Johnny Cecotto pushing the M3 E30 DTM to the limit!

Johnny Cecotto Onboard Video with his BMW M3 E30 at the Oldtimer Grand Prix (in Nurburgring, Germany) the 11th of August 2013.

[@v10f1]

The downshifts... Not even skipping a gear... What a legend. That was the peak of Motorsport.

[@Papieck37]

I remember sitting on a couch with my Uncle and watch the DTM in 80's, I was a little boy who had dreams of being Cecotto, Soper or Ravaglia......never raced in real life....but I do have an E30 and every time I drive it, it takes me back to the 80's

[@JonathanCecotto]

Yes it's a really great car! Brings lot of emotions :)

[@Papieck37]

Jonathan...is Mr. Cecotto still racing in any Category other than Historical? Seeing him racing this Sport Evo M3 tells me he is still in top notch condition/form...

[@JonathanCecotto]

Papieck37 Unfortunately he only attends historic events for example Goodwood festival of speed. Not any professional races

[@Bergermans2]

I remember Cecotto/Soper/Danner in the 24h's of Spa in '92. I was 9 years old. And you always could tell at Raidillon, without seeing the helmet, who was behind the wheel. Cecotto was always pushing the gears against the rev limiter every single time in the downhill towards Eau Rouge :) They won the race. Good memories!

[@CookRacingUK]

Convert your E30 to a production spec race car like mine and get out racing :D :D :D

[@roberttaylor6075]

More overtaking in one lap than in a full season of f1. The good old days gone forever, but still nice to see the e30 m3 smashing it.

[@jemimallah2591]

its an exhibition race dumbass

[@roberttaylor6075]

@@jemimallah2591 there's always a dick in the comments to brighten the day.

[@jemimallah2591]

@@roberttaylor6075 "wow theres more overtaking in this traffic camera footage of the m25 than in a full season of f1"

[@mitchell-wallisforce7859]

@@jemimallah2591 I like F1 too....but he ain't wrong.

[@imortaliz]

agreed F1 cars have become tame and boring to be honest, nothing like the old brutal turbo cars from sennas age

[@lagibizar]

Passing M1s like they are standing still. In an E30!

[@4sstylz]

Completly impossible to do in project cars 2 lol.

[@jamppa4693]

its even more impressive knowing that the S14 engine is a M88 (M1 engine) with 2 cylinders chopped off.

[@RubenEggers]

@@jamppa4693 Wow I did not know that!

[@Stubs66]

I can’t believe how insanely quick that M3 is, eating the M1 ‘s even in a straight line which surprised me a bit .. I assume JC senior , what an absolute artist behind the wheel, you had a great great mentor in your dad and it shows .

[@pervinmur6925]

Just like s2000s, these little e30s can take on m1 like how s2000 kills nsx with right setup and driver

[@e36s50b30]

Mr Cecotto, it‘s simply incredible to watch you in the E30! Amazing!

[@johndamen5611]

Get out of the way......Johnny is coming! Great to see his never ending skills in a BMW M3 (y)

[@raidkoast]

Not to mention that speed of these old DTM cars is freaking awesome.

[@fullborev8906]

Reunited with his car! This E30 is the reason why I love BMWs and touring car racing. Touring car racing will never be the same again.

[@bumpyroad3251]

Great car and great driving - a nice glimpse from the golden age of car racing.

[@Andrew4181975]

The E30 M3 Cecotto Edition is one of my dream cars. That was some Epic driving, Damn !

[@lucam3e30]

Johnny...i meet you every year at the ring....you are great and the m3 fly with you....the history is write

[@superfast30]

Im back here 6 years later watching this again. A legendary driver in a legendary DTM car. What an era it was. Flying to Much in end of this week from Canada to visit the BMW museum just to see an E30 M3 DTM in person. Thats for uploading this Mr. Cecotto!

[@peterbentley3959]

Absolute legend precision driving teaching everyone on track and watching how to drive.... Bless

[@jdoelling69]

The legend of the 80is.... Great

[@institutmorningkiss]

Amazing to see him dispatch the M1's like that!

[@OhItsThat]

Those old DTM boys are mad aggressive. They don't make drivers like that anymore.

[@tonylockhart1963]

Perhaps the top flight cars just aren’t like that anymore. Plenty of incredible drivers around in every era.

