wow they had to slide around the corners with these monsters? these guys had some serious balls i wish i had a time machine to go see at least one lap! =)
nunca fue igualada la puesta a punto del motor..los componentes no son los mismos,al parecer el carburador del restaurado no es igual o no tiene las piezas originales...el original permitia un buen arranque cuando estaba lo suficientemente caliente..v 16..unos 570 hp
@searcherboy No helmet, no seat belt, no air-bag and no roll-bar would ever help in a crash at 270 mph.
In fact, it wouldn't even help at 70 mph really. Most crashes occur at significantly lower speeds, where (and only there!) those safety measures are effective.
There's a difference between mph and kph. Even the world record attempt streamliner was only up to about 250mph, but that's not taking anything away from people like Nuvolari and Caracciola who drove these things. 200mph on pre-WWII tyres and suspension tech is a terrifying concept.
Rosemeyer died at ~271mph not 250mph .. in his first run he reached 433km/h and toped the Mercedes record from the morning of the same day of 432km/h.. on the way back he lost controll because of a heavy sidewind. Because Rosemeyers run was incomplete Mercedes holds even today the record for the fastest speed ever driven on a public road with 432km/h since 1938!!!!!
Befor F1 the race were simple called Grand Prix races..
Those Autounion cars are incredible - my favorite classic racecar! Good to Audi showing it's racing heritage. Audi's dominance in World Rally, IMSA GTO, BTCC, and now ALMS is extremely impressive.
wow they had to slide around the corners with these monsters? these guys had some serious balls i wish i had a time machine to go see at least one lap! =)
CaptainBig8IIIIIID 6 months ago
nunca fue igualada la puesta a punto del motor..los componentes no son los mismos,al parecer el carburador del restaurado no es igual o no tiene las piezas originales...el original permitia un buen arranque cuando estaba lo suficientemente caliente..v 16..unos 570 hp
sinfoneura 9 months ago
THE UNION CAR..320 a 340 kmh..0 a 60 en unos 4.5 seg
sinfoneura 9 months ago
Huge engines, high speed, skinny tires. No helmets, no roll bars. No wonder so many of the drivers were killed.
searcherboy 1 year ago
@searcherboy No helmet, no seat belt, no air-bag and no roll-bar would ever help in a crash at 270 mph.
In fact, it wouldn't even help at 70 mph really. Most crashes occur at significantly lower speeds, where (and only there!) those safety measures are effective.
Wochensau 9 months ago
1:12 is just awesome!
gumby1008 1 year ago
@gumby1008 world's first drifters
FORTY848 1 year ago
@nagmashot bernd rosemeyer had balls like water melons
DaBoogie049 1 year ago
love the way it has a steering wheel like a bus and they are drifting them on skinny tires
gumby1008 1 year ago
And these cars were designed using a slide rule, no computers.
spencnaz 1 year ago
1:15 it's drifting into the corner. how sweet is that! ^_^
These babys, together with things like the blackbird SR71 i think are truely amazing engineering!
bartjooh 1 year ago
Did anyone noticed how much correction the driver had to do when driving the Auto Union V12?
I really have respect for them for going so fast in such so unstable cars. What great mens ! That's the pure side of racing.
Lapierre440 2 years ago 4
Anyone know what programme this is??? I want to watch the rest of it!!
rickbxx 2 years ago
200+ in one of those? That would be terrifying! No wonder people died so often before the middle to late eighties
Wormtail81 3 years ago 6
Actually, it only seems fast because you don't own a German car...some of these versions were actually doing upwards to 300MPH...
Think AUDI at Le Mans...only this was the birth of the Golden Era.
RStarga 2 years ago
There's a difference between mph and kph. Even the world record attempt streamliner was only up to about 250mph, but that's not taking anything away from people like Nuvolari and Caracciola who drove these things. 200mph on pre-WWII tyres and suspension tech is a terrifying concept.
Resound 2 years ago
200mph in those skinny(ish) tires? Thats pretty scary! God the Germans make some nasty good stuff!
madjimms 2 years ago 3
they werent doing close to 300, land speed record cars were maybe around 300 in the '30s. the streamliners did about 250, but it never raced
macmacma 2 years ago
Got Gran turismo ?
Find the Auto Union race car.. and take it for a drive.
Its a pain in the ass :D
GlennnD 2 years ago
its got a bus steering wheel
mudaphucker 3 years ago
fuck ya! thats how they DO IT
macmacma 2 years ago
crazy,
mburleigh8 3 years ago
Rosemeyer died at ~271mph not 250mph .. in his first run he reached 433km/h and toped the Mercedes record from the morning of the same day of 432km/h.. on the way back he lost controll because of a heavy sidewind. Because Rosemeyers run was incomplete Mercedes holds even today the record for the fastest speed ever driven on a public road with 432km/h since 1938!!!!!
Befor F1 the race were simple called Grand Prix races..
nagmashot 3 years ago 20
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"One of the first GP cars" Thats just crap.
argh1989 4 years ago
they could reach 400km/h. Pilots had burnt hands because of the heat inside.those are pioneers
eikropf 4 years ago
200 mph on such skinny rubber... those drivers must have needed porters to carry their gonads.
louswire 4 years ago 36
yes, one of the modern F1 drivers tested one of these and said they must have been crazy to dare to race them in the 1930's
rubbers sure,but what about drum brakes? no wings? wire wheels?
WASPTexas 3 years ago 7
Those Autounion cars are incredible - my favorite classic racecar! Good to Audi showing it's racing heritage. Audi's dominance in World Rally, IMSA GTO, BTCC, and now ALMS is extremely impressive.
a4qt 4 years ago 5
v16 is record speed car on autobahnen, v12 blower car is f1 car
ladaladaladalada 4 years ago
Nonsense. Both cars were grand prix race cars, and both were used in speed records.
None of those cars was aver used in F1; F1 started not until 1947, when those Auto Unions cars weren't in use anymore.
lolle18 4 years ago 8