Honda S2000 Hot Lap of Nurburgring, overtakes and overtaken

[JTSX1]

his rev matching skills are horrible

[kewlbean]

Great Video. I love my 2006 S2K! It would be a dream to drive it there.

[quenchedinlife]

Car sounds great. Could of been much faster in some of the corners, but great effort.

[OoNISMOoO]

A proposito, mi son permesso di postare il tuo video sul gruppo anch'io giro al ring che ho fondato su facebook

[officenoia]

uma bosta o cara nao sabe reduzir acelerar ...

credo que lixo..

detesto amadores..

digitem assim la na caixa de busca.

"honda s2000 mugen@ "

[anddenis]

@officenoia Não ví nenhum vídeo seu com conteúdo melhor ou demonstrando suas habilidades. Desta forma, falar é facil.

[Elbarto1277]

I love the stock sound of a S2000!

[4godaddygo]

this is not a hot lap my mom drives better faster than this

[againat5]

very strong. Love your driving style your doing good. Enjoyed the vid and nice car. Love the s2000 for their cornering speeds.

[boxinggrate]

are honda s2000 6 speed gear box

[abnormalmindset]

yes

[scrow619]

@boxinggrate yes.

[truelegendinblack]

@boxinggrate yes

[GasVein]

That yellow Porsche was a ghost! I can't get over the way it disappeared.

[JeefCakes]

There's an awful lot of computer chair gurus here.

I'd never go flat out at the ring in my own car that I need to drive back in.

[jamestz1989]

what are u doing to ur poor car. no heall and toe not even matching the revs wen changing down. it sounds violated! letting off on corners u shud have it flatout on. at bout 3.30 ur talking about brakes being abused with 400 miles. theres no way you done 400 mile of this awsum ring and why use the brakes aat the speed ur doing?!?!?! heres a tip. buy granturismo....practice abit then go back and mek a deacent video instead of u driving to the shops like on this one! hot lap? not even luke warm.

[JeefCakes]

@jamestz1989 Gran Turismo? I'd recommend GTR Evolution off Steam with a Logitech G25/7 myself.

You do realise this is a tourist day in a road car right? Not a guy making a living from it in a million pound race car...

[dkpaullo]

where is the heel & toe

[FocSrallyX]

Exellent video. Great driving. Id love to be in your shoes. I got the S but getting to Germany is a whole other story. Nice Job take it easy

[jagajiga]

small driver skill

[JeefCakes]

Good smooth run that. A good base to build up on for next time.

[jamestz1989]

a good base to build up on for next time??? hes done 400miles of the place. how much base is there to build on? lol

[JeefCakes]

@jamestz1989 The lines are correct, and it's neat. You thing you build on is your own confidence, and how much you're willing to gamble the road is safe ahead and commit to flat out blind corners.

Things like rev matched down-shifts can be learned off the track and then also be added in to the mix so you can brake later.

The important thing is knowing the track and getting the lines right first. Doesn't matter if it takes 4 laps or 400 if you have the money to do so.

[KilluaXIII]

nice try, but you need great skill to be able to use the advantages which the s2000 has over other production cars. unfortunately with the way you drive it looks like you're in an MX-5. don't be happy with 9:10, even morons can do 8:39 with the s2000 on that track. try to improve and good luck with that

[ryanissuper]

The fastest stock S2000 ever is an 8:39! Good luck beating Horst von Saurma.

[raywn]

@ryanissuper and that's for a full lap too, which is about an extra 30 seconds on top of a BTG time.

[ap2inthedeep]

@ryanissuper yeah but he set that time with the old first gen s2000. the cr would have ran a better time or even the base ap2.

[myassright]

you are a moron under 10:00 is a great time look at the top gear show when they drove the ring

[isuckcockalot]

Yea 10:00 is a great time in a jag diesel........ not an s2000 sabine schmitz nearly got a ford transit round in 10:00

[typeRF20c]

MOUAH F20C fuck turbo fuck v6 fuck all other !!!!!

2L NA The Power Of Dreams...

[Pogost1ck]

Rrrrriiiiight...

[typeRF20c]

oh yes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[josh4760]

I'm not at all surprised that they did 400 miles in laps. The lines the driver was taking were very good for being amateur. This track is arguably the hardest track. very good job!

[aalexsuprun]

I have to do this before I die....twice

[JeefCakes]

@aalexsuprun ... like die.. CPR then die again?

