2004 Nurburgring Takuma Sato Qualify 1

[ShaolinKungfuArnhem]

Sad he is not there in f1 anymore. Not to the person who uploaded it. Track record is always made in the race. Not in qual. So even do it seems close it is not as close as this

[JackRover]

Great lap.

[AudiolokoMuzik]

A perfect lap ... honda was shoulder to shoulder with Ferrari ...Nice memories...

[celularfeoz6]

Ahh, Finnish language ♥

[CSim4]

FRICKING HECK TAKUMA! :O wow

[mackey12160204]

great takuma.

[regorgnow]

Sato was great!. he crashed alot because he took chances that other drivers thought too risky. It lead to some exciting racing from him though. When he was on the limit he was as good as anyone.

[Fabio1335]

hohohohoho

[EnnesX]

Sato had so many points taken away from him by things beyond his control.

[ridoxsupra]

When was Sato's first pit stop? Im guessing he was on a low fuel load, and pitted early.

[nonchan06]

This is qualify 1.

So every drivers were on a low fuel load(3 laps).

[Ferrariman60]

I don't speak Finnish, but the commentators were probably saying, "How the hell is Sato showin' up Shuey?!?

[christian86a]

they just say at he is coming very fast even after small mistake on sector one... And at sato has always been in wrong place in wrong time

[madmarco245]

Yeh, he went faster than Schuey... On his home turf! He's a great driver, I hope Torro Rosso recruit him for a drive in '09.

[mazey90]

LOL! Schumi must have been horrified to see that on his timing screen :D

[Anime998877]

Not at all. This is Q1, which simply sets the order for Q2. Drivers don't push hard in Q1, and in second qualifying Schumacher ended up 7 tenths faster.

[EDISON001R]

Dave Richards's reaction the best! :D

If he still the teamleader of honda in 2005, Button a world champion and Takuma winning many races. Shitlike nick fry...

Watch my Sato tribute! ^^

[OMGz1122]

so why did dave richards left?

[sattski]

sato is fantastically quick and a nice bloke too!

[lordoftheriffs79]

now with the v8's they cannot go quicker than 1.30.000 damn that is almost 2.5 seconds

[fermentednug]

exactly, are v8's really that much cheaper to run?

[Scotracer]

It's not just the engine that makes the 2004 cars so fast. The '04 cars were light-years ahead of everything else (they were a good 3 seconds a lap faster than 2003 too). Check out my videos as it compares them all.

[OriginalDaVe]

Scotracer, don't you think the 09 (and maybe even 08) cars are faster in cornering and braking than the 04 cars? I wouldn't say they are light-years ahead of every other era... it was definitely mostly the engine (IMO obviously).

[arys210]

Sorry man, not at all, back then aerodynamics hadn`t got so many stupid limits, wings had 3 plates, and diffusers were much bigger, if you don`t believe it compare aerodynamics of the 2004 mc laren and 2009 one...you`ll see, besides, lap times aren`t even close

[IvanMD09]

04 cars were faster in cornering and braking than de 07-08-09 and 2010 cars mostly coz traction control and other electronic stuff that are prohibited now by the fia

[CSim4]

@IvanMD09 Actually the 2009 cars were faster in the corners than 2004 cars. Traction Control only helps getting on the power at low speeds. So in low speed corners, it helped. However in high speed corners it was irrelevant. Also the 2009 cars had slick tyres while 2004 cars had grooved tyres. You wouldn't believe how little mechanical grip the grooved tyres had compared to the slicks. Turn three at Barcelona is a perfect example. 2009 cars could take it flat. 2004 cars couldn't.

[Shadowboost]

Incredible speed, absolutely dominated schumi's time

[KingMatt292]

incredible Taku, quickest ever lap at the Nurburgring

[JimSchumacher]

GO TAKU! :D