F1 - Nürburgring Nordschleife - 1975 Complete Lap

This footage ahows one complete lap at the 22.8km / 14mile Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit.

[@hmdwgf]

this is the year Niki Lauda lapped this track in under 7 minutes, when it was 14.7 miles long. incredible feat

[@AlexSosaBolivia]

This is unreal... I can't even imagine the balls of these guys driving this course..

[@miuramustang]

yes, bring it back. This video is awesome, and I wish I had a copy of the entire race. Ladies and Gentlemen, trust me go to the Nurburgring and drive it for yourself. It is treated as a German National Toll Road, and you can drive this track at 1715 or 5:15pm every day. Check the schedules or call them as I did, and enjoy. It is big, huge fun. Also, visit the Tiergarten gas station as they have over one thousand model cars for sale, F1 steering wheels, and driving suits, shoes, and coffee.

[@TomZAm80]

wow, great video, it sure was a different game back then.

[@Zeus.R1]

This is the most beautiful circuit in the world. great video

[@weallfollowmanutd]

I have this very footage transferred to dvd and when I managed to get hold of it, it was one of the best presents I ever had. You dont believe that it was going to be this good even when people talk about what it was like. Especially when you play it through an AMP with the exagerated volume levels this was recorded with. Its almost ike being there!

[@ScarfaceHood]

Amazing Video quality for 1975! Great racing back in those days. The F1 sure wont return to the Nordschleife, cause no one wants the track to be changed.

[@offitcock]

bring back this!

[@Tails_the_Gamer]

i love the old racingclips,pure racing!!!!!!

[@Skyisnotalimit]

Awesome!! I must say that these guys really had balls...

[@Scorch033]

Its truly amazing how far aerodynamics have come. these days an average person could point out several aerodynamic flaws in these cars, let alone the ones from the early 60s.

[@barrygreig4511]

Great video, thanks for posting!

[@ruantrilha]

really fun beautiful very nice good track

[@TheElPajero]

Hauntingly beautiful scenery. A dangerous track to drive as well, it seems.

[@tog3334]

Not just a great video but all the turns labeled! SChweeet! :) Maybe I'll learn how to drive it in Grand Prix Legends yet...

[@Californiano015]

I only can say thank you. This video is incredible man!

[@pezzyy99]

Great victory for Reutemann with his Brabham...

[@MrStabby19812]

Man i would have loved to be there listening to those screaming thrrough the hills

[@emifisa]

A track faboulos as like Targa Florio

[@mixxmexx]

wow..good ol' days

[@xtreme2331]

this is pretty amazing. Thanks for the vid

[@iRretB]

22.8km track with how many laps? that one hell of concentration! beautiful track!

[@AppleLauda_destroyer99942]

beautiful but extremely dangerous

[@pedrolucasmouraneves]

13 LAPS

[@leonardohenriquecunha9270]

LEGENDS

[@Brandtstifter1]

This is just crazy, even more than Monaco!

[@Parameq]

Brilliant find!

[@NNSApukad]

it is amazing

[@MinhNguyen-rq7jy]

"The great ring" ever!

[@RikiNewtonMusicianSongwriter]

Just the most beautiful sound in the world...with the exception of the Beatles of coarse! What an unbelievably dangerous race track!? As Niki Lauda found out in '76..I can hardly watch those F1 cars hammering down Nurburgrings' long straights is terrifying! Had anything happened they'd have had no chance..Despite F1's dark history it's still the greatest sport in the world bar none IMO. All the drivers hero's..Well fucking done Jenson! You top dude!! Yo! Hard luck Rubens! You did good sir. Hero!

[@danielscotland1971]

Nordschleife is the best circuit formula 1 ever had....

[@bugsyjk]

Awesome vid

[@dohkoshadow]

Fantástico circuito

[@AlexSosaBolivia]

Good view of the "Lauda Left Kink" at 3:45, where he had his horrible crash in '76

[@NorbPwn]

@shazmeister2005 Singapore and Monoco are street circuits. F1 cars are purpose built, they can have a Nurberg ready car in a flash.

[@popezmark]

Pole Position of that year: Niki Lauda in 6:58.6! I cannot imagine what can do an actual F1...

[@deltaframes]

undoubtedley the best track in the world.....EVER.

[@birrman2008]

BRILLIANT!!!!!

[@NISMO4RACE]

magic track!

[@aldoregozani]

they overtook the chopper on the long straight :D

[@Joao-up8wd]

Nice.