[aalexsuprun]

Exactly.

[GeorgeRGl]

NICE INTERIOR!!

[inurkiewicz]

Very poor downshifts, fairly good lines. Doesn't sound like you're keeping the revs in the power band though. All in all a rather good effort considering you're probably an amateur. I'd love to go to the ring in my s2k...

[GeorgeRGl]

If you're such hot shit, why did you buy an S2000? A convertible is hardly the kind of car a racing truist purchases. No offense to the S2k, great car. I just don't like your comment.

[inurkiewicz]

What's that got to do with anything I wrote? The S2000 is a perfect car for a racing enthusiast, it's the essence of sports car motoring. And it can be used daily, looks good, fuel consumption is very low - what else could you want?

So what that it's a convertible, it was designed as one from the start. Driving with the hood down when the weather is right is a fantastic experience.

[GeorgeRGl]

I agree with everything you said. But when you criticize one's driving on the longest and most difficult track in the world the implication is that you respect yourself as being much more than an "amateur" driver. If so, 0-60 in over 5 seconds and poor high-speed handling dynamics would not be a satisfying car. The S2000 simply put, IS an amateur car. A great car nonetheless. Strip out an E36 M3 or do some mods to a 993 Carrera for the same price and have a real race car.

[inurkiewicz]

You don't have to be a racing driver to notice bad shifts and wrong gears.. It's not a criticism, it's an OBSERVATION. Learn to distinguish the two, you're making a fuss out of nothing.

[GeorgeRGl]

Fair enough mate

[lowbudgethero]

inurkiewicz, he was probably just driving conservatively you don't just go out and take a course like that

[bigorangetrucker]

would i love to make a pass around that racetrack with my car. yummmmm.

[oziumzx]

LOL Most of the people criticizing the driver in this video have only driven the Ring on a Sony Playstation.

[nikkolassey]

Xbox 360 :D

[donisthabomb1]

lol agreed.

and i have mastered the ring on my playstation!

[Phizzle81]

Nice crack in the windscreen.

Matches your ability to match revs when you downshift, noob

[sundin57]

Yeah he drags the revs up with the clutch when he downshifts.

Cool vid tho

[lamboguy02]

i luv the way that all the amercans thick that europe has no motor sports in it

no corce we dont hahahaa

[safetydriverk]

へたくそ

[mordeth14]

if the driver would lose couple of pounds it would shave off 5 seconds on the time, cuz s2k don't have a lto of torque to carry all that weight around, still nice driving in one of my dream cars

[djmorokko]

Poor driving skill. I´m sorry, but my grandmother would be faster.

[JainYuan]

i wonder how the amuse s2000 would do on this track .... one thing i gotta do before i die is buy a s2000 fully tune it amuse style and then race on this track to beat the fastest public s2000 lap time

[mattcassady]

i just wasted almost ten minutes of my life watching this...

[john21percent]

very nice sound!!!

[kongbingyuan931202]

nice driving out there!!

[appletoeat123]

u drive very slowly for 400 odd miles of lap time, but anyway nice vid all the same, good luck with the driving. enjoyable to watch!

[tooomah]

sounds sweet but you drive slow and for ever.

nice vid

[ElChungSi]

The bombbbb !!! FUCKING HATE IT ! All i do is dream and dream and dream and dream some more , when am i gone get the s2000 ??? i need 15,000euro's ! ( Hint hint ! ) Would kill for that sound

[MagicAyrtonforever]

Nice heal and toe.. engine is pretty much a touring car engine :D

[Senninha1960]

400 miles would be 29 laps of the Nurburgring!! Lot of laps boys!

[snemzixor]

Driver is to fkin SLOW man !!!! i own that car and it gose MATCH MATCH FASTER !!!!! if ur that slow man go get the nissan micra or smthing :P

[MIP1983]

Well lets see you're Nurburgring vid where you go faster than 9:10 then...

[snemzixor]

1st of all am fro cyprus...

2nd of all i know how fast the s2000 gose coz i got 1

3rd and the oficial lap time of the s2k i nurb.. is around 8.30 mints..

[MIP1983]

Unless YOU can actually do it, you're not in a position to call it slow. I'm not from Germany either, I've still been round Nur. And I've driven 2 s2000's, one stock, one with a comptech supercharger.