[@herberthans7015]

Also the sport isn't that approachable anymore. Back then the E30 M3 road car was a perfect base to go racing or rallying. I'm pretty sure they used the actual road car as a base for the race versions, too. Today the lightest Bmw you can buy weighs no less than 1,400kg dry and any racecar starts out on a completely different platform than the road cars. It's going to become a lot worse since Bmw has to sell 50% EVs by 2030, which means their entire efforts and resources will go into the efficiency/EVgadget BS (it's not about the environment) from now on, so they won't have enough resources left to build decent motorsport cars. It's all luxury gadgets and overpriced garbage gadgets from here on, and you can't even go back and just get an old car because an E30 M3 is now worth 6 figures. So almost nobody is even going to use E30 M3s for what it was built for in the future.

[@ropi4524]

Johnny knows his stuff 😊👍

[@964tractorboy]

Too short; not long enough. And ended earlier than I'd have liked. Apart from that, bloody fantastic. Thanks!

[@andrewmoseley4029]

If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard that...

[@taforth]

Wonderful driving! He was just gobbling up those M1s like they were out for a Sunday drive 👌

[@thomasbecker391]

So great 👍👍🚀 thank you for this video Jonathan! you can see the talent from Johnny like 25 years before! he is pushing and overtaking the cars with more HP!!

[@JonathanCecotto]

Yes :)

[@maurociccone5048]

Grande Johnny Cecotto y con ese M3 e30, orgullo venezolano

[@szymon6207]

22000rpm

[@TheMrHarman]

Mr. Cecotto still got it! Awesome touringcar Driver! I was at many DTM races with my father when I was a young boy. Golden Era and 1000 times better then this proto shit today! Real Racing!

[@EugVR6]

He just goes through those pro cars as if they are nothing....like it alot💪

[@gavinivers8941]

The man is a driving GOD!

[@plenilec]

That sound !!

[@PiegeaMorue42]

Legendary man / Legendary car ! 😍

[@tezzrzertyre7915]

WTF THE SOUND IS VERY NICE !

[@dincert6492]

OMG! incredible driving

[@Farkibacsi]

Fantastic driving, awesome skills! :) Bravo!

[@JonathanCecotto]

Thanks :)

[@LipePaiga]

He is my favorite driver of all time. For me, the 1998 STW Championship is his masterpiece. And I’m Brazilian…

[@OoogaBoog]

dang this was awesome. Almost brought tears to my eyes.

[@rockers2rockers616]

That's exactly what I would have done! Long Live the E30!

[@bossit5754]

Damn, look at his heel-toe shifts. Magnificent !!!

[@ndarandara7528]

Thats how you drive a bmw go Johnny.

[@upfactoryracing4148]

Oh man I love it! That is some balls to the wall driving!

[@luckybk2710]

love that it still has the dash pad

[@MakaveliE30]

Respect !! Still in form, nice to see You driving the best BMW. That was your last car ?? i see the 92 mirrors :)

[@samuelp7116]

I love going around the Nurburgring in this car on raceroom. It’s amazing

[@EltonBeatles]

Ah, the good old heel and toe. I love it.

[@DP-tl5wz]

YES!! Thats the way these m3s are supposed to be driven!! GO Johnny GO!

[@pablofelipecipriani]

Arriba mis paisanos Johnny & Jonathan, great Vídeo...

[@luiscamilogomez7585]

What racing beast! Outstanding!

[@TheMec1978]

El talento y las ganas de ganar, siguen intactos. Un cordial abrazo desde Argentina.

[@madmike5144]

Awesome video

[@JonathanCecotto]

Thanks

[@964tractorboy]

This is pure JC M3 E30 gold. I live in hope of some more footage of the GP Strecke or Nordschleife. A model of driver awareness and car-control. Swan Lake on tarmac.

[@mostylz7618]

Everybody: You can't race a BMW M1 with an E30 M3! Johnny: Hold my beer!

[@andim8442]

Legend!!

[@TheJensemann75]

Only , that is DTM 😍

[@ffonseca0]

It's like riding a bycicle, who knows Will never forget!! Awesome 🤤

[@supersevenn]

the old man still has it !

[@facundoferreyra6326]

No me canso de ver este video, Gracias!!!!!!!

[@JonathanCecotto]

Facundo Ferreyra de nada :)

[@Flixxe89]

Ripping gears like a god

[@earni01]

Great driving!

[@akayyy1337]

BMW LEGENDE 😍

[@dirtyseb]

2 !!! BMW LEGENDEN ;)

[@NWPencrawler]

Savage! Cecotto on point all the way making them M1's look like children...

[@ninjabob8170]

Great video, awesome driver and car combo. 👍🏻 Is that the pump for the onboard jacks in the passenger footwell?

