Walter Röhrl & I: in a Porsche GT3 (997 MKII) on the Nürburgring Nordschleife - May 27th, 2009

[flamesfromblazer]

And I forgot to say  - FANTASTIC VIDEO - thanx for uploading .!

[flamesfromblazer]

Haha ! . .- I bet all those other cars on track were thinking " Holy crap that yellow porsche is being given the beans." . !

[maedmaex1965]

Walter Röhr my youth hero and the best Rally-Driver ever... He could have my car at anytime for a lap around the nordschleife. I love this track.

[xXilovefastcarsXx]

Er hat's immernoch drauf :D

[petridg]

poor guy with the ferrari at 4:12 if only he knew who he was racing against...

[911jp]

Schöne Inboard Runde!

Die Hohe Acht und das Brünnchen mit jeweils ca. 115km/h ist nicht ohne ... wow

[cptyfpt]

Today's version of the Red Baron.The best !!

[mort4mort]

lol ferrari

[nicat713]

i've been taxi with him on hugaroring last year but it was prosh vip event. and it was big pleasure seat next to him. he is genius!!!

[crc187]

absolutely genius!

[phector2004]

4:40 - "Move over, Vito"

:p

Great vid!

[mininow]

It doesn't get any more German than this

[porsche67000]

King of the Ring!

[halim181276]

I feel sorry for the guy in the red ferrari, just few seconds after he took over the white porsche, another yellow porsche passed him like a bullet. After that lap, he must be thinking of selling his F430, and want to wait for the F458. Unfortunately before the F458 even being delivered yet, the GT3 RS MK2 is already 5 seconds faster than the F458 in Nurburgring lap time (both cars driven by same person, Horst Saurma).

[eugenux]

@halim181276

there is no f458, just 458 italia(or simply 458); not all ferrari cars get the "F" leter in fron of their designated code number; f430 had it, so was the f355 but not(for example, the 360 modena)

[eugenux]

@halim181276

p.s. that's a scuderia, buddy..., not any f430 !;)

[mininow]

@halim181276 That guy can drive whatever he wants, Walter Rohrl will always be faster...

[randombeliefs]

not too many problems getting past the traffic for WR there : )

The Ferrari driver must have been in shock after .... bloody Porsches :) :)

unless he knew who just passed him that is.

damn he's so relaxed. Who's the driver in the famous 'Fascination' video btw ? you know - Gucci Loafers and RUF's yellow bird CTR

[timster99uk]

@randombeliefs the ruf test driver is sideways stefan rosier, look him up on here...

[golf1diesel]

that's what a GT3RS is meant to do..not those POSERS which keep them in the garage or at meetings

[golf1diesel]

@shaolinwolf2009 hahaha good one

[someoneorsomewhere]

I'd feel safer with WR in a GT3 the Ring than in a city bus...

[discoloveer]

haha goes like hell

[zagonielod]

AWESOME!

[GtrEvo]

Semiflying exit of karrussel!!!!!

[kensai69]

It's such a smooth drive......

[Gboy722]

Walter Röhrl is the best Rally driver ever

he knows how to kick the Porsches

I think he´s the best Porsche and Nordschleife driver ever

[aleksic14]

@mikey9839

tzhhh..

mein mazda versaugt ihn!!! ;)

[DasKantholz]

@aleksic14

aber auch nur weil der mazda die leistung von nem staubsauger hat :P

[aleksic14]

@DasKantholz

ja eh!!!!

porsche gt3 was ist das schon bitte????

paar hundert ps... ja und ... mein mazda ist ein 16v alta xD

[mikey9839]

der mann kann fahren!!!

[easypineapple]

Walter Röhrl rules, one of the fastest 911 pilots ever.

[MrSmooch]

Wie locker Walter den F430 Scuderia ab ca 4:13 einholt =)

[911GT3Tom]

I think I have to find a way to get this video as a head-up-display on my GT3 (997 MKII), this would be the best navigation on the Nordschleife

[shinmo117]

ganz fettes video =) thx for teiling

[rafa281]

ahahahahah

[AAATobi]

Super gefahren,super gemachtes Video ...

