Photo: dalomas/Instagram
Ladies and gentlemen drivers, have you ever seen a Ring Taxi drifting? Sure, drifting is forbidden on the Nurburgring, but since telling this apart from the occasional oopsie slide can be extremely difficult, drivers usually get away with it.
And we are now here to show you a monster of a Nurburgring cabbie playing the slip angle game. As you'll be able to notice in the piece of footage at the bottom of the page, we're referring to a Jaguar XJR 575.
And there are two factors that helped the taxi driver throw the tail of the big cat sideways. The first involves the heavy rain that had hit the track at the time, while the second has to do with the generous wheelbase of the Jag. Oh, and we should also mention the 575 horses of the supercharged 5.0-liter V8.
Note that the XJR 575 is closely followed by a BMW M3 CS, which seems to catch the drift of the Jaguar.
As you're reading this, the Nurburgring is undergoing updates for next year. In fact, we recently showed you a few pictures that portray the work going on at the track.
The circuit is receiving fresh asphalt and, given all the bumps and elevation changes at the track, this is a key aspect. As explained by the officials, multiple key sections of the circuit are receiving work and we're curious to find out what the exact changes are.
Sure, all these small changes can add up a make a difference in terms of the lap time, but it seems there's nothing that can be done. So we'll just have to repeat what we did every year and compare the lap times from different seasons while ignoring the said changes.
Speaking of the Green Hell lap times, Porsche made the most out of the season end. And that's because the Porsche 911 GT2 RS MR grabbed the road car lap record. We're talking about an example of the 2RS that received chassis and aerodynamic tweaks from Manthey Racing, a crew owned by the German automotive producer.
And there are two factors that helped the taxi driver throw the tail of the big cat sideways. The first involves the heavy rain that had hit the track at the time, while the second has to do with the generous wheelbase of the Jag. Oh, and we should also mention the 575 horses of the supercharged 5.0-liter V8.
Note that the XJR 575 is closely followed by a BMW M3 CS, which seems to catch the drift of the Jaguar.
As you're reading this, the Nurburgring is undergoing updates for next year. In fact, we recently showed you a few pictures that portray the work going on at the track.
The circuit is receiving fresh asphalt and, given all the bumps and elevation changes at the track, this is a key aspect. As explained by the officials, multiple key sections of the circuit are receiving work and we're curious to find out what the exact changes are.
Sure, all these small changes can add up a make a difference in terms of the lap time, but it seems there's nothing that can be done. So we'll just have to repeat what we did every year and compare the lap times from different seasons while ignoring the said changes.
Speaking of the Green Hell lap times, Porsche made the most out of the season end. And that's because the Porsche 911 GT2 RS MR grabbed the road car lap record. We're talking about an example of the 2RS that received chassis and aerodynamic tweaks from Manthey Racing, a crew owned by the German automotive producer.
Google News