Group C mercedes benz C11 lap record of lemans 2010

[Romuloadex217]

the 787b ia now in FM4!!!! now we just need a R92CP and the C11 SAUBER and also some 80's group C Porshe it would be EPIC!!! =P

[SerialThrillazTV]

The sound. D:

[XR4turbo]

The Mazda will always sound the best...but damn the C11 flew...

[mulomuleando]

The amount of downforce is ridiculous

[TopT432]

It was awesome 5km straight 1:15 (((((

[andyjs1981]

1 word...AWESOME! So raw, love it!

[speedsport05]

The c9 has the same engine as the c11 and the pug prob is faster as are different rules etc back then but we will see next year

[TotalMotorsports]

This car is flying! What a legend, what a sound, what a monster! I am pretty sure it would kill any contemporary LMP1 car in terms of pure straight line speed.

[veegee92]

@Romuloadex217 Wasn't the C9 a V8?

[Romuloadex217]

@veegee92 yeah it was a 5 liter V8 sorry

[melpy9]

400kmh for a monster v8

[sopirah]

unreal v8 sound....

[Romuloadex217]

I just think they should use the old engines in the new 2011 LMP1 chassis, like the 787b engine on a mazda B09/O6 for example. the audi R18 TDI has an V8 3.6 c'mon give me a break, the sauber mercedes C9 had an V12 6.0L now those were the fastest Le mans cars and not an 908 HDi FAP X(

[TotalMotorsports]

@Romuloadex217 R18 is only V6. But you're right, it would be great to see these old monster engines in modern LMP chassis. Unfortunately, times are changing.

[Romuloadex217]

@TotalMotorsports V6????!!!! but the R15 has 5.5 V12!!!!

[ZuhlJin]

@Romuloadex217 the r15 has a 5.5l V10, the r10 had the 5.5l V12

[ikefemula]

You can not compare ..... Sauber Mercedes is possible on the plane faster than modern Peugeot 908 Hdi but overall it loses in one round, age not stop.

[MetaKnightsKirby]

Peugeot 905 (1992): 3:21.200

Sauber C11 (1991): 3:31.270

This aint the lap record.

Unless you are meaning it was the record in that particular (Group C memorial type race?) race, then fair enough.

[versteeght]

@MetaKnightsKirby maybe you know that the track has been slightly modified since 1990..

like in added some corner here and there..

[MetaKnightsKirby]

@versteeght It is probably just the Group C record on the post-2009 layout. This lap looks to be roughly 3:44 (ie, this version is longer than the older one), for a comparison the modern day Peugeot 908 HDi FAP can lap it sub 3:20.

[PenfoldIV]

Saw this very car, Sauber C11, at Donnington this year, along with a collection of other group C cars. It was by far the fastest car in the field.

[belmon125]

Look at the video of the nissan R90CK. It is 15 seconds faster (1990)

[deggis4]

C11 @ Spa '11, some qualifying laps: watch?v=NUjaJuAbdkw

Even better, not Le Mans tho.

[BLITZKRIEGRECORDS000]

Those straight cut gears are brutal

[TomTom150]

I'm so happy that there are still some guys who are not scared to drive those cars around at (almost) their full potential. I know they're "old" and precious, but they're race cars, they need to race and not rot in some museum!

Thanks to the uploader for this nice footage!

[PostMeridianLyf]

Wheel whores brought me here!

Sick driving!

[MrLemon212]

guy needs a new helmet, spent longer playing with that then doing the actual lap

[imakeumadLOL]

bring back group c.

[Juihi2]

Fantastic to see such a legendary car driven in anger around the track it was built to tame

[MisterGasMan]

1:30 this guy got some serious balls :o

[whereveriroam]

awesome video

[MercilessOne]

BEAST.

[juanlarronde]

An amazing video!!!! Thank you so much for leaving the audio just as its sound inside the car. No music, no effects, just the truth. I don't have enough words to thank the uploader for this wonderful REAL music video.

[yojimba06]

some other car on the track evidently made him slower.

[FFloats]

Is this the ex Schumacher car that was at the Donington Historic Festival this weekend just gone? Such an amazing car to watch!

[rtgconde]

The other guys were just cruising???

[wololo10]

3min45 sec

[jetpack1986]

boy he bounces like a fat ricer!

[Quadrant14]

Correct me if I am wrong but the lap record set by Phileppe Allioti in1982 in the Pug 904,

I was under the impression that Kenny Acheson in the Silver Arrow C-9 who cracked 408hph {not recognized because he is not French:-} on the main straight also holds the record for the lap, ,

So does the 905 at 3-21 secs way back in 1992 hold the old so called Group C record or what about the Bentley Speed 8, any info please

[speedsport05]

no it wasnt a flying merc that was the clk's later

[Crius100]

@speedsport05 no, clr

[66606cl66]

@speedsport05 thought the flying ones were the clr's?:P

[thenicedudejay]

is it those mercedes cars that are so good at flying ? lol

[Jr55amg]

They should Bring the C9 and C11 to compete against the new gen. models. That would be awesome !

[unityd3v]

@Jr55amg That could be interesting. The new diesels are clocking times 3-4 seconds of the times set by the fastest Group C cars in the 80s (and faster than any from the 90s). In qualifyinh, the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP is about 4 seconds slower on the track with chicanes against the Sauber Merc C9 on the track without the chicanes. In race trim, the record for the Peugeot is actually 1-2 seconds faster than those of the Group C cars, on a slightly longer circuit.

[MaxMotus]

Bob was easily under his and the cars limits, without the traffic he'd have knocked off 10 seconds. Next year... ;)

[vikirad]

It's the fastest lap for a Group C car in the Le Mans Legend support races, but not the fastest ever Group C lap around Le Mans either. If we discount the 3.5 l prototypes of the early '90s, this car holds the race lap record with a lap of around 3:35 in the 1991 event in the hands of one M. Schumacher. The fastest ever Group C lap was by Philippe Alliot in the Peugeot 905, 3:21.072 in quali for the '92 race.

[speedsport05]

he was faster on the next lap but had a puncture at the end of the mulsane he was 15 seconds a lap faster than any other group c car

[brown9708]

Did he set the overall world lap record with chicanes at lemans?

[EsbenT]

@brown9708 According to my stopwatch he did something to the tune of 3:44 on this lap, which is nowhere near the current track record. Still pretty damn fast, though! He did a monster of a move between the two chicaines there...