News Details

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 Similar acts of bravery would be...
Full Story »
3y ago from espnF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Schumacher praises Schumacher: "His learning...

The upcoming Grand Prix weekend at the Nürburgring is already...
3y ago from GPBlog.com

"I can't imagine he won't be driving Formula 1...

The upcoming Grand Prix weekend at the Nürburgring is already...
3y ago from GPBlog.com

Racing Point points to Ferrari: 'At the moment Vettel...

Sebastian Vettel makes the switch from Ferrari to Aston Martin in 2021....
3y ago from GPBlog.com

Wolff backs Domenicali to avoid ‘artificial' F1...

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff believes Formula 1’s new CEO Stefano...
3y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Acosta heralded following debut MotoGP podium at...

Pedro Acosta received high praise following the Portuguese Grand Prix,...
16h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Kalle quickest in Safari shakedown

Reigning WRC champion Kalle Rovanperä set the benchmark time in Wednesday...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

The story behind Arsenal beating City to signing of...

There is a word Mikel Arteta repeatedly plumps for during recruitment...
45m ago from SkySports.com

Rodri vs Rice: battle of the 'lighthouses'

An integral position in the Pep Guardiola school of football is the...
45m ago from SkySports.com

Arsenal interested in 26-year-old former player who...

AC Milan midfielder Ismael Bennacer may be available to sign in the...
55m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.