Ford Focus ST 280 (2019) Nürburgring hot lap onboard, ESC off !

Embarquez dans la nouvelle Ford Focus ST 2019 sur le Nürburgring (nordschleife), lors d'une journée touristenfarhten du 26.07.2019. Puis retrouvez l'essai complet et les photos sur www.largus.fr/...

[@superfejmus]

I counted, I would crash 47 times :D

[@TromPeter1]

Ha Ha. Me too 😀

[@g98999]

Haha,i would 1,and gg

[@nikb6528]

The car sorts most of these slides out basically by itself

[@derjan6666]

@@nikb6528 not really but ok

[@diegotorras6278]

So, you’re too optimistic!

[@baygonjaunebaygonvert2528]

This is the best ad EVER for a Focus ST

[@sparkplug964]

For a moment there I thought Ford had produced a RWD Focus ST, look fun on track.

[@StefBelgium]

Most of the time, the car is slipping from the 4 tires at the same time so it is pretty neutral.

[@troyom]

The ST was set up to have a pretty predictable lift off over-steer. You could get a decent amount of rotation from it.

[@Alex-dz6xw]

​@@troyomwhat do you mean lift off oversteer ?

[@troyom]

@@Alex-dz6xw that’s just how Ive heard it referred to. With the ST you could come into a corner under power and lift off the gas and the rear wheels would break free and give you a decent amount of rotation you can’t really call it a drift but you could sort of slide through the turn.

[@peter17849]

Question.. What tyres does ST wear? Fantastic drive!!! 7:16 it was really close to disaster....

[@Alan1978M]

Petros Kolontis Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S

[@peter17849]

@@Alan1978M Thanks!

[@yagizkaan326]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@benst2594]

Same thing happened to me once on a highway😂

[@Zkoon]

Tempa spares at the rear, it looks like 😄

[@hens2260]

a surprise message to the driver... Superb control & awareness of the other cars & magnificent driving!! 👊🏻

[@blavrilleaud]

A 7min15 j'aurai été en panique et là on voit le pilote en parfait self-control. Encore un super pilotage 👌

[@Peter59K]

5:53 my favorite part :o really good driving skill 💪

[@e7234]

those 4 corners right left right right are my favourite of the whole circuit and the best way to take all 4 is 4 wheel drift

[@LorenzoClara97]

I know how to handle a fwd hot hatch but that corner was scary ahah so fast and narrow

[@kxSPORTING76]

7:13

[@bbb12345]

A lot of oversteer. Nice drive.

[@xIcarus227]

I'm surprised how back-happy this car seems to be. Looks quite easy to get the rear end loose, likely thanks to the back wheel lift off.

[@LorenzoClara97]

@@xIcarus227 all Ford st model, since the old fiesta st 150cv have this kind of balance. So much fun

[@malboro555]

Good driver ,bad suspension.

[@bbb12345]

malboro555 you’re wrong

[@LorenzoClara97]

@@malboro555 haahah no

[@shaneweightman]

What a cool style this guy has , never over reacted on the steering to any situation cool as a cucumber, great stuff Shane uk 🇬🇧

[@joxi4791]

Super drive, fast and easy, like he play at home with PS!!!! It feel like he could drive much faster without any problem. Bravo!

[@ibo1137]

Look at how calm he is. 👌👍💪👏

[@AntonioGranjo]

IM26C4U he’s in the zone

[@samuellowekey9271]

Yeah, even at 7:15 he remains calm. I suspect he's been in that car a lot.

[@SergeantMoetz]

Not the fastest but surely one of the most entertaining hot hatches on sale at the moment with that huge amount of oversteer. Love how Ford stays true to their principles. Amazing how adjustable the car is, responding perfectly to different steering inputs and driving styles.

[@Kludrex]

Very good driving, and you do it effortlessly! Respect man, very good!

[@NLDDProductions]

Effordless ;)

[@kaanabbasoglu7330]

It's drifting like rwd. Amazing car.

