Alfa romeo alfa sud 1.5. lap of the nurburgring nordscliefe and GP

On board with Paul Plant on his 4th ever lap of the nurburgring nordschliefe and GP in a standard production 1.5 alfasud in qualifying for the eifelrennen 300km Race. Ends in a brush with the barrier after going off on oil.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• alfa romeo
• alfa sud
• alfasud
• arca
• eifelrennen
• race car
• Nurburgring
• nordschliefe
• ring

[sedicirich]

Flat out paul, did you do the full race after? How was it?

[alfacossie]

@sedicirich Hi there, I did do the full race. It was a wet start dry middle and damp end but it was awesome! I would highly recommend it to anyone as A must do in thier raceing career!!

[flatchatuk]

Not bad up until then, and glad you weren't badly hurt. But be honest, it was lift-off oversteer, not oil, and best pay attention to those yellows, eh?

[alfacossie]

@flatchatuk Nope it wasnt lift off over steer. If you look at the track just before the turn in point you can see the oil slick left by the car that had blown his engine. As for the yellow Flags, the international meaning of a stationary yellow is that the hazard is off the track so prepare to slow down. It should have in fact been the oil flag waved with a waved yellow. So in fact incorrect signalling from the marshals. I was 1 of 6 cars to crash before bringing out the correct flags!

[SimEnduranceRacers]

Nice driving! It's a shame there was oil on the road. Hopefully the car wasn't damaged much.

One day, I hope to take our 1.5 Alfa 33 for a race at the Nordschleife :-)