than 8.30 (not 9.30). 8.30 is still plenty fast though, particularly for a car weighing over 1800kgs with four people on board in luxurious comfort.
Stefan Roser would be spectacular, but interesting if he would be faster than the bird. put the bird in a race car, and she's won more trophies on the Ring and elsewhere than you can count.
Walther Rohrl I guess would be the fastest and would be fantastic in a GT3, but I still love the bird experience coz it's something a bit different.
SFV.
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.....Dazren probably meant to say she's not supposed to go round quicker than 8.30 (not 9.30). 8.30 is still plenty fast though, particularly for a car weighing over 1800kgs with four people on board in luxurious comfort.....
SFV.
I read 9.30 somewhere, but I'll stand corrected by someone who has actually done some laps with her.
Out of interest how long did you have to book in advance?
cheers
DAZ
daz,
once more you have come up trumps for the legend you are! that is me completely heckled from the floor. i think theboymoon and me are your biggest fans. what is it you drive anyway?
p.s. and she owns a pub! my ideal bird! has anyone got a pic so we can comment on her attractiveness?
once more you have come up trumps for the legend you are! that is me completely heckled from the floor. i think theboymoon and me are your biggest fans. what is it you drive anyway?
p.s. and she owns a pub! my ideal bird! has anyone got a pic so we can comment on her attractiveness?
Both laps I got were cancellations on different trips -like you say I think the thing get's booked up a year in advance, but on a wet day, you quite often find some bookings don't show, and if you happened to have spent a lot of time in Sabine's pub the night before and asked nicely... 
The wet lap is deffo the one to go for imo - plenty people can drive quick round the Ring in the dry once experienced, but very few have the balls to drive quick in the wet it's such a mega slippery surface, but Sabine has balls the size of a rhinoceros
Fanbloodytastic!
SFV
The wet lap is deffo the one to go for imo - plenty people can drive quick round the Ring in the dry once experienced, but very few have the balls to drive quick in the wet it's such a mega slippery surface, but Sabine has balls the size of a rhinoceros
Fanbloodytastic! SFV
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daz,
once more you have come up trumps for the legend you are! that is me completely heckled from the floor. i think theboymoon and me are your biggest fans. what is it you drive anyway?
Have a look at my profile and you don't need to be a rocket scientist to work out which one'll be blasting through belgium next week on my 2nd trip to the ring!
We'll also have a red 360 trying (ahem!!!!) to keep up.
DAZ
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......I think the thing get's booked up a year in advance, but on a wet day, you quite often find some bookings don't show, and if you happened to have spent a lot of time in Sabine's pub the night before and asked nicely...
The wet lap is deffo the one to go for imo - plenty people can drive quick round the Ring in the dry once experienced, but very few have the balls to drive quick in the wet it's such a mega slippery surface, but Sabine has balls the size of a rhinoceros
SFV
Never thought I'd go to the ring hoping for bad weather.
DAZ
quote:Sabine in company car
...has anyone got a pic so we can comment on her attractiveness?
Sabine at work
(thanks to www.pikeynet.com).
I've been thinking about this all morning. Here are my suggestions.
I would pick Horst von Saurma who lapped the 'ring in 7,43,4, an average of 161 km/h in a TechArt 996 GT2 rated at 600+ BHP in 2001. He, IIRC, is the chief writer for German mag Sport Auto and is a bit of a tasty driver to boot!
My other choice would be Dirk Shoysman who managed to lap the ring in 7, 59 in an allegedly stock R33 skyline!!
Oh and Daz, any chance of a lift to the ring next time you go? We could have a couple of scoops with said pub-owning and M5-driving 'bird!'
Cheers
Moonie
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Oh and Daz, any chance of a lift to the ring next time you go? We could have a couple of scoops with said pub-owning and M5-driving 'bird!'
Cheers
Moonie
I'm afraid this trip my younger brother's got the passenger seat, I've also promised a few others passenger laps. If you're at the ring at the same time as me then no problem.
Message to "Fer"
The guy who runs the website you refered to has agreed to sit in the passenger seat and show me where to cut a few corners! Should be good considering he's done over 1,000 laps and has had advice from amonst others the pub owning taxi driver.
cheers
DAZ
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quote:Sabine in company car
...has anyone got a pic so we can comment on her attractiveness?
Sabine at work
(thanks to www.pikeynet.com).
Urgh! Drive she may, but she's a MOOOOOOOOSE!
Are we not forgetting an obvious candidate here?
How about Getting a ride from VBH in the Ford Rally Transit Van?
She could hammer it round the track until you find some nice, quiet, secluded corner. Then you could pull over and jump into the previously (and strategically) placed bed in the back! Thats one lap that I wouldn't mind taking longer than nine minutes.....
If you wanted to be really greedy you good position yourself (ahem) in such a way with a view out the rear windows to watch the passing exotica.......
***DISCLAIMER*** This is NOT an opportunity to start another VBH thread
Moonie
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