[@javierrs17]

Not at all

[@grin222]

those trail brakes were on point like jesus christ, impressive

[@THR33SIXX3MPYR]

Even my 2012 Focus does that. Ford just knows how to build a damn good FF hatch. Sharp turn in + lift off throttle = progressive, controllable oversteer.

[@javierrs17]

That's a great way to lose time and be slow

[@aepietriyk123]

and a great way to have fun!

[@bastiaan-st]

@@aepietriyk123 Yeah it's not always about lap time, driving should be fun as well.

[@Ash-vv7eu]

Watching this after watching a bunch of supercars on nords makes this look like it handles like an absolute boat, however the driving is super impressive.

[@pavelkotsev1542]

Car is good but driver is freaking awesome! Respect, man!

[@JoseFernandez-ru4nt]

Holy cow im so damn impressed by your driving skills!! Respect bro

[@Q8TwinTurbo]

I am very impressed with the drivers skill and how he is relaxed while driving at the limit of the Ford Focus ST. He makes it look easy.

[@alexanderhigh3834]

Never seen a FWD car sliding around like that, looks like a blast! I have a 2016 Focus ST and I would be terrified to lose the back end like that!

[@MrIcarebecauseyoudo]

Alexander High I drive a mk3 ST as wel and you can really search the limits. Grip and cornering are just fenomenal. And really easy to control the car, great fun!

[@benw5561]

I had a 2016 mk3.5 focus st and now have this mk4. There’s absolutely no comparison between the two, the mk4 handles so much better!

[@alexanderhigh3834]

@@benw5561 I hear really good things about the new models - I just wish they brought it to the middle east so I could own one! Hope you enjoy your new car!!

[@benw5561]

Alexander High where you from?

[@alexanderhigh3834]

@@benw5561 Dubai!

[@kevincupra300st5]

Félicitations à l'excellent pilote maison comme d'habitude pour sa maîtrise de la bête aux limites, et ça fait vraiment plaisir à voir une compacte sportive traction en 2019 encore joueuse comme ça 👍

[@funcarpe]

c est clair que sans metrise la voiture part droit dans les rails ... bonne auto mais reservée a des gens qui roule deja en sportive .

[@samava57]

Moi je plein les pneus

[@sergiorebelladoblanco8422]

I have in black 😊

[@luchendrannaidoo9216]

I have the previous generation ST, these cars drive like a RWD even though it is FWD,scary and fun at the same time

[@Massegainer]

Insane Driving Skills...😳👍

[@sumo1756]

Bad car, good car? The man was making it do what it does and is a good enough driver to that and MAKE IT FUN. Well done mate👍

[@df9834]

Damn that’s bloody quick. For a Fwd ford 👌

[@DEVILMATE1996]

7:17 that got my hands a bit sweaty.

[@dorinp007]

yep, overseer followed by unloading of the front and a bit of understeer close to the wall...I know the theory, at least. That is one well tamed FWD platform and one well seasoned 'ring driver! A pleasure to watch, I even leaned on my kitchen stool, close to hitting the wall myself!

[@ds6384]

Absolutlely insane driving.

[@Dennisnoten]

Awesome driving! Lovely to see the chassis is so playful. Also nice to see there's a way to check the oil temp. Question: I thought there was automatic rev-matching which you couldn't switch off. Does it switch off when turning off the ESC?

[@AdamZiokowski666]

According to manual you can switch it off.

[@michalkowalik89]

you almost do not hear the engine, air and exhaust inside. the engine sound is from speakers

[@xIcarus227]

@@michalkowalik89 you can probably kill that sound if you want to. The Ecoboost Mustang has a quick fix for this, I reckon it should be similar in this car as well.

[@zeymaz8620]

S te facilité, c'est dingue 🎉

[@alessandropizzolato5351]

Great pilot and great Focus ST

[@FlowerPowerCAE]

Wow! Fantastic drive. And i ordered this lovely car ❤️

[@xIcarus227]

Congrats! How much did it cost and in what country, if you don't mind me asking?

