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Nurburgring Crash

[rohmell]

A spectacular crash at the Nürburgring Nordschleife over the weekend resulted in the destruction of a Porsche 911 GT3 RS and a BMW M2. The Internet is divided over who is at fault, but there's much less room for debate over how lucky the drivers were, as they reportedly escaped without serious injury.

A dramatic video shows the crash, which reportedly took place during a Touristenfahrten session on Saturday, July 5, from multiple points of view. The video begins with footage from inside the Porsche; from this view, you can clearly see the GT3 RS going for a pass of the BMW when the M2 drifts back into the Porsche and sends both cars into the barriers.

A view from a track camera offers a different perspective of the crash. We see the cars approaching a turn when they make contact; the GT3 RS goes nose first into a barrier and the BMW strikes the Porsche in the rear. The result is a massive fireball, and the Porsche is thrown into the air.

The rest of the video shows the aftermath of the crash. Parts are strewn everywhere: a Porsche brake assembly is sitting on the opposite side of the track from where the car came to rest; the entire front of the car has been torn off, as well as the rear wing. The BMW didn’t fare much better — the car, which came to rest on the shoulder, has been completely obliterated.

However, one thing that stands out: despite the damage to both cars, their passenger cells are largely intact.

[kellyhound]

The track is notorious for its high crash rate. At least one a week or so. Think at least one dies per year there. One week before this one someone died in the notorious corner 11, The Schwedenkreuz.The track is 20.8 km and has 73 corners.

Compi of crashes that happened last year.

A fatal accident took place at the Nürburgring motor racing circuit in western Germany on Saturday afternoon, leaving one person dead and two others seriously injured.

The crash occurred around 4.20pm on the iconic 'Nordschleife' – the northern loop of the Nürburgring, often referred to as one of the most challenging and dangerous racetracks in the world. German media report that the accident happened at a notoriously tricky section of the track known as 'Schwedenkreuz', a fast left-hand bend.

According to early findings, a single vehicle lost control and went violently off the track in the corner. A 24-year-old man, one of the car's occupants, was killed instantly at the scene. The two other passengers were seriously injured, though their lives are not believed to be at risk, according to German media reports.

The Nürburgring is known for allowing thousands of drivers each year to take their cars onto the track. While accidents are not uncommon, fatal ones are much rarer.

[Mr.NoCredit]

Hey let’s take the car to the race track today! We can get groceries tomorrow.

[19fenrir86]

Well made cars. Not electric garbage.

[houseoftechno]

From that limited footage, it looked like Porsche driver was both inexperienced and reckless.

After the initial curve, the BMW driver swung to the right side to line up for the next curve, and continued to steer the car through the proper line until the Porsche hit him.

The Porsche driver approached the next curve from the left side, which is incorrect for that left curve, meaning centrifugal force would have pushed him off the right side of the pavement following the curve. My guess is the Porsche driver saw the BMW pull right (to line up for the curve) and mistook it for yielding to allow a pass, as if they were driving the Autobahn .

They were track racing and that spot was not appropriate for a pass.