[@vzlan999]

Legend 🇻🇪🇻🇪🇻🇪

[@racecars.universe]

To think this car is now here in New Zealand, wow amazing driving Johnny!

[@1993spectre]

I have never seen that many M1 in one place in my life ... AWESOME (yes i know he was driving a e30 m3 ;) )

[@PhilippS3112]

This is the '92 DTM car from Altfrid Heger (Schnitzer-BMW). I see the '92 mirrors and analog Tacho with 5-speed gear. The original '92 Cecotto BMW was white with "FINA"-Sponsor, has an "MOTEC"-Instrument an 6 speed gear.

[@PGUNNA201]

Philipp Schramm I saw him shift into 6th gear

[@e36s50b30]

PGUNNA201 I actually saw Johnny shifting 1-5.

[@aggelosfr49]

Holy fuck, what a driver!

[@jesperek6402]

I think he went for the radio there in the end, and than he just reminded himself he was in the racecar 😉

[@javiernevotvidal8136]

En españa te diriamos ole tus huevos,un crack dandole caña a M1 bravo

[@bro_street]

wow fast cars with the fast drivers!!

[@guyanes69]

impresionante! ya voy a meterle a mi e36..grande Los cecotto!

[@JonathanCecotto]

Gracias! :)

[@m-powerlux2654]

Best driver ever! Great Video and a gorgeous car!

[@BCNRGTR]

nice jsut bought a die cast model of the m3 driven by him !! at sebring 2016 sign by m6r drivers and brian redman, hope to have it sign by cecotto some day !!

[@JonathanCecotto]

+BCNRGTR nice :)

[@cibichakravarthyramesh9438]

This is why we love manuals 👿

[@topforce5298]

I can't imagine that the 4 cylinder with around 320 hp is faster than the M1 with 6 cylinders 470 hp. In other videos, the old M3s always drive in the middle of the field.

[@michaelrodrigues80]

What a driver!!!

[@e1cabral]

It's called RACING LEGEND

[@BurtSampson]

Dude's a machine.

[@gaycha6589]

Ooooooohhh, proper gear-changing

[@Ayrton4everrr]

For sale M3 , slightly used as a Sunday driver lol Btw, great driving

[@ARFSPRYG]

That S14 intake induction noise!!!!!

[@jeanmip8616]

Quel coup de volant...et de levier!!!! Chapeau bas👏🏻👏🏻 Pas étonnant qu’il ait eu le droit à sa série limitée ce pilote.

[@Xsidon]

This cars potential seems limitless

[@King2Kong]

You dance salsa on the pedal's

[@daskor3816]

Legenden Leben EWIG ❤

[@Opelpowergsi84]

the best driver

[@Micheriet]

Did Johnny race this chassis back then? Or is it a car that he never raced in period? Great video, thanks. :)

[@betonscheitel8635]

Jonny Cecotto makes no prisoners.

[@peter1900]

Unglaublich geil

[@sgtpepper91]

when you go to heaven all you hear is this engine

[@thefiftyfour]

Who's he runnin from?!? Hes on it!

[@ironmantooltime]

Awesomeness 😎

[@ZoneTelevision]

I've never seen so many M1's in the same place.

[@Correatras-br]

this all with manual gearbox !!!!

[@siniyden]

Ithink we need this today in f1

[@toivonencresto]

Che macchina e che manico!

[@Flixxe89]

Dreamteam

[@Kortec_Racing]

What engine is in this?

[@iv4oooooo]

01:10 Did that guy really take the turn one-handed??? :D

[@Happy319931]

12 thumb down = F1 fanboys :D. Awesome onboard ... thanks for the upload :)

[@d4ni5h]

Such a nice helmet.

[@ТарасБульба-и9п]

🔥🔥🔥

[@dazzz4real]

Can you tell me which helmet it is? Greetings from Germany

[@SergeyMukimov]

Hello! Subscribed!

[@superfast30]

How is the M3 pulling on the M1 pro cars?

[@MiniOne82]

JC's experience and knowledge of the M3 and the fact the M3's lighter and an all round more planted car.

[@albertbord]

The pro car is a faster car, but they are not trying to hard to beat the m3

[@LS2MGB]

Better ( much better ) driver, who is getting the most out of the car. Simple as that.

[@DaveFazzino]

Group A M3 2070 lbs 350 hp M1 procar 2275 lbs 470 hp

[@dario62589]

They are not pushing hard, the E30 it is...

[@Jb001jb]

I thought you could upshift these without using the clutch.

[@gileswalker7]

Wow