Insane driver with a 469 HP Ruf Porsche around Nurburgring! - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

Gustav · 8th July 2001, 17:29

Have a look here, this guy is CRAZY! It's rumoured that the driver is Horts von Sauma, the chief editor of Sport Auto, and excellent German magazine. He is the one who have the lap record for standard cars on Nurburgring, with the Gemballa twin-turbo GT3 I think it was. But anyway, have a look at these, the second one is the most crazy... Se at what speeds he ovetakes the other cars: (around 12 MB each)

http://www.sjrixon.clara.net/Videos/Lap1.zip

http://www.sjrixon.clara.net/Videos/lap2.zip

Mattar · 8th July 2001, 21:52

That guy is CRAZY he was pushing it !

barilla · 9th July 2001, 00:22

Wow. He's a skilled driver. That was sick.

rvacha · 9th July 2001, 01:50

Love it!!! I absolutely would not EVER ride a bike on the 'ring tho! Imagine a Porsche being driven at 10/10ths screaming from behind - yikes!

Roy · 9th July 2001, 08:34

Gustav
That is Stephan Roser; AKA "Sideways Stephan". He was the test driver for RUF. The complete video can be had for about 60DM. Mine was free because I am a frequent visitor to Pfaffenhausen

Gustav · 9th July 2001, 14:43

Really? Sideways Stephan, sounds like an appopriate name! Hmm, I'll do some research and see if he have done some more "movies".

BlueBomber · 9th July 2001, 14:55

Wow!!

I wonder how many laps he can do before he has to change his tires!

Gustav · 10th July 2001, 00:28

Wow, an update on the site:

http://www.bmwm5.com/articles/tripbiturbo/alptrip_1.htm

My visit back in '98 at Ruf and BMW M. Have been down for a while, check it out!

I'löl publish that site in the mean time that I'm working on the Trip to Germany Part II

kgk · 10th July 2001, 01:08

I found his steering to be interesting. Sometimes he is clearly shuffle-steering, and other times he steers in the "racing" style, where he holds at 9 and 3.

I wonder when/why he decides to steer each way?

I was particularly interested at the various points where he has to "saw the wheel" back-and-forth. I presume that this is at moments when he is fighting to keep control of his car....

Very enjoyable!

MAVERICK · 10th July 2001, 03:58

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Originally posted by kgk
moments when he is fighting to keep control of his car....

Very enjoyable!

And, I might add, VERY SCARY!!!

Can you imagine sitting in the passenger seat with this guy? Yikes. I wonder if Walter Rohrl (Porsche's famous chief test driver) drives in a similar manner?

"Look, ma, no gloves!" My hands start to sweat just watching this hair-raising video. Hmmmm....wonder if Greg, in his 911T, can emulate "Sideways Stephen's" techniques?

Piece-of-cake, right, Greg?

Teutonaddict · 10th July 2001, 14:36

All right--I just had to track this down. This video, "Faszination," is available from the American RUF distributor, Stefania Corporation for $59 US. You can find it here.

http://www.rufautomobile.com/911.html

I gotta see this with higher quality output!

Enjoy!