This F1 POWERED Road Car SMASHED A Nurburgring Lap Record

[@cncgeneral]

I was involved in making the turbos for these, they're not quite as fancy as the current F1 versions, but cool that they completely reengineered them just for this, and went to the trouble of making so many other bespoke parts

[@rivitril5440]

That’s amazing. Thanks for your words

[@nerfgodbigguy1405]

No joke ,never expected anyone who was a part of the mechanics team to be on youtube (let alone the person who made the turbos for these things.😮👌) wouldve thought you'd be in your room at your desktop, with your room FULLL to the brim with expensive mercedes stuff and models of cars, creating things for some new crazy track/race version of the Merc ONE or at the facility driving every single one of their new cars on the bespoke race track. Very specific 😂🤣

[@gregorymathews1998]

Thats fascinating what more can you tell I assume this is under a deep NDA XD. Would love to hear about the geometry of them

[@nerfgodbigguy1405]

@@gregorymathews1998 There gonna be at his door the second he tries to even type it.🤣💀☠️🪦

[@coolguy10060]

Thats awsome always love to hear from people involved in these extreme cars

[@aymeric5037]

hope this car is coming to asseto evo

[@africanpenguin3104]

Fh5 got the license so nah

[@nextgengaming7803]

I found a mod of it on assetto corsa, it's a lively one lol. Great fun though

[@stingerbean1848]

@@africanpenguin3104 depends if FH5 has the exclusive license or if Kunos can just acquire a license themselves

[@Willbrse]

@@africanpenguin3104 one game/sim has a car sim racers "NOBODY CAN HAVE IT ANYMORE, PANIK!!!" lol

[@coolguy10060]

​@@Willbrse thats porsche nfs trauma lol

[@omarsonmarz]

4:04 rebel tree moment

[@adamgames1975]

Must be pinned to honour the rebel tree

[@jesselee4279]

We need rebel tree merch

[@slowpoke6923]

Can someone please fill me in on why Jimmer calls it rebel tree? I've been trying to figure it out but I just don't get it :/

[@edwardburek1717]

All hail Rebel Tree!!

[@lynxproductions]

@@slowpoke6923 There is an assetto corsa mod for the Nurburgring that makes it a winter track with snow etc. All the trees have snow on them except for that one... so it was dubbed the "rebel tree." This was many years ago, but now that tree Jimmer always waves to it and says "hi rebel tree" when he goes by it on laps.

[@JustSomeGuyWithNoMaidens]

The sound that thing makes is pretty crazy. Yeah we complain about it in an F1 car, but in a road car it's very loud and unique, so I like it. Also for those saying the gear shift is slow, they made it deliberately slower so they can use the car's electric motors to fill in the torque gap. They do this to discharge excess electricity, so the car keeps accelerating through the "slow" gear changes.

[@Huberman1234]

I worked at Mercedes in the engine factory when this car was in development. The MGU would whine so loudly and so high pitched that any test driver would get a migraine after half an hour of driving even with ear plugs and ear defenders. The engine is a completely redesigned engine and shares very little with the actual engine that was used in 2016 (which is what it's based off). One of the reasons it got delayed in production was because they wanted it to be fully road legal and it had to pass emission tests for California which are very strict. It kept failing on the cold-start emissions. I believe the solution was a small heater built into the car exhaust to warm the cat up before the engine starts. It was that or "don't drive this car in California".

[@Szczypiorniak]

9:46 You can see how pressure starts to increase and raise flaps inside wheel arch due to increasing speed.

[@MapleShrimp]

That's cool as hell

[@NotOneToFly]

There's a little pulse going on; I think they have a computer that notices they're getting sucked up and sends more hydraulic pressure to keep them flat.

[@BeerGeek21]

I feel a bit empty when videos end without "Take care, have an awesome day, see you next time."

[@Google_Is_Evil]

TUV does more than yearly safety inspections for cars. TUV Rheinland is the German institute where you go to get your car homologated for the EU market. Every EU country has an organization where you can get your car homologated. In the UK you can get a type approval, which is what this car got, or an SVA, where you get your single vehicle approved (or not) but subsequent copies will all have to get an SVA, instead of automatically be approved.

