BMW M3 Gets Its Face Smashed in Wet Nurburgring Crash, a Classic Driving Mistake

Case in point with the E46 BMW M3 crash in the video below, which sees the senior M car getting its face smashed in an unfortunate encounter with the protection element on the side of the track.

Sure, it's easy to comment on driving errors from the comfort of an office chair, but, hopefully, pointing out such episodes will provide lessons preventing other drivers from tearing their machines apart while trying to enjoy the Nordschleife experience.

We can see the M3 going for the all-too-common rear end dance and while the driver did show a quick countersteering reaction, the move was not enough to save him. It's a pitty to see a driver-car pair that seems to have a certain degree of track experience falling into such a rookie trap.

In fact, we'll take the time to talk about the two most facile ways in which the unintended facelift could've been avoided. The first, which is the most obvious one, would've involved a certain degree of throttle - instead of backing off, the driver could've tried to bring the M machine back in line with some help from the gas.

Nevertheless, this is also the riskiest method, due to factors such as overcorrection, which could've sent the car spinning the other way, but at even greater speed.

Perhaps the best way to save the (rainy) day would've been to go with flow. To be more precise, once a driver notices his car won't have enough time to return to a "normal" position, he can always turn to the handbrake, causing the vehicle to perform an 180-degree spin and then using the gas as a pro-active means of deceleration.

The second stunt does require overly swift reactions though and we wouldn't recommend it unless thoroughly practiced beforehand - try to find an empty parking lot and, if your car is gifted with a mechanical parking brake, you can start training.