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BMW Driver Ruins Perfect Heel-And-Toe Nurburgring Lap Right at The End

BMW Z3 heel-and-toe on Nurburgring 4 photos
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As the heavy YouTubers among all you Nurburgring aficionados have noticed, most drivers tend to steer clear of the heel-and-toe game when lapping the Green Hell.
Using your right foot to push the brake and the throttle at the same time might help manual gearbox vehicles stay in the correct rev range, thus helping one maintain momentum through corners, but it also requires a certain amount of attention, even after you master the technique. By the way, here's a more detailed description that might help if you're willing to practice such shenanigans.

And it's not just amateur drivers who avoid it while lapping the infamous German track - many pros also avoid the dance. And, given the kind of focus a blitz Nordschleife lap requires, it's not difficult to understand why.

You see, the Ring isn't just about memorizing an extremely long track with tons of incline variations. You also have to pay close attention to the weather, which has more caprices than a stereotypical diva.

However, we're here to show you how a Nurburgring lap that does involve the H&T play looks like. It all has to do with the driver of the BMW Z3 Coupe in the piece of footage below.

Having pulled more Ring laps than he can remember, the guy set off to deliver such an experience to the world, installing a pedal-facing camera in the 2.8-liter straight-six Bimmer.

Keep in mind that the Z3 might be aging, but its light scale footprint and sharp tech side means it delivers an overly engaging driving experience - heck, the low altitude flying you see here doesn't even involve ABS, let alone ESC.

Nevertheless, the same driver proves how such adventures can go wrong in the final part of the clip.

And if the who stunt seems familiar (pun intended), it might be because you've seen the man "chauffeuring" his wife, daughter and daughter in law around the Nordschleife, albeit in a Z4 M Coupe.

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About the author: Andrei Tutu
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