VIDEO: 'Ring Battle! Porsche Carrera GT vs. twin-turbo E30 M3
We've seen plenty of great video shot at the world-renown Nurburgring, and this one ranks right up there. It all starts innocently enough, as a twin-turbo E30 M3 minds its own business through the turns, when a canary-yellow Porsche Cerrera GT just flies by the Bimmer's left flank. From there, the battle-royale insues.
The M3 held its own in the twisties against Porsche's fastest, but even with plenty of twice-turbo'd horsepower, in the straights the GT just blew the doors off the older BMW. It's interesting to note how many bugs met their demise at the hands of the Bimmer's windshield during the six-minute video. Maybe the bugs were attracted to that funky squeeze toy sound that popped up every time the BMW changed gears.
You can see the whole chase for yourself after the jump.
[Source: YouTube]
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Evotec 4:08PM (5/04/2007)
i would take the CGT over every BMW..
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BKadalur 4:17PM (5/04/2007)
the guy in the BMW was such a better driver. his lines were clean and smooth. the porsche was all over the place. the only reason he won, was of course a much faster car.
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Brett Kelley 4:17PM (5/04/2007)
Hmmm, methinks Herr Wanker was behind the wheel of that Carrera GT. I mean, we all know that the chassis of the M3 cars are race-bred designs, but seriously that GT is capable of pretty much losing any car, no matter what sort of tomfoolery is going on under the hood.
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BKadalur 4:21PM (5/04/2007)
the guy in the BMW was such a better driver. his lines were clean and smooth. the porsche was all over the place. the only reason he won, was of course a much faster car.
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Sherief 5:26PM (5/04/2007)
"funky squeeze toy sound"
It's called a Blow-Off Valve..
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E.J. 5:15PM (5/04/2007)
The driving of the guy in the carrera was just awful, this video wasn't about the capabilities of the bimmer but about how you shouldn't drive a porsche.
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DemaSRV 5:16PM (5/04/2007)
All I have to say is wow, that was fun to watch, although the BMW driver was MUCH better, and I liked the sound of the blow off valves...
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zach 5:28PM (5/04/2007)
I don't think its fair to assume that the Porsche driver is incompetent; it just seems that the BMW driver knows the track much better. I have to imagine that 0 runoff room might temper my courage a bit too if it was my 400000 dollar baby.
That said... that looks like way too much fun... i need to go to Germany.
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drunkenpublicness 5:37PM (5/04/2007)
Holy crap! I just noticed the M3 driver wasn't wearing a helmet!
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David Naylor 6:02PM (5/04/2007)
Is that an old Volvo 240 they pass, at roughly -0.26??
Haha... it sure looks like one.
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Kurt 6:22PM (5/04/2007)
passing on the 'Ring is strictly done on the left side (same as traffic laws). His pass of the 2 bikers in the very fast Kesselchen section could have easily resulted in tragedy.
Not wearing a helmet merely increases the probability that he'll someday be receiving a Darwin Award. Probably sooner than later.
Kurt
200 ring laps
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jvvv 6:19PM (5/04/2007)
My guess is that the GT wasn't even at 70% of its capacity. At some points you see him loose the BMW or let the BMW come back in un-twisty bits where it could lose the bmw easyly. And at the end the BMW driver just lifts it when the GT driver gives it a kick.
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jj 6:30PM (5/04/2007)
"My guess is that the GT wasn't even at 70% of its capacity."
70%?
More like 40%. That's a serious car.
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Jim 8:43PM (5/04/2007)
You guys talk like driving a Carrera GT is some easy thing to do. If you were driving a $500,000 mid-engine turbo monster then I bet you'd be driving a little conservative too. Both drivers did a great job, the M is just able to take some lines that the GT can't due to it's size. E30 M3 is such a fantastic car.
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JD 7:58PM (5/04/2007)
What the heck is that wierd blinking gauge on the left side of the middle 3 gauges on the Bimmer? Any thoughts?
The Porsche driver probably didn't know the track as well. That guy in the M3 looked like he knew his stuff, and even if you know how to drive a racing line, you simply aren't that awesome the first time around. Or the second, for that matter. :)
But what an incredible race track. Any footage of that place is good footage in my book.
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FSCCAracer 8:04PM (5/04/2007)
Neither of them were driving good lines - or even close to the limit. Looks like they were having lots of fun though!! How could you not?
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Bob-o 8:22PM (5/04/2007)
Or maybe the GT driver had A LOT more to lose than the E30 driver. $8k vs $440k...hmm. Yeah. I wouldn't do it either.
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darkmastyr 8:45PM (5/04/2007)
The blinky gauge is an Wideband A/F gauge.
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pete 8:49PM (5/04/2007)
"What the heck is that wierd blinking gauge on the left side of the middle 3 gauges on the Bimmer? Any thoughts?"
boost guage most likely.
either that guy plays a lot of gt4 or a he's well-season vet of the 'ring. the bmw is toying w/ the cgt. many chances to pass. and he let the cgt go on at wehrseifen. he was at partial throttle.
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John Paul Rowan 9:00PM (5/04/2007)
There is no way the BMW should be able to keep up with the CGT under braking given that the CGT has some of the best carbon brakes in the world.
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