[@darkwa456]

I had the previous gen focus St, one of the most bizzare FWD cars I've had the back end was so lively you could get it to slide out all the time, was hilarious but quite scary sometimes had a few Oh shit moments in that thing. Don't no why people don't like the sound, of. Course it's not all real but it does sound a bit like like the old 5 cylinder and not like every other 4 cylinder that's about these days. I'd love one of these, fantastic driving too

[@darkwa456]

@Isaac Clarke it's not all real some of it is from the speakers

[@xIcarus227]

@Isaac Clarke the MK3 had a sound sympozer which directed the noise into the cabin, but this MK4 has sound going in through the speakers unfortunately.

[@EinfachMaxDE]

You drive like a god

[@gpdays1]

That's some good FWD set-up! Kudos to Ford!

[@Swiss_guide]

Quelle maîtrise. Vous êtes un sacré pilote cher monsieur, vous avez tout mon respect 👌🏼

[@MrIcarebecauseyoudo]

Seeing this makes me want to take my Mk3 ST to the track. Sooo much fun!!

[@ryancole6284]

I take it with ESC and a decent set of tyres this ST is capable of a sub 8 min lap then with a man like this behind the wheel.....that's pretty impressive....shame Ford didn't do a performance pack 320bhp version to compete with the type r and blow the other rivals away like the Hyundai i30n and the seat Leon cupra. 276hp was good 4/5 years ago but seems a modest figure now especially since the car cost over £32000 which was new RS money 2/3 years ago!

[@SaulGoodman-Associates]

Idk what to say man, the rs time is 8 min and that car is still better, doubt this can compete with an rs.

[@giovannivr6135]

Quel pilote 😳👏🏻👍qui est-ce ? Mr sentis bravo conduite impressionnante .

[@scrappycoco3687]

Nice driving and great drifting! I‘m going to buy the ST soon!

[@subaru1185]

L'argus les meilleurs

[@Scaleo290]

7:18 😮

[@Sadaut]

One of the best drivers on youtube

[@gurbet1]

This Mann can really drive 👍💪

[@natillas50]

Looks like so much fun for a fwd ☺️

[@MajorAMinor]

It looks fast and quick and I like a lively chassis like on my Megane 3 265, but I'm afraid there will be quite a few of them being totalled by not so good drivers like you are. That's just a tad little bit too much oversteer for my taste.

[@lexburen5932]

then you should leave all the driver aids on.

[@xIcarus227]

Behaviour is totally different with the aids on, it won't let you do stuff like that at all.

[@josephallen8044]

Awesome driving

[@Cain353]

So this is more tailhappy than the new BMW 135i. Probably quicker too.

[@nestea16]

you did not drive one of those two cars .. don’t talk for nothing

[@Cain353]

@@nestea16 Did you?

[@xXjOmAmMaXx]

Those tires must have been thankful once that lap was over, superb driving skills!

[@99unclebob]

great drive you are very talented, it looks like the car easily out drives the tires on it and is need of a suspension set up or tweaking, the rear end rotation is good and important part of the handling, renault megane sport cup had the same issue early on and sorted it in the next generation car, really nice driving

[@xIcarus227]

I don't think they intend to fix this, that's been the default behaviour of the Focus ST with TC off even in the last generations. This car's basically meant to be an extra fun daily, not do well on a track. That's what the RS is for. Though I have to say that the laptimes I've seen in this ST so far are quite impressive. Definitely not as fast as the Type-R, but it's one of the fastest hot hatches.

[@murocossie]

Best fun to watch video on KZbin.

[@unexplainedwearenotalone3537]

The tire to much noise but still hold good stability is fast st bravo Ford

[@sbrenx7132]

So many people scared from the oversteer 🤣 I personally think that if you like "sporty" cars like this one you should really learn how to drive (managing a little oversteer in such a car is not that hard, you can do it) and not go b*tching around and ruin the fun for all the others who can actually enjoy it

[@willmaster5640]

Strong driving, that was fantastic.