[snemzixor]

oh and btw...am a kart driver for like 12 years...i can tell if the car is pushed to limits or just gose fast..look at this guy in the corners he wont push the gas.... oh and btw my s2k is almost fully upgradated .. also it's THE JAPANISE version witch is MATCH more agresive and fast.... if u want to say somthing true about car then u better go read something...and btw the s2k get almost the grip of NSX !!!! NSX TEST DRIVER WAS SENNA GUSE HOW FAST THAT CAN GO !!!

[petunia21186]

You sound like a 12 year old on fantasy island bragging about a car which you clearly don't own...do yourself a favor and grab a napkin so that you can wipe off all the bullshit that's coming out of your mouth!

[petunia21186]

4th You need a desperate lesson in grammar and spelling!

[snemzixor]

we are speaking about cars u dork...and if u dont know anything about cars then stfu and watch the clip...pozer

[petunia21186]

(said the 12 year old kid that couldn't spell correctly)...LOL, look who's talking...if anyone's posing it's you, with your bullshit claim that you're a kart driver and that you know how to tell a fast car from a slow one...LMAO...if you were truly a kart driver for 12 years, then you wouldn't be posting here talking out of your ass about something which you clearly have NO knowledge on.

[couchs2000]

I wouldn't say hitting 133 mph down Schwedenkreuz is slow, my friend. Anyway, lets see your Ring video and I'll freely admit how crap I am (or not).

[snemzixor]

show me a ring i cyprus that i can go with my s2k and am on my way ... as i said we dont have ring's for cars... and i a kart driver not a car :P

[MIP1983]

Do a road trip, I drove across four countries to go round Nur. Either that or fly there, there are a few companies that'll rent you a track car. If you've enough cash for an s2k, I'm sure you can afford a holiday to Koblenz to go ring driving ;)

[snemzixor]

man my car was 30k euros ... but still is my CAR

i dont have money to spend on trips :P i need money for a turbo kit now :D

[snemzixor]

i didnt ment it the way it sounded ... ur not crap ur just slow..

[couchs2000]

The video lap wasn't THAT fast as my car was brand new at the time. I am now down to about 8:50 BTG and about 140 MPH on the straights. Which is respectable.

[petunia21186]

WOW!!! who the fuck taught you how to talk english?! You sound like a retard!

[imSkillz]

wow that guy in the gt3 looked like he knew what he was doing

[tonhon1]

Not a bad driver, you got he right idea. Just need to work on your rev matching to ease your clutch. Or do what my friend did and over rev his F20C and threw a rod. Nice vid man!

[dillydean]

yea not to shaby a bit shaby tho

[jimfastlane28]

Nice vid, ignore the tossers! Got an S2k myself and its going to the Ring next year. monkeyking, whats a Euro?? A pile of shit i would imagine!

[Kudozi]

I wouldn't call him a shit driver :D

I think he drove with a good steady pace, not going on the limit but also not taking too many risks.

[M0nK3yK11nG]

man ur a damn shit driver...

my Euro would probably with u...

[mh31223]

very bad driver

[MIP1983]

Very nice mate, smoothly driven. Looks alot less twitchy under braking than my celica was round there. Beautiful place, can't wait to go back.

[couchs2000]

I'm the driver of the S2000 with the red leather. My car was new when this was taken.

Nice to hear the odd compliment and bloody hilarious to get ribbed by people who will probably never drive on the Ring in their lives, let alone beat 8.40 minutes bridge to gantry

[ianwatches]

i also drive an s2000, ap1, but i live in las vegas... very very far from the ring. however, it is my main goal in life to drive an S on it. ;)

[snemzixor]

push it to the limit man dont worry it will never go of track... unless u want to...

[ZeFinalStraw]

why go to the ring with a 9,000 rp/m car when you can't change the gear quickly, and can't even heel and toe you moron. you americans are really really dumb. all bragging and no brains.

[DarkBlueMark]

Hot lap??

[zhjiln]

man i wished i liived in germany.. !!!!

[Pocketafro]

man i wished i lived in honda s2000!

[imsgoalie]

Well done, I thought.

[willywonka4340]

Cireous,

Heel and Toe and rev matching is not as hard as you say it is. I'm convinced that anyone can learn how to do it, given time. Do it every time you drive, and don't give up. NEVER SAY NEVER! Good luck, and have fun learning! :)

[willywonka4340]

cont. from part 2 - The real deal has way too many bumps to upset the car's balance and a lot narrower and taller/steeper drops than you can EVER IMAGINE. The Europeans apparently knew a thing or 2 about this stuff we call racing that we Americans have no clue of. This Brit guy in the S2k may not know how to heel and toe, but I'll bet he can pass both you and I on that German track like we're both tied to a pole. BTW, name-calling and fwy racing is reserved for juvenile teenagers.

