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The story behind Toto Wolff's lap record and huge crash at the Nurburgring
In an exclusive interview with N, Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff rewinds the clock to April 15, 2009 and the day he nearly killed himself attempting a new lap record at the Nurburgring's legendary Nordschleife... The Porsche 911 RSR was doing 189mph when the right rear tyre exploded and spat the car into the steel guardrail at the Fuchsröhre compression. Toto Wolff had eased off the throttle at that point of the circuit earlier in the day, but for this lap -- the hot lap to end all hot laps -- he had made a pact with his right foot not to lift. The Nurburgring Nordschleife is a 12.9-mile circuit next to the current Grand Prix circuit. Daimler
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