[@UIMcocodog]

so its a kit car then? whats the fudge cuz it obviously dosnt conform to regular new road car specs?

[@pannonianfit1582]

insane that this car could keep up in mid 80's race against brutal group C cars, lets not forget it didnt run on racing slicks I wonder what time could be the upper limit plus if we remove some weight from it

[@texeract6209]

Remove the weight from where? I assume the car is as light as it can be without taking out batteries

[@SuperGenericUser]

@@texeract6209 It has airbags so that would be one place to start, probably other road safety equipment as well which you can remove in a race car. Similar deal with headlights, wipers etc

[@skapiche5344]

@@SuperGenericUser It probably has things like A/C, infotainment systems and sound dampening seeing it being built for the road. Maybe even heated seats and such.

[@SuperGenericUser]

@@skapiche5344 Yeah I didn't even think of that, went straight for the safety gear 😂

[@joelambert7128]

​@@SuperGenericUser wouldn't even need a passenger seat really.

[@katlegomatlhadisa2184]

Bro you sound so natural spectating thats why i love your videos

[@munkytaint666]

i like when Jimmer calls out the corner names... i can only remember a handful of corner names, and everytime he mentions one, it helps me learn the ring a little better

[@pydu91]

If anyone is interested, a little precision about how these front flaps work : They are a bit like DRS : manually retracted with a button on the steering wheel, and deployed either if you brake, or if you press the button again. We see the driver do both during the lap depending on the need of braking or not. When they are closed, the wheel arch acts a bit like a plane wing. The air is accelerated and low pressure on top of the arch, and, crucially, the air inside is almost static relative to the car, with recirculation coming from the underbody etc. This means the pressure is way higher inside, and it lifts the whole front end of the car up. By the way, you'll notice on current endurance prototypes (as well as LMP1 cars in the past etc.) that those arches are always cut on the top. Remember the Mercedes cars flying at Le Mans ? They would have needed a big cut out of the top of the arch top prevent that! So, when the flaps are open, the higher air pressure inside the arch is evacuated there. This helps the whole car stick more to the ground and have more front grip, because of more downforce. Obviously, the shape and angle of the flaps help press the front end down and improve the downforce. When they retract, you lose downforce and gain top speed (less body drag). It is functionally an F1 DRS, just placed on the front end !

[@DaniMacYo]

I wish this thing would come to GT7. Take this and the Aston Valkyrie around the Nord. What a dream.

[@Twiggo_The_Foxxo]

Its not gonna come to gt7 anytime soon because it's the cover car for fh5

[@Matts_Mind]

Idk if you've ever considered it, but you commentating for Goodwood FOS would be a dream. Obviously i know its not as simple as "go ask to commentate" but id love to see it happen one day.

[@double.u1577]

5:40 that is exactly what happened to Niki Lauda in 1976 at the German Grand Prix at that same exact spot.

[@KLAASTAD]

The bumb broke the car- didnt upset it

[@jacobthefiend]

no, suspension failure

[@double.u1577]

​@@jacobthefiend Oh my bad, thanks for telling me. I meant the crash itself and the place, not the catalyst of the crash. I was not aware of the actual crash reason, but was referring to the spot where the car crashed.

[@vladivosdog]

@@jacobthefiend what

[@kevinxavier680]

In today's video - Jimmer watching ANOTHER car at Nordschleife pt. 420

[@Tron_Funkin_Blow]

Maro Engel was a full time driver in the V8 Supercars for a year or two. Mercedes entered the E63 and he drove the SP Tools number 9 which was previously Shane Vangisbergen's seat the year prior when it was a Falcon.

[@abreuabreu7192]

Jimmmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.... *inhales* ....eeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@killdaire7589]

I love watching the flaps go up and down

[@lorddoobsworth144]

love a bit of flap action

[@QBDLettuce]

Suspension looks dialed in nicely, compliant over bumps yet stable when needed. Well dialed in suspension is the key to a solid Nordshleife lap.

