Lewis Hamilton drive a W25 at Nuerburgring

[computername]

Gearbox louder than engine - thats classic metal engineering, straight cut gears ftw!

[bobschaer]

Sounds like he's having some issues getting used to the gearbox. I'm sure that was a small matter to him compared to being able to drive that awesome machine.

[Pihasanddunes1]

Lewis appears to be having trouble with the old girl. Probably wondering why it has rubber dinner plates instead of tyres. 

[e1gr]

Coffin on the wheels

[deabreu]

yeah, he shouldn't risk the car. if he can do so much damage in one of the new cars, just imagine how quickly he'd destroy that ancient one!

[allamericandude15]

He's got balls to drive that thing. I would be content to just sit in the cockpit. That car is one of the most expensive things a person could ever sit their ass on. If someone were to crash that car their grandkids would be footing the bill.

[LeoBruno1000]

Silverarrow, right?

[gurlsingerfan]

The discussion about being cautious in this car are well taken: It is far too valuable to just "kick around" near the limit. Having said that, i was at Indianapolis several years ago when the US Grand Prix still ran, and Michael Schumacker drove a vintage mid 1950's Maserati. Admittedly not nearly as valuable as the Benz, but still worth easily several hundred thousand dollars, and Schuey amazed everyone by hanging the tail out and driving the old doll HARD. It was great fun to watch! :-)

[25sergio17]

you need ball's of steel if you want to drive this car in the limit's

[stefanorso]

It doesn't even have a pair of safety belts: would you drive such a car?

I could drive fast a car from the Sixties, but I wouldn't drive "on the limit" any car belonging to the pre-Seventies era for sure!

[JadeEyedWolf]

Looks almost like he doesn't know what to do with an un-synchronized transmission!

[gatorz27]

is this car in GT5?

[feefish001]

Why is he driving it so slow? he's going like 20mph

[MultiJimmyHenry]

@feefish001 Well if he crashed it he would be paying money to mercedes for the rest of his life. Also you are likely to die if you crash these going above like 100mph.

[crypsnjord]

@MultiJimmyHenry Combining the two things you say, the car doesn't cost much at all. ;-)

[MultiJimmyHenry]

@crypsnjord You suggesting Lewis is going to die? Bit shallow and harsh.

[crypsnjord]

@MultiJimmyHenry Come on mate, don't take it so serious. Of course I'm not saying that, and I agree with you that it is totally understandable how he drives the car in this vid.

[xXzipbladeXx]

the silver arrow what a car

[RedBird1997]

its so slow

[xScatRatx]

the best track + one of the best cars .. kickass!

[fgl7777]

have a look to the front wheel so thin...but able to go more than 300km.h Racing at that time mean you accept the risk of dying at ant moment. ... Even if it s still dangerous it s nor rhe same.

[sookster54]

vroom vroom! That thing sounds hilariously funny, and that's a coffin on wheels.

[stackstom]

@hamzterix you cant set the camber on that car, its too old lol

[hamzterix]

really bad camber setup

[Nomastalgic]

looks like they pulled a set of tires of a mountain bike for this badboy lol-

And I love the drivers head=rollbar feature. Time to die!

[rastamees]

so where was the speaking part ?

[majjitu]

what is that thing he is in that car's bum at the beginning??

[ReJ40]

@majjitu That is an external starter

[creatyve]

@majjitu that's actually the front of the car too LOL

[tjbayliss]

Those tyres are so ridiculously hilarious I almost can't believe humans were stupid enough to use them ever!

What is it, a bicycle or a race car? :P

LOL :)

[PESOLI100]

ahahah

[FukEmUp145]

hahahah, how to shift a non-synchronized gearbox :D

[kirkie1210]

gear where the prob, all over the place

[tibjmk]

he was getting used to narrower wheels lol :P

[Romanotico555]

I'd like to see how Mr The Best of All Times Michael Schumi would do on this one.... most certainly better!

[kentamcolin]

It looks to me like there was something wrong with the car as he coasted to a stop still on track. Sounded like he was trying to find a gear but couldn't get the car to oblige.

[sbirru]

he can't drive this special mercedes...only pilots like caracciola nuvolari ect must!!!! ahahahah...

[xMKIVxVR6x]

What anticlimactic driving Lewis!!

