120 km h 75 mph 175 km h 109 mph Bernhard s take on courage cor ners such as the Porsche Corners at Le Mans or the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring in the Schweden kreuz Fuchsröhre Klostertal and Stefan Bellof S track sections Bern hard is one of the most successful en durance racing drivers and became world champion with Porsche and Schaeffler in 2017 Since June 29 2018 the Nürburgring Nordschleife has essentially been nothing but a single courage corner On this brilliant summer day Bernhard wrote a very special chap ter of motorsport history in the Green Hell and redefined race car driving on the more than 90 year old mother of all motorsport arenas on setting his record in the Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo with 1 160 horse power In an incredible 5m 19 55s Timo Bernhard completed a lap on the 20 8 kilometer 12 9 mile Nord schleife of the Nürburgring nearly 52 seconds faster than Stefan Bellof in the Porsche 956 C 620 hp had 35 years earlier Bernhard s average speed of 233 8 km h 145 3 mph was about 31 km h 19 mph higher than Bellof s in 1983 Crossing hilltops like on rails Even though Porsche had pre pared its marketing activity in ev ery single detail Timo Bernhard had previously reeled off umpteen test laps in the German sports car manu facturer s race simulator and specif ically practiced the riskiest sections it still took a huge amount of cour age at the wheel of the LMP1 proto type trimmed for setting a record to approach that last bit of remaining grip Nine times per lap the Porsche factory driver broke the near 300 km h 186 mph mark drove through each of the 73 corners 40 to 50 km h 25 to 31 mph faster than in the pro duction based GT3 911 with 460 horsepower And suddenly some of the Nürburgring s courage corners Laguna Seca is not just any race track Laguna Seca is the left ven tricle in the rib cage of real racers says DTM record champion Bernd Schneider The highlight of a lap is the downward winding Corkscrew combination 1 Across a hilltop briefly bending toward the right the drivers approach the up to 18 percent drop of the left right combina tion blind 30 meters 98 feet below the ultra fast Rainey left hander follows 2 Incredible g forces are pulling on you there it s like a roller coaster ride says ex ChampCar champion and former F1 driver Cristiano da Matta CORKSCREW RAINEY LAGUNA SECA USA Breath taking downhill run first right then left through the Corkscrew S then down the drop and left through the Rainey high speed corner cockiness will only wind up destroy ing their lap time but not their cars To protect the drivers the mo ment of shock cast in concrete at Suzuka called 130R has long been defused as well Up until Allan McNish s crash in qualifying for the 2002 Formula One finale this flat out left hander on Japan s racing roll er coaster was a huge gamble Keep your foot on the gas pedal or briefly lift at 305 km h 190 mph McNish at the time kept his right foot down went into a skid and crashed through all barriers in his Toyota The Scot got away with some bruises and memory gaps On the first lap afterwards not even 24 hours after the crash I was care ful On the second lap I forced my self to attack this corner again And from the third lap onwards I had control of it again McNish recalls Also a record of courage A corner or combination of turns gives you a real thrill only if it s not just super fast but also doesn t forgive any mistakes This is Timo global 29

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