[@Wixel50]

2:16 did he say cup thua

[@tobytoxd]

What a great commentary! Was super fun to watch this again with you, Jimmy. Thank you!!

[@JimmyProductions]

I really like the AMG One as it will be as close as we get to seeing an F1 car on the ring without having an actual F1 car on the ring.

[@houseking9211]

3:16 For my fellow americans, 1700kg is no where near 3350lbs (that's about 1520kg). The amg one weights 3737lbs or 1695kg Cup 2 Rs are also not particularlly road tire esque, they're very much full on semi slicks, and shouldn't be driven in the rain, as they will hydroplane pretty badly and easily due to how shallow the tread depth is

[@gratefuldude5676]

In all seriousness. I really enjoy your commentary. I think you could have a future in racing commentary.

[@droid888racer]

I mean he does do the GT World Series but that doesn’t really count

[@gratefuldude5676]

@@droid888racer I was completely unaware he already did some type of commentating. Either way, still think he’d do a good job.

[@TheRivieraKid]

My favourite car in Forza Horizon 5. I loved watching it transform form one mode to the other.

[@edwardburek1717]

"1700 kg, 3,347 lbs in American" - that's a lot of cheeseburgers. Good job on commentary Jimmer, and validating the record by saying hello to Rebel Tree.

[@VernichtungsFussel]

"Producition car" is quite a stretch. I mean just because you CAN buy it for some enormous amounts of money it shouldnt qualify it. If I remember in rally they had a rule that a car would only be allowed to participate if they had been produced like 400 road legal cars. Ofc this was to ensure, that they wouldnt all go with some crazy prototype cars. And I do not know if or by how much they changed.

[@Ravenico]

Superb editing & commentary from the Jimmer

[@danielkinney6518]

This car is closer to the Porsche 956's time than it is to most supercars. Absolutely incredible.

[@tomanderson6335]

It's an incredible achievement for a car that, let's face it, was designed for newer, smoother and, well, saner race tracks. Also: Y'all realize that some one is going to have to model a final-gen Buick LeSabre (the car at 1:10) for AC so Jimmer can flog it 'round the Nordschleife, correct?

[@mbgmadbull1141]

that is just nuts. I been doing iRacing ring meister and it's GTEs this week and the GTEs seem to be around the same pace. that is crazy shit right there man

[@ZachZach-ic2sh]

It would be crazy to see what the mcmurtry could do around here. Wouldn't have the outright top speed but around the corners it would be crazyy.

[@james-m-8285]

From what I understand it doesn’t have enough energy storage to do the whole nurburgring at full power.

[@hershellumiere]

A whole ass minute faster than the c6 zr1?! A lot of people aren’t going to understand how batshit insane that is.

[@darjanator]

He's actually triggering the flaps on the steering wheel. Look at his left thumb action.

[@kaiserofneemania7246]

I vote that we all take a shot whenever Jimmy makes a video about the Nordschleife

[@melegattie4116]

According to some calculations, if the future GT2 RS can produce the same downforce as the GT3 RS and generate 750-800 HP, it will be faster than the AMG One. Which make it not that surprising of a lap time considering is a F1 tech car. (Even the GT3 RS with half the power can take a coupe of corners faster)

[@pluemas]

The Porches that set the records are all Weissach package though, right? EI, they have significant weight reduction with no air conditioning, no infotainment, and semi slicks. The AMG is base spec and is about 200kg heavier because of it. I suspect they could just take out the air con and give it semi slicks and it could do way more. Maybe they're waiting to do so to try and one up again.

[@melegattie4116]

@@pluemas yes, but still a factory option

[@JCviggen1]

@@pluemas Weissach is just a lighter cage and some CF. They still have AC and infotainment deletes are no longer possible on current gen since it's literally a part of the dashboard now instead of a separate unit. And Cup 2R tires are semi slicks, the same type that is used by others.