[Stereolabdream]

Not a lot of driving, not a lot of speaking....utter rubbish video.

[TristanDoran1]

The sound off that car is amazing you can really here that supercharger 'whine'. Lewis couldn't push too hard either because the car is rarer than an F1 champion from Chile or because he is too hard on the tryes and they would have been in bits by the third corner.

Even Lewis admits to being too hard on his tryes, watch the after race interview with him at Brazil '08.

Can't wait for F1 2010 to get under way.

Alonso for champion!!!

[nannynobnobs]

lewis is a badman racing driver but i bet he was shitting himself with them skinny tyres

[DunkinIsIndependent]

hit the gas!!!

[09Murphy09]

DunkinIsIndependent - Do you have any idea how much that car is worth now?

[WhoLueYou]

And then kill himself in the process? Are you retarded? Unless you have a deathwish why would you drive those cars fast. They are ridiculously unsafe. It is easy to talk tough from your computer. I'd love to see you hit the gas in that car and then die

[83cat]

@WhoLueYou

Good, see him die, crash and smatch his face and die bloodly.

[skvakagud]

@WhoLueYou so true, just look at that positive camber angle o.O? Not to mention the fact the car is about prizeless.. There is a reason why we still have Rodeo in the world, but not REAL "historic car races" driven to the absolut limit :p

[kahnadah]

@WhoLueYou

There's another consideration, in addition to your very good point: This car is worth millions. There were hardly any built, and they are ususally race winners so they are incredibly expensive! I wouldn't want to explain to my employers why I totalled a super rare, historical car!

[TestECull]

@WhoLueYou I'd do it. Better die young and happy than die a crotchety old man that never enjoyed life.

[Stimor]

and driving a death barrel at 300kmh is the only instance of fun available in life

[TestECull]

@Stimor It's not the only one, but as I said, I'd rather die young and happy than old and cranky. So yeah, given the chance to drive that thing, I'd peg the damn tach, I'd have it all sorts of ways sideways, and if I ended up dying in it I'd die a happy happy gearhead.

[Stimor]

is lewis hamilton going to die old and cranky :c?

[TestECull]

@Stimor Uhhh, no. The man has a wonderful job and more money than anyone knows what to do with. He should be fine.

[TestECull]

Forgot to add he also got to drive Senna's MP4/4. That alone would make me happy for life, as I'm sure it did for him. He said it was on his bucket list after he got out of the car.

[MagicAyrtonforever]

@TestECull Yean and what if you were paralyzed? ever stop to think about that?? then what? eh, eh?

[TestECull]

@MagicAyrtonforever I'd just shrug and see if I could get one of the flappy paddle cars from '93 or '94 and run in that instead.

Honestly, wouldn't bother me. The joy of feeling one of those old cars, those turbocharged monsters, at full chat would be enough to justify it. My life would be complete after driving that car.

[vinniesoares]

I agree when people says that racing cars years ago were for true men, but we must think one thing: can you imagine Lewis driving this car in the limit, crashing and diyng for absolutely nothing? It's sad that racing cars are not like the earlier days, but we must think before criticize.

[505197]

@vinniesoares If you race and crash to your death, it's for absolutely nothing also. For risk takers it's not about the money, he has plenty of that by now. It's about something else, the thrill , the challenge, cheating fate. Hand that car to 4 drivers and tell them fastest time wins they probably wouldn't ask what, they just want to beat the other three.

[vinniesoares]

@505197 Yes, of course. People here said that Lewis should ride this car on limit. I said it's too risky. Imagine if something happens to him. He has a big carrer on F1 and a whole life to live.

And he is one of the few pilots that has the desire to race and win for itself. It's beautiful!

[c15driver]

no dejo yo que conduzca este ni los coches de mi escalextric

[TioMon31]

@c15driver

Amén hermano.

[irishash85]

lol how embarassing

[JP23LFC]

I would imagine Lewis was briefed beore hand to take care of that "silver arrow", and not to rag the balls off it formulaone2014

[aliesneo]

@JP23LFC not to mention that a possible spin would mean lewis would be driving the next race without his head.

[formulaone2014]

Lewis Hamilton drove that like a pussy. He wouldnt have lasted two minutes in that era. That was when racing drivers were men.