[DaWeedy83]

What a show! Great driving walter!

[bs1320]

In September, 2008 I got a ride around the Nordschleife with a professional race driver at the wheel in a Renault Clio Sport and it was mighty impressive indeed! I can only imagine what it was like to go in a GT3 with Walter Rohrl at the wheel My ride cost me like a $100 and it was worth every penny of it! If you ever go over Germany, the "Ring" is a definite must!

[rafa281]

was it scary? what was the best part of it? have you ever driven around the Nordschleife yourself?

[bs1320]

No it wasn't scary, just the most exciting thing I've ever expereinced as a passenger in a car! I haven;t deiven at the Ring yet, but I hope to when I go back!

[CostasPilot]

Fantastic find this video! Thanks for uploading it! Lucky you! :-) :-)

[KreKeriS911]

Walter Röhrl+Porsche+Nordschleife=Per­fect

[pmenadue]

@KreKeriS911 Absolutely. Just perfect.

[indigoblue555]

Great day ! Thx.for sharing !

[lucianoestivill]

Thanks for send me this one Gianca: EXCELLENT!!!! ;-)

[toyz4bigboys]

I think I've watched this 20 times, it really is the best instruction. Walter must be the only driver in the world who at Wehrseifen on those short 5mtrs between the first right hander and the subsequent 180 degree left manages to accelerate again briefly and then execute a flawless heel-toe downshift from 3 to 2. I always struggle to simply keep the car on track under braking and do the heel-toe bit, to be able to step on the gas there as well - man, that's driving a form of art....

[shaolinwolf2009]

great observation, man!!

I was thinking the same thing while he was going through wehrseifen: he was on the gas pedal before the turn??!!!!??

I would be on the brakes stabilizing my car, where he finds the time to accelerate again... :-)

nice one, thnx for the comment.

[Autan4]

@shaolinwolf2009 giving gas IS for stabilize the car, especially a porsche carrera with the rear engine.

[Motorsheep]

@shaolinwolf2009 & toyz4bigboys While you look up to Mr Röhrl for his driving skills, I can probably look up to yours, and I envy you for even being able to afford doing laps on this track.

[jq331]

@toyz4bigboys if don't have it in your blood you'll just put yourself in danger...and others. you're right, driving is a form of art from a certain point on but most of peoples don't understand that. it's a thing you're born with, racing is a basic need that your entire body craves for and it's pretty painful when you don't have the means to fill it. by the way, this is a relaxed way of driving, I like this at Röhrl, always brings spectacular things for the car owner with full safety.

[urwetdreamz]

Oh sorry - just read the other comments! Forget mine!

[urwetdreamz]

Very nice Vid! But the laptime is bullshit. The GT3 RS does one lap in 7:33, the GT3 in 7:40!

[ahpadt]

Dead. Fucking. Cool.

This would be one of those things people dream about experiencing before they die.

[seefsea]

how did u get the privilege to be driven by him....

[shaolinwolf2009]

he showed up during a driver training. a german car magazine called "sport auto" organized the event.

you are spot on: it was a privilege.

[crc187]

@shaolinwolf2009

was the gearbox automatic?

[seefsea]

can u pay to go round the track with him??

[shaolinwolf2009]

maybe. I never asked him.

[dkhi09]

@seefsea Of course not. The legend does not taxi people around the ring for petty cash.

[seefsea]

@dkhi09 Depends what you consider petty cash!!!

[Rob8boR]

thats amazing, the corvette zr1 is only 2 seconds faster than the gt3!

[Kheops63]

With 200hp more and the same weight.....what can I say?

[Rob8boR]

is that the new gt3 with 435 horsepowers?

[shaolinwolf2009]

yes.