[@charles-antoinemartel-roy]

To be fair, I doubt the hybrid powertrain is ideal for the Ring, considering how long it is. The car has to haul the weight of those batteries and motors, even when they're saving power for later in the lap. This is why the Porsche 918 was not faster than the 991 GT2RS, despite being made by the same company and only a few years older with much more HP. To me, this car falls in the same category as the holy trinity, they're not necessarily going to be the outright fastest things on the track, but nobody driving one would give a fk

[@Erowens98]

No surprise there, this car is heavy as sin so cornering is an inherent weakness. They've done a great job masking this issue, the downforce compensates for the high inertia. But even so, pure ICE vehicles can inherently corner better, given equal downforce, because they can be so much lighter. The advantage of a hybrid powertrain is a smooth torque curve and temporarily high horsepower. But the cost is around 250kg of added weight.

[@Scoots1994]

Rimac, Koenigsegg, and Hennessey supposedly were talking about what they felt would be possible for a road car and they felt it was possible to make a production car do a lap in the 5s ... so 30 seconds faster than the AMG-ONE. I want to see that car.

[@fuzzy-daddy83]

If they could make the batteries last long enough the McMurtry would give that a fair go

[@Scoots1994]

@@fuzzy-daddy83 Yeah, the problem would be that adding that much battery would make it too slow :)

[@bluebillbo]

One of these cars passed me on the road as i drove home one Sunday. I had to do a double take as I had only seen pictures of it before.

[@Ar2_Dee2]

I thought you were shirtless in the thumbnail 😂

[@scotthecarnerd1995]

Outstanding Lap to take 6 seconds off you're own personal Best 😮

[@DonLee1980]

"1700kilos". yes but that is WITH a full fuel tank, as well as all running fluids, unlike the Italians which mark their cars as "dry weight" but in fact the minimal running weight is an additional 150kg on top, which makes no sense. So this AMG One is in fact, lighter than a Aventador SVJ, but with 300+ more hp, and wider tires, better gearbox, better aero.

[@Kungfujoe1110]

5:35 - plenty of history, that bump. Niki Lauda found out anyway. Not really trying to be grim (although he did survive ofc), when I learned the 'ring (virtually, natch), I was fascinated to learn where he wrecked and...when I saw it it sort of confused me? Like...that's not a place that you'd imagine a professional driver in a purpose-built car would go off...but I mean, that's where it happened.

[@Conneticat_yt]

Imagine putting even more aero on it and propper racing slicks

[@peterrrr]

"...and i don't see that lap time getting beaten anytime soon" you might underestimate how butthurt Porsche can be when it comes to their lap record being snatched from them on the Nordschleife lol

[@GuagoFruit]

They made 275 units supposedly. I don't know if that's a lot but it feels like surprisingly more than I expected.

[@lpenrike]

for a sec there i thought jimmy was finally doin topless thumbnails

[@Edmard]

All I wanna see now is Jimmy trying to get close to this lap in the car in Assetto (if there is a good enough mod of it ofcourse)

[@juanjan__]

0:42 lul means....... gentleman sausage (as Clarkson would say) in Dutch

[@timharris7303]

The ZR1 and the Zora will be close to that time I believe.

[@taylormartin5301]

Do a Video of running the Nurburgring backwards and trying to get the same time as a traditional lap.

[@SGTWhiskey]

Good idea, however anyone matching their normal lap time would take a ridiculously long time

[@jiujitsumonkey1]

It's so crazy to me that a road legal car is 18 seconds a lap faster than a Zonda R around here

[@kantina4765]

Zondas were never meant to go fast tbf, they lied about the weight they’re much heavier than claimed. Or at least this is the case according to a race team who attempted to build one for Le Mans. Apparently they’re absolute pigs to drive too according to Lewis Hamilton, and if you’re gonna listen to anyone about driving dynamics he’s probably your guy. Shame because that group c silhouette is GORGEOUS. Best looking car of the early 2000s if you ask me.

[@SWOgottaGO]

Crazy lap

[@SGTWhiskey]

You can hear how much they’ve limited that engine on revs, sounds like it could rev so much harder in every gear.

[@Arhange1790]

Current F1 engines still can Rev up to 15k and more. But turbo is a massive limitation factor here, it loses any effect beyond around 12k rpm of engine.