[martynhenrystyles]

u twat of course he didnt push it. tht thing is like 10 times less safe thn a f1 car. if he flips that then his neck comes off

[MrMarshmellowMan100]

He woulda been told not to drive to fast. You know, that is a classic racing car, one of the very few of that make and model from it's time. If he crashed it, they wouldn't be able to just rebuild it lyk the brand new racing cars. The old ones are hugely expensive because of their classic status, and then if they had to build a new one it wouodn' be classic any longer.

[FRFM00]

LOL @ Lewis still aiming for the apex

[Enrikerfca]

No tienen ni retrovisores jajaja

[turboturtle2002]

gotta love the sound of that supercharger

:)

[aieljose]

that thing looks hilarious, and even more hilarious seeing him drive it. lol

[dadinho8469]

He is having a hard time changing gears...

[N1nj444]

hintti

[unlawf]

they shud go bak there i wud take a nurburing race over anyr ace period then spa monaco monza suzuka and the rest suck dick but singapore sicne its night

[PMcM1007]

yahoo ,, shumi is back,,,cant wait to see him against this wippa snapper,,,move over hamilton,,, the KING is back,,,,

gonna be great secound half to the season,,,,BERNI shud give shumacher half of his wages,,,,!!!!

[VolcanicICEman]

seriously even back then they must have known thicker tires = better traction common

[Taurim]

At that time (1934) it was not possible to build wider tires able to resist the load. The engine output of the W25 was 354hp for a 750 Kg car (1934 !!). Tires lasted only a couple of laps of the Nürburgring !

In 1937, Mercedes and Auto Union power output was well over 600 hp ! They installed double rear wheels on the Auto Union type C !!

[feodalherreantontell]

imaging rolling with that thing...

[brightasblackout]

The rear tyre on my motorbike is wider than those tyres

[wavefool]

Simple matter of matching road speed with output shaft speed of selected gear. No paddle shifters on that jewell.

Straight cut cam gears etc. Just imagine how much fun that must have been.

[kargul2a]

I wonder, what was the time of the lap... :P

[BrnoutJerzey]

LOL

and I think it's Nurburgring

[kargul2a]

yes, yes it is. :-)

[mahamza86]

I can only imagine the endurance of the old racers, That thing is loud as hell.

[vivaSchumi7]

pun him in out in a 200,000K replica!

[scoobyonline2000]

dam those bicycle tires!!!.. I know they're not but dam they look so small. Look @ 0:41. Wonder how they ever stayed on the rim!

[nowheelspin]

the way he drives he will seize the engine, terrible gear changes, dbbl clutch lewis,dbbl clutch.

[pakkinen]

you are right, actually Lewis asked Ralf what was he doing wrong in the gearchanges since he was testing it as well, and Ralf told him to do it

[SolarPL]

Heh it's not that easy to change gears with an non synchronized manual gearbox ;)

[ShizoluckyShizostar]

Looks like his ML63 is an automatic :D

[DannyBoySmith1993]

crap vid, he barely drove it!!

[olaosc]

LOL Kids these days just cant handle the double de clutching haha not the greatest drivers in the world anymore, the games consol era has taken over....... :(

[Chunkychucky]

Yes, very depressing to see supossedly one of the best drivers in the world struggling with a manual gearbox...

[sickbugz]

non syncromesh box... not just a normal manual box, hard to use

[danAGE364]

Nice sweeping statement there.

[wordreet]

Did it go into 'Get you home' mode??

[alx917]

typical lewis; slow & confused x D

[oOoironhideoOo]

i think i put my slow motion video buton ... lets put play again ...

WTF, its that slow !

[ferrariModenas]

hot dog on wheels

[vansoth]

What's wrong with him? Do his lawyers insist on this?

[hansworscht21]

Sounds like some shifting probs.

There is a big lever and a clutch Lewis !! ;-)

[vivaSchumi7]

dude... hes going like 4mph.... that was just stupid...i want him 2 DRIVE it

[DrDenisSaralho]

me too

[saenzlopez]

he push the limited speed button again.

[SummerTheFuzzy]

so cool !!!

[BOMBITAMORENO]

as fast as always!!!!!

[catalin357]

=))))

[mrbenyong]

1 word = MONOPOLY

[ruien1]

omg xD