[@eviltwintheory]

@Gian092 The only race series worth watching is the ALMS. But it is hardly televised here. Thank goodness for the internet>)

[@DrVegasIII]

The only reason why these long lap distance circuits were redisigned to a much shorter version is simply because F1 makes more money from tv broadcasts than they make from attendance. That is why we will never see another LONG 7 mile lap circuit... that would take too many cameras and a helicopter (as shown here) cant provide the proper coverage to show the true speed of the cars !

[@fueldragster]

@Quadrant14 you do realize he was running on a slightly shorter track (the loop around the pits was cut out due to construction of the grand prix course

[@FukEmUp145]

Aaah, love that footage :) The problem about this track is that it is dangerous as f... , although you cant see it on most of the videos on YT, everyone whos been there knows that the track is bumpy like hell and the surface is old and not comparable to modern racetracks. This wouldnt be so bad if the track wasnt so fast. The corners are mostly long, and if you are only a little bit too fast you just fly into the barrier. But it would be interesting to have a modern series like F1 driving on it

[@pedrolucasmouraneves]

Nordscheleife in 2022 licensing FIA F1

[@PeterMayer]

@eviltwintheory ah, yes they do! Certainly Sebring does.

[@lucasosucesso]

We could realize the lack of cameras during a entire lap. That's why they used aerial cams very much.

[@YawnGod]

Oh, so true!

[@alienjoe123]

@ml2487 problem is, if someone crashes, it takes about 5+ minutes to get to them, making this a very, very risky event.

[@gnubbolo]

According to formula one F1 Racing magazine of June 2006, BMW engineers had estimated that a BMW-Sauber F1.06 could lap in under 5:15.8 which equals to an average of 237 km/h (147 mph).

[@looeee]

@055697 if you search youtube you'll find all those drivers doing laps on Nordschleife. You are wrong, they love it

[@gnubbolo]

from wiki: According to formula one F1 Racing magazine of June 2006, BMW engineers had estimated that a BMW-Sauber F1.06 could lap in under 5:15.8 which equals to an average of 237 km/h (147 mph).

[@hmdwgf]

@honda900000 No, it was 1975. Airboxes were banned in 1976 which made the cars slower, probably due to a lack of engine power because of the reduced cooling. And James Hunt was on pole position in 1976 with a McLaren-Ford with a time of 7 minutes 6.5 seconds.

[@Kanjilearner]

@ml2487 The Nordschleife's inability to keep up with the rapidly changing safety regulations is what led Nürburgring brass to build the Grand Prix circuit. But you're right. The combined courses would be a hell of a ride.

[@AsiChicky]

@gnubboleso well an the speed was capped at 250 km/h and he had promo tyres that had no grip

[@seamusblack5876]

5:57 big slide from P2

[@shazmeister2005]

@KEITHRICHARDSFAN101 they would easily do it in under 6, the lap record is held by a Porsche 956 from 1983 and is 6:11. I dont think they could do it in under 5 but it would certainly be 5min something. The track is a bit too bumpy for modern f1 cars. F1 cars now a days are designed to run on a billiard table smooth surface, so they wouldnt get on too well over the bumps

[@ma55aracin9]

es verdad me hubiera encantado ver el regreso de la F1 en el antiguo nordschleife-campo/sector norte-,aunque para eso..... 1. Los monoplazas actuales tendrian que ser calibrados cuidadosamente y aclimatados 2. La seguridad en este legendario circuito-barreras divisorias,muros retraibles al estilo de la Indycar y demas-tendrian que arreciarse al maximo ....entre muchas otras cosas para las que no tengo espacio saludos desde Puerto Rico

[@psychotikpaisano]

gotta love those mohawk air intakes!

[@PeterMayer]

Insane! But cool!

[@DarioLProductions]

@ml2487 where did it go, for all i know its still here

[@chetsoker]

es un trazado historico que pena que no fuera mas seguro y asi que siguieran corriendo hay

[@ricktor002]

Q1 would have to be an hour long just to get 3 hot laps in and refuel in the garage. But this track would be epic today.

[@jeffscharpf]

@TheNigerianScammer I think it was 14 laps or something close to that.

[@costingheorghiu6638]

they would run out of tires before one lap's ending..

[@stenovitz]

@gnubboleso Now that would be for RC versions only. Don't expect any driver to dare such a lap.

[@coxx661]

It is not a race track - it`s a drug ! And the only way to survive is : don`t ride there with a bike ! I`ve done over 5000 laps and than i crashed out of Adenauer Forst at 150 km/h , luckely with light injuries . After the crash i only ride a few laps again , but i stop to visit the Ring forever . My fastest laptime was 8.10 in the end .

[@ma55aracin9]

"....there goes Lauda!"

[@afiqhanifah]

@coxx661 with moto bike?wow!

[@default1976]

Dangerous as hell.