[rafablattner]

in a porsche GT3... at nordschleife... with walter rohrl....... it happens to be my dream too! haha

congratulations!

but the way... don't worry about wearing a helmet... walter will never crash a porsche! ;)

[Kheops63]

Will never crash at all!

[snipski0894]

i have met walter and have sat in the 997.2 gt3 that did the official lap time

[Kheops63]

Strange! 2 people in a car for an official lap? with others cars on the track? and Walter with no Helmet?? well...pretty strange

[snipski0894]

no i wasnt in the car whilst he was doing the lap time i got to sit in it when it was in the car park before you go onto the ring. Also i met a lead engineer at porsche who introduced me to walter, you can see him in a official gt2 video by porsche

[gustavbudinsky]

i am so jealous !!

[Kampeur]

It's not in my habits to comment a video but holy shit, this one is maybe the best I've seen so far. A God behind the wheel of one of the best modern sports car, around the most challenging track of the world. You're incredibly lucky, and after reading so much about this triple perfection (driver, car and track) I understand your outstanding feeling of happiness.

Sorry for my evenutal mistakes, in France we're not exactly prepared to speak foreign languages in order to express ourselves :x

[shaolinwolf2009]

thank you very much for your comment. Merci.

[MrSmooch]

Great Vid! Walter Röhrl is a living legend.

Greetings from Germany.

[PorscheGTthree]

Porsche brilliance in the hands of a master.

[Bignumtt]

That was great, a real treat having Mr Rohl driving your car around the ring.

[BoddingtonB]

WOW! I was thinking, OK the driving is great, but is it really Walter Rohrl, then the clip at the end. Lucky bugger!

[xMKIVxVR6x]

5 stars!! I'm so jealous.

[lordoftheriffs79]

how did you achieved 7.25 lap with two persons? that is strange, cuz however i have faith in porsches 7.25 is a bit too low a time for me

[shaolinwolf2009]

this is timed from bridge to bridge, which is how we time it whenever the straight is not open. the straight takes about 20 seconds at full throttle. so this would be about 7:45 for the entire lap.

[lordoftheriffs79]

7.45 is quite good with two people inside, a magazine (dont remember which) tested the new gt3 at 7.39, amazing time for a 440 ps, very close to beasts like zr1

[shaolinwolf2009]

Walter Röhrl, the driver, no, cancel that, the legend!!, said that the tires weren't working amymore. He said he could not push harder. He funny. A funny man he is!! He could not push, but he was doing 260 at Schwedenkreuz. He real funny.

[uyesu]

"[...] a magazine (dont remember which) tested the new gt3 at 7.39, amazing time for a 440 ps, very close to beasts like zr1"

isn't that around 13 seconds slower than the american car? are these figures here accurate? 'very close'...?

[scubywrxr]

So thats about a 7:35 lap then? not bad with a passenger ;)

[m3power96]

dont forget he ran into traffic

[nepenthean]

ace mate. thanks for posting.

[JohnnyPedalla]

kako vozi stari čiča

[shaolinwolf2009]

not quite!

[TehMightyLlama]

shaolin... are you asian?

btw you have an awesome car

great vid!

[shaolinwolf2009]

nope. I am european.

I practice shaolin.

[ErnstJanDekker]

Is this the 997 GT3 MKII?

[shaolinwolf2009]

yes, it's the brand new one. it is also called the 998.

[InstantFail]

It's still a 997. The 998 is expected in 2011

[shaolinwolf2009]

I stand corrected! thnx.

[garzente]

That was awesome! You are one lucky SOB! Cheers to you sir. And thank for you for sharing.

[carrera9ll]

Great Nice! Nice! Video Nur No.1!

[badroo]

Thanks for sharing.

It doesn't get much better than that.

[911GT3Tom]

Great Video, shaolinwolf2009. It must be a honour, to take a ride in the best car for track racing with a living legend behind the sterring wheel. I'm looking forward for your next videos

[photoshocks]

Nice video!