Civic Type R Spin Causes Megane RS Nurburgring Crash in Lift-Off Oversteer Panic

And we're here to show you a lift-off oversteer example that caused an extremely surprising two-vehicle crash on the Nurburgring.

The accident took place during Monday's Touristenfahrten (Tourist Days) session and kicked off with a Honda Civic Type R driver panicking at the sight of the Schwredenkreutz section.

The Ring configuration allows cars with a decent power-to-weight ratio to enter this bend at over 125 mph (200 km/h), so many inexperienced drivers will suddenly take their foot off the gas as the twisty valley path opens up in front of them.

Without electronic aid, such a move usually causes the rear end to step out, which is exactly what happens here.

Lawn mower humor aside, the Type R's spinning across the green side of the track throws a lot of grass and dirt onto the asphalt. And with a Renault Megane RS entering the corner at full velocity a few moments after the Japanese hot hatch, the slippery surface seems to cause its rear end to lose traction.

Imagine yourself in the (driving) shoes of the Megane RS guy - you've just lost the back end and the said Civic is spinning across the track in front of you.

While we expect the blocked track to have caused the Renault driver also to lift, the man demonstrates serious car control skills in the following moments.

And while he barely managed to avoid hitting the Civic, which would've probably been the worst case scenario, the Renault driver ironically ended up having a much more severe (multi-impact) crash than the Honda that caused all the trouble.

Then again, when you're lapping the Nurburgring as a Tourist, you can always expect for such an episode to take place, which is just one the aspects that gave the German track is Green Hell nickname.