[@yngdrgn888]

4:56 is Breidscheid, not Adenauer

[@AndyKazama2]

Would love to see this race the RB17 (and the new McLaren)

[@MrMartinSchou]

To my mind, "production car" does not mean "road legal", because it wouldn't be IMPOSSIBLE to make a Le Mans Hypercar road legal. To my mind "production car" needs to have a certain minimum number of cars sold to private customers. I can't say exactly what that number must be. At 10,000 it's definitely a production car. 1 isn't. I'm not even sure 10 would be a "production car" in my mind, especially if it's over a period of several years.

[@ukrje]

I suspect that this record will stay as long, till the Aston Martin Valkyrie get´s send around

[@pumpkineater23]

The driving was great but actually I was a bit disappointed with the lap time. I expected more from a multi-million pound hypercar with an F1 engine and tech which would not be allowed in F1? 6.29 is not that much quicker than a 'normal' high level supercar.. like a GT2RS. The next gen of GT2RS will be close to this time. It'll be interesting to see what the Valkyrie is capable of. Looking forward to that.

[@ze_rubenator]

Road tyres. There's a huge gap between road tyres and properly sticky, soft, quali slicks. There's only so much you can do when limited by mechanical grip. It's also heavy, which I imagine is due to it having all the bells and whistles and comfort of a modern road car.

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

It's pretty impressive, also you have to remember, outside of all the F1 engine the car is mostly conventional asides from a few active aero elements. That's really what you're paying for in the end and there's a lot of diminishing returns at this price range. I don't think the Valkyrie will be any good round here because of its heavy reliance on ground effect. It will struggle with all the uneven surfaces. I can imagine it will be that fun through the carousel. Something like Spa though, I feel like that would be interesting. I know they run similar lap times to race spec GT3 cars, within a tenth on the conventional circuits they tested at Hungaroring and Sakhir.

[@Duvstep910]

only reason I have this car in Forza is to push the joystick in on my controller and basically watch it transform lol

[@meekrab9027]

There are a few places around the lap its obvious he's doing some risk management since it's a bazillion dollar prototype but this is an amazing lap for something you could pick up Taco Bell in

[@TheM00ndawg]

does it count if they don't have to dodge around sven and klaus in their euro boxes?

[@Haksdo2]

When this is so fast, I wonder what the Red Bull RB17 could do. I believe that car is road legal, has more power then this AMG, even more aero and weighs about half (less then 900kg). I really hope they will try and do a laprecord in that car.

[@_RobertS]

The RB17 would most likely be significantly quicker than this, because it's not road legal. And it's using bespoke tires, probably derived from LeMans racing slicks.

[@lor7780]

The Rb17 isn’t road legal

[@keithstapleton2087]

Can't wait for the new zr1

[@imcarbik3687]

I know it is a different class/budget etc. wanna see lap of Praga Bohema

[@DWillis7]

Now we need to see Aston Martin take the Valkyrie here. Much lighter, more powerful, way more downforce.

[@nigeldepledge3790]

Jimmer: ". . . from my experience as a driver at the Nurburgring . . ." Let's just sit with this for a minute, and remember the days when Jimmy used to live in a shed . . .

[@TheManbearpigsteve]

@jimmybroadbent u should play forza motorsport and use the Aston Martin valkryie amr pro around the green hell it is an absolute animal i did a 5:20 around it and it was a wild ride i can only imagine what u could do but I think u would enjoy it and it be a good video

[@andrewmoon3409]

I don't know why people avoid Forza, with a bit of set up, it feels really good with a wheel

[@clueless4085]

There's a pretty decent mod for this car for Assetto Corsa, Jimmer. I won't insist because I know you've moved away from Nords laps. But I would love to see what you can do! Cheers.

[@Ianforcements5669]

Was that curb that it didn't go over not one that was raised by the bad builder?

[@donovanmccray6274]

See, I really like this car and the tech with it, but man that gearbox sounds so sluggish. I know it’s a road car so it has to have different gearing but I wish it had like an F1 level box

[@ze_rubenator]

It uses the electric motor to accelerate during shifts.