[@Obliv69]

also because they seem to prefer to do 60 laps around a gokart track instead of 10 laps around a real circuit

[@michaelworse6034]

So true !

[@bobaab]

@moondog637 You can say that because you've never been to the Ring. There are many dangerous sections on this track...and it's not a slow track.

[@JCCyC]

The left kink Lauda is going through at 03:46 is where he'd crash the following year.

[@jasperbaba]

@FukEmUp145 since it was "modernized" it has claimed over 100 tourist lives on open track days, so i guess dangerous as f... is quite accurate XD

[@jameshoran8]

No apex's were injured in the filming of this movie.

[@Gummby69]

id say these cars sound the best 2

[@TheNigerianScammer]

how many laps did they used to to

[@Solar424]

Those cars look ridiculous with the giant intakes.

[@machusi1989]

very sorry that they didnt use 500 cams to film the cars on the nordschleife as well..

[@McLarenMercedes]

@055697 Kimi Raikkonen was definitely of the old mould. He didn't give a shit about press conferences and looking nice to all the sponsors. He just wanted the racing and the wild partying afterwards. Little surprising Raikkonen once entered a snowmobile race under the alias "James Hunt"; who really was the ultimate playboy driver of the 70's.

[@honda900000]

@hmdwgf Ok, you are right. I thought the lap was one day before the crash.

[@tranchedevie]

@ml2487 Agreed

[@eviltwintheory]

@Gian092 Your funny. You're soooooo smart. The 12 hours at Sebring or the Petite LeMans surely don't qualify as endurance races.

[@Regret696]

@lampliter25 Its way too bumpy on some parts for current f1 cars, they'll be pieces breaking off and shit.

[@lifepathsthroughdark]

how many laps were you supossed to go around this magnificent track??

[@harvey2081]

I'm guessing 12 or 13

[@34D2234]

i think these were the turbo cars, they only ran them a short time in the 70's they were just plain too fast , some were nearing 245-50+ mph on the mosiane straight

[@Dogman36]

were there any east german drivers in this race?

[@RikiNewtonMusicianSongwriter]

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[@kzbxvz]

@ml2487 Do you mean to bring it back to Formula one racing? Sadly it will never happen in the nearest decades or so, but I'm optimistic. The F1 drivers of today are forced to race on clean, boring, soulless circuits mostly built by the Grim Reaper of motor racing Hermann Tilke. The only remaing exceptions nowadays is Monaco, Canada, Monza, SPA and Suzuka.

[@ASSHOLELA]

how fast will a modern f1 lap the nordschleife?

[@DanHaneveer]

Put them in a car from '75 or 2012 they'll drive either one as hard as they can. Look up some of the laps they've done in F1/Race/Production cars in recent years.

[@NorbPwn]

@MegaSparky555 The speed of any F1 car is limited by the wings, and all the ridiculous restrictions. If allowed, f1 cars could go 250 mph

[@TeacherWanderson]

I'm sad for not have been born in this epic. I was born in 1979, so the Germany GP was being held in Hockenheim, right?

[@sergiofumagalli8125]

Correct, from 1977 onwards for many years the German GP has been held in Hockenheim

[@turboturtle2002]

with only 14 laps it is not great for live spectators.(recently there were plans to shorten spa for eg.) safety is a concern:with no runoff, crashes would be deadly, debris would litter the track endengering other competitors. vehicle recovery would take too long and medical assistance's response time would be inadequatly slow. you may as well wish for removing seatbelts in racecars, but it won't happen.

[@055697]

that long flat-out bit just before the pit chicane must have been one of the most exhilerating drives in all of f1. just pedal to the metal!!!!!!!!! not enough of that these days sadly but f1 could never adequately marshal the nordschleife now with current health and safety considerations.

[@ma55aracin9]

....and it's about to host the German Grand Prix once again(@ F1 circuit,of course)!!!!

[@honda900000]

@hmdwgf That was 1976 in qualyfing, not 1975

[@AppleLauda_destroyer99942]

that was 1975 because in 1976 airboxes were forbidden

[@buckyohare420]

they shouldnt make revisions to tracks for spectators sake, you may as well make ovals or go karts, just put up jumbotrons at the right spots and post up at your favorite corner, I'd sit at Flugplatz

[@BenjaminMaligalig]

Watch from 6:40, as they go on the back straight - they start to out run the helicopter! At 6:58, they pass the helicopter and the cameraman has to zoom in to keep up with them! That's fast! Outrunning a helicopter!

[@ulysse21]

about 14 laps.

[@Unbrutal_Rawr]

This, I take it, was a very fine humour?

[@torpthetorpedo]

just think how the f1 cars of today would do in this track