[@SERBIASRT8]

This driver is so calm and collected! I believe he could do this run while sleeping

[@emrbkrc]

Ulan arabanın arkası öyle güzel geliyor ki.. hasta oldum sürüşe te burdan hissettim o keyfi! Acilen Assetto Corsa'ya gelmeli bu araç! Keza Türkiye'ye gelmesi, yükselen kurları siktir et bu güzide vergilerimizle nerden baksan tutarsızlık nerden baksan ahmakça.. Ford tr de bunu bildiği için getirmiyo zaten :)) çok minnoşuz çok.

[@MarcinJakubasz21]

7:16 🔥

[@aminedrive9790]

Suuper fan pour la voiture troop joueuse meme si elle est en fwd j'adore ♥️ ca part en drift dans tout les virage ♥️

[@tony973]

Fiiouuu ça m’a l’air très joueur de l’arrière, plus qu’une megane rs ou 308 gti! Bravo le pilote on sent la maîtrise 👌🏼

[@xiano]

Top car, top driver 😎

[@oso666]

You must have iron balls, excellent handling

[@Nichtswert]

There something missing... The video of the speedometer inside the video. lol

[@megathumper777]

Beautiful driving

[@largus]

If you want to see this Focus ST reach 280 km/h, check our acceleration video here : kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4a5inuXi9eUZ68 😉

[@davidstepan8490]

Chapeau, monsieur! Ça fait vraiment plaisir de voir quelqu'un si calme et décis derrière la limite de traction.. Au niveau de pneus - même marque et état avant/arrière?

[@largus]

Oui, modèle et usure des pneus identiques 😉

[@Clown3000]

Ein Traum! ❤

[@SonGoku-ev3nb]

Drift With a FWD 😍 amazing driving skills 💪

[@maxreportage]

Dès le premier virage ça part !

[@erhanilhan5245]

I really like how this guy drives. Smooth, unpretentious but FAST!

[@gky3019]

Almost looks like the rear isnt planted, makes the ride more fun but i doubt it makes it faster. Especially because after losing the rear it starts developing understeer.

[@osito_pu5367]

i only can say one thing: he got BALLS

[@mark-1rc502]

From my view and as an owner it seems like under steers the front goes wide then the back catches the front so it feels like all 4 wheels loose traction it slides with all four wheels

[@obiwan3241]

Well, this drive was only ca. 15 seconds slower, than the one with "Renault Megane RS Trophy R 2019", which is not a daily usable car and which costs twice as much as the ST. 80000 € vs 40000 €. A very good achievment by this Ford.

[@christianschonrock8184]

Krass! Der kennt das Auto aber wirklich sehr gut 😅

[@andrebilstein2190]

Sehr schön mit anzusehen das es gute Fahrer gibt, ehrlich das war mit das beste an gechillter Fahrzeugbeherrschung👍 gute/sehr gute Runde. P.S. Hast du den „Driftmode“ an? Warum schiebt er denn so extrem über alle Räder??? MfG der Niceguy

[@maltefleger4350]

Beim Focus ST gibt es keinen Drift Modus das verwechselt du mit dem Focus RS

[@andrebilstein2190]

Ja stimmt, bin vom RS ausgegangen. Trotzdem muss er viel zu viel korrigieren, zu viel Luftdruck? Es ist ja eben auch kein Untersteuern sondern der schiebt „etwas“ über alle Räder..... MfG👍

[@MegaHollywood1971]

Most impressed with that Lap! Holy Moley! That was amazing control AND at speed....Superb driving!

[@jayczyzyk9707]

What a vast improvement in drive linkage and chasis

[@AVC-Works]

Man! I like your driving! FWD lift-off oversteer FTW!!!

[@TerroBaer]

it´s so much fun and one of the best rounds of an FWD car u can find on YT but holy smoke i got a heart attack @7:14 just keep it on the track man Great driving. and a good proof of the new torque vectoring but the oil temp is way to high (and this was at the start)...