[@Shuichi6795]

Ah yes, the FH5 mascot car...it's sick tho nonetheless

[@a.jracing]

7:51 wtf 😭

[@jerrodsherlin9727]

This car is just a hair lighter than the fucking 2012 Fusion I drive, a 4 door sedan, which is about 3,600 lbs. Wild shit

[@lovelehstuff]

Regulations I fear. I heard the cats in this weigh 120kg

[@noduj]

Would love to see a lap on slicks

[@Reav.]

if this car is a production car, mine then can be an f1

[@kantina4765]

Why does it sound like it revs higher than the f1 car? Are they using the full 15000 rpm?

[@agentwaffle6476]

jimmmerrrrr

[@MikeManfeld19]

Imagine spending all that money to be the same pace as a GT3 car

[@yappingfornothing]

someone should lap the nurburgring with the aston valkyrie

[@bertram-raven]

Production cars "Designed at the Nurburgring" is a tag line which translates to "Total **** IRL." Ask Clarkson.

[@Got4borgar4n]

I guess he doesn't want to have a Niki Lauda into Bergwerk, tbh.

[@bumbarossdundahae6312]

I still call bs on alot of these lap records the tires, brakes are not standard. Same with the gearing they dont run like this when customers get them

[@GRamerDim]

peak reaction video

[@GoldenStateSimRacing]

This game has great graphics!

[@Flare7639]

I want to see this car lap the nurb with slicks

[@HansGruberX1]

A little late to the Party and then the Title and Thumbnail like you never heard of that Car before :D

[@RoadToad42]

C7 Corvettes Built: About 200,000 GTR R35's Built: About 40,000 BMW M5's Built: About 21,000 Lambo Aventadors Built: 11,465 AMG ONE's Built: 275 at close to $3M each. but sure. This is totally a "Production Car"

[@KK-kc1yh]

The point is it's road legal. It does these things with road legal tyres. It doesn't need to be produced in large numbers.

[@TheScreamingDonkey]

This is cool and all but when will they have it competing in Hypercar/LMDH.

[@DPW864]

Never. That engine stands no chance at all in WEC, took them nearly 5 years to get it to work at all!

[@riccardopetrina4212]

"James May disliked that"

[@dallinvanshaar5419]

This is my dream car. Though i live in the USA so ill never be able to see it

[@DuramaxZack]

You should see if this car is in ac and then try and beat the lap time they set

[@vam120thegamer4]

what headset do you use? never seen a headset like this

[@mikehipperson]

I see that Misha got banned from the Nordschliefe for bombing around in an Ultima GTR, a kit car that was also banned from racing in the UK cos it was too fast!

[@LRSNRCNG309]

Amg, the only car company as good as koenigsegg

[@PullumOC]

That Jardier heart looks more and more worn over time 😢

[@budthecyborg4575]

The next GT2RS will be faster. Porsche only needs to improve by 10 seconds. Last time they upgraded the GT2RS from the 997.2 generation to the 991.2 generation it was an improvement of 39 seconds.

[@lovelehstuff]

Porsche need to improve by 14 seconds to beat this and we're very easily nearing the limit or road tyre performance

[@budthecyborg4575]

@@lovelehstuff Best GT2RS run is 6:38, they need 10 seconds.

[@lovelehstuff]

@@budthecyborg4575 that is on the short loop. For the AMG one on that same track length it's laptimes would be 6:24

[@budthecyborg4575]

@@lovelehstuff AMG One definitely did not run on the F1 circuit, 991.2 GT2RS is only 10 seconds behind the AMG One.

[@lovelehstuff]

@@budthecyborg4575 F1 circuit? What are you talking about? There's a 20.6om and 20.8km version of the nordschleife. The 20.8km version is the new standard that has been counted. That's why the gt2rs MR btw has a 6:38 and 6:43 laptime. That's why the GT black series has a 6:43 and 6:48 laptime. It's simply the 2 separate loops but the 20.8km run is the current standard

[@Linan066]

Another video where Jimbo here cant he;p but tell you how many times he's driven here in real life.

[@Nightmareof94]

This car is 🥱zzz

[@kaiying74]

So early the Like button is bugged out!!