It has been 10 years since a Formula 1 car was pushed with gusto on the well-known Nurburgring Nordschleife. Daniel Ricciardo will change that on September 9 2023.
The Red Bull reserve driver will tackle the Nurburgring Nordschleife in a present run that can have the followers frothing at the mouth.
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THE NURBURGRING NORDSCHLEIFE WAS REMOVED FROM THE F1 CALENDAR DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS
We have to suppose again to 2007 when Germany’s Nick Heidfeld drove round the Nordschleife in a Formula 1 demo, adopted by Michael Schumacher in 2013 as a part of the 24-hour race, in accordance to Nurburgring.de.
F1 aborted returning to the monitor after Niki Lauda’s catastrophic crash in the 1976 German Grand Prix that noticed him endure critical accidents. The Austrian was to be alive after he managed to escape from large flames in a crash.
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IT REMAINS ONE OF THE WORLD’S TOUGHEST RACE TRACKS
The Nordschleife interprets to Northern loop and consists of the previous F1 monitor and the new part. It is 22.8km lengthy with 73 turns and is thought to have a number of totally different climate adjustments at totally different locations on the monitor.
According to Road and Track, the present lap document is held by the Porsche Porsche’s 919 EVO with a time of 5:19.55 set by Timo Bernhard in 2018.
It’s unlikely that the jovial Ricciardo will try to higher Bernhard’s time, but it surely’ll nonetheless be nice to see a contemporary F1 car taking up the ‘Green Hell’ as the Nurburgring Nordschleife is often recognized.
The Australian has held a troubled few seasons at McLaren earlier than returning to Red Bull in 2023 in a reserve driver function.
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Relive Michael Schumacher’s lap round the well-known Nurburgring Nordschleife race monitor in a Mercedes-AMG F1 car, through Youtube:
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