[@miguelschinn4404]

I celebrate every time he uploads a new video. 👍😁 it's so fun to watch. I would love to see a stock GTI TCR perform!

[@typhoon0604]

Super propre et serein le pilotage comme d hab, par contre elle est joueuse cette focus

[@loicgiraud8622]

Alors propre oui et non, il met gaz bien trop tard il l'emmène comme une propulsion et du fait qu'elle est joueuse, l'arrière vient, à chaque fois qu'il met gaz elle est plaqué

[@steftfsi57]

Loic Giraud oui c’est sûr qu’il perd du temps à la faire partir comme sa ..mais le but c de s’éclater et de montrer que sa drift une traction 😅...il fait pas les crono officiels Ford non plus 😁🤟🏻🤟🏻

[@loicgiraud8622]

Pas faux :)

[@alamos8]

What was the laptime? The video does not show from bridge

[@alistairjohnson177]

Wow great drive /respect! I would not risk my 2019 ST like that ..I presume this was in 'Track mode' but could not hear any of the pops and cracks was the car concentrating too much on the oversteer :-)

[@geanito]

I don't understand why the driver is attacking the first corners inducing oversteer, since the immediate effect is some 4 wheel sliding until regaining traction again. Unless he's just having fun. But for a hotlap purposes I think it's pointless.

[@owo7094]

He is having fun.

[@peterpan1435]

You’d best know his lap time before condemning the degree of oversteer.

[@mick65291]

I love my ST, I wish I could drive it like this guy. Awesome video, thanks a lot!!

[@mad-dog]

We now know who the STIG is 👍👍

[@alexandrebgh]

Excellent pilote! Quel coup de volant👌🏼

[@martelvirgil8875]

Jolie tour ,comme d'habitude :)

[@tombangard6104]

Geile Runde 👍🏼💪🏻 Hut ab 👌🏽

[@tugrulacar5155]

Well balanced car with a great driver... fantastic job! It would be nice to record with a drone camera. Watching it would be so much fun😊

[@javierrs17]

I would say everything but balance

[@tugrulacar5155]

Or we can say “easy to control”

[@javierrs17]

@@tugrulacar5155 such unbalanced car is not easy to control. You may want a little understeer when braking to gain stability or oversteer at the exit when accelerating. But over and understeer when you are not either braking or accelerating just make you slide without any grip, it's pointless. That's my view...

[@najdorf102]

Just another great sport car from Ford. In the hands of talented drivers, it gives the ultimate driving pleasure.

[@Kickit2000]

Is this stock suspension setup? I cant belive Ford delivers the car oversteering like this to everybody

[@dicktaylor2600]

You can clearly see from the wheel input he is provoking oversteer.

[@arekb5951]

This guy will make any car oversteer and look like it's easy, don't be fooled :)

[@EugVR6]

FORD has always given jo bloggs the best chassis.😎

[@MarcinJakubasz21]

Look at all Quattro cars - this same problem.

[@Jorcap]

Esc = off

[@magicogonzalez8465]

que forma de irse de atrás... Buen vídeo!!

[@eskeskeskeres]

no helmet, no gloves, no bullshit talks BUT PURE ACTION! This gay can drive. Like me.

[@kassiomarxrochanogueira8710]

It's amazing how smoothly this guy can drive, he's so relaxed, it's like he's doing 10mph. What a good driver.

[@Bajsi7]

Not sure if I like that happy rear end?! Awful lot of over steer, not effective, luckily driver has it under control.

[@sennasound]

This guy has an incredible control of the back of the car and so smooth drive, super. 7:14 next level..

[@DziaduSwierznowski]

Beautiful oversteer after releasing the throttle. Got to love the ST

[@tommy87_888]

You are amazing!!! I wish I could drive as you 😐

[@Jiwa_kelajuan]

Yeah, nice drive..you should include pedal and spedometer view (small window) in next video.