[willywonka4340]

cont. from part 1- Before my visit to Germany, I thought nothing in the world beats Malibu in difficulty level-not even the Ring (I was convinced GT4 sim is exactly like the real deal, lol). Well, after my 2 hrs. of driving bliss on the Nordschleife on March 19, 2006 from 4-6pm, I was truly humbled. Cireous, possibly drove the Ring like I did, was right to a tee. (to be cont.)

[willywonka4340]

(PART 1) Hello Mattmckenzies. I'm a Malibu Cyn Rds. regular on a 2-4 nights per week basis since 2002 (I'd be at the bottom of Tuna Cyn. 2-4 min. before anyone else can--my best time is 3 min. 40 sec. in an Elise and 4 min. 45 sec. in an AP1 S2000), but also visited the Nordshleife last year. (to be continued)

[cireous]

Yes, another internet pro.  Even if you did own a 911 which I highly doubt you do. You would probably be scared shitless on the Ring, and even if you were to beat this S2000. Who cares? It's a much more expensive and more powerful car.

[cireous]

I like how everyone writes about how they could drive so much better than this guy. Heal and toe isn't as easy as it seems in the movies and shows you guys are watching on the internet. Neither is rev matching. Apparantly everyone is an expert on youtube. Remember this is a road car, I wouldn't be driving my own car to the limits at a race track.

[cireous]

Also, the Nurburgring is alot rougher than it appears in videos and in video games. Going 120+mph over bumps and crests is alot easier done digitally than in real life. Especially in a road car with very little downforce and street tires. But let me guess, everyone here is a Pro.

[my87300zxt]

part 1 nice driving but like everyone else said I would heal and toe and you could of crushed that 9:10. also I noticed your kinda afraid around some turns I guess it might be because of not rev matching or just not knowing the track to much.

[my87300zxt]

part 2 but its just got the stock f20c with the 9k red line 240 hp. but to wunthang its a flat 6 not v-6 he would of giving it a nice fight if he heal and toed but sounding american I would imagine he doesnt live there and race it everyday like that porsche driver(im assuming)and it would givin that porsche a good run cuz that porsche wasnt going that much faster

[willywonka4340]

Yeah you're right, I can HEAR the drawned out climb in rpm's as the clutch re-engages instead of that sharp, distinct "blip" when heel&toe/rev-matching. Ouch, that's gotta hurt the clutch at such high RPM's. I''m amazed the guy didn't spin out while downshifting this way. His technique is what explains how he had to slow down noticeably before entering a corner, a shame really because he was hammering it coming out of the corner. Nevertheless a good piece of driving. Thumbs up! :-)

[brotownkiwi]

This video would have been so much better if the driver had double de clutched and matched revs on each down change, doing this wouldnt have required braking, balancing the car nicely with trailing throttle. He should have achieved a sub 9 min lap time. The Honda was a much better drive than the driver.

[Chatchky]

chappy48....you're an idiot it feels a lot faster in person. The ring is not a proper race track, you cant flat out in a stock road car like Hans Stuck.

sutatscom, I'm assuming you're in S2Ki...nice vid!

[sutatscom]

Thanks for the compliment Chatchky. Unfortunately it wasn't me.

[ytunuame]

This car is not for that guy. Doesn't work with the gears, hasn't heard of heel&toe downshifts...

[XRacer6]

Nubergring is legendary in auto history. this track is nuts in gran turismo. but i wpuld be bithchen to drive it in real life

[lewolved]

it is not always about bhp...

[wunthang]

how is he goin to keep up with that "boosted v6 AWD" producing 300+hp!!

[EnnesX]

a 2 liter motor making 240 horsepower

[lunk2k]

Nice reving, whats under that hood.

[sutatscom]

Stock motor.

[chappy48]

Either he's playing it safe, he's never run the Nurburgring before, or he isn't that good of a driver. But I'm sure he's having the time of his life and I'm jealous.

[c7bledsoe]

The Nurburgring is a rather exclusive track to drvie on isn't?? Lucky guy you are. I would love to drive that course or something similar to it.

[sutatscom]

It's open to the public. :-)