Not that BMW's Sauber F1 car has anything more than three letters in common with cars that bear the propeller logo on public streets, but who's going to argue with the opportunity to lay down the tools early? Hotshoe Nick Heidfeld recently treated a crowd of laborer's at BMW's Munich factory to the spectacle of a big-dollar race car being treated like a hand-me-down Reliant, complete with a body-damaging finale. The shriek of a high-strung F1 racer while it slides around doing lurid donuts is a thing to behold, but the smile quickly fades when the front splitter gets tangled up in the curbing and ripped off the nose. Whoops. Video after the jump - Thanks for the tip, Ovidiu![Source: YouTube via Zercustoms]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Franz @ May 6th 2008 5:23PM
This video is so old. This event was on the 23rd of April.
mock @ May 7th 2008 9:01AM
I was about to say the same thing.
BAMF @ May 7th 2008 12:49PM
Who cares?
Wally @ May 6th 2008 5:26PM
What beautiful music that is.
Doug @ May 6th 2008 5:27PM
Oh that's beautiful. I wonder if the nose/wing assy is now on ebay?
John Johnson @ May 6th 2008 5:30PM
That part gets replaced in like 20 seconds :P.
H4MM3R @ May 6th 2008 5:36PM
It gets removed in ONE Second.
Matt Keller @ May 6th 2008 5:38PM
Good thing engadget isn't like this. Or else I'd only be reading about the Eee PC right now.
Brian @ May 6th 2008 6:00PM
And 5 weeks later you'd be deluged with a flurry of "EeePC clone" posts as the editors discover new ultraportables with childlike glee.
smokin' @ May 6th 2008 6:01PM
To hell with doing donuts in a parking lot. Send Nick back to the 'Ring and turn him loose. We need a new ultimate track record to ooh and aah over.
f3rg @ May 6th 2008 6:07PM
The video may be "old" but that F1 shriek never gets old.
Philthy @ May 6th 2008 6:31PM
It's so frustrating continuously seeing tardy reporting and less-than-perfect standards of professional journalism on a... oh that's right, it's a blog. A free one. And I haven't seen this before, so I'm quite happy to have Autoblog throw people stuck in last month like me a line every now and again.
MikeofLA @ May 6th 2008 7:11PM
AMEN to that! Thank you Autoblog for being free, consistently up to date, and having something fresh every hour or so. I forgive you for occassionally missing the boat on something as nonconsequential, all be it interesting as this. I LOVE the Auto Industry!
steve @ May 6th 2008 8:03PM
thats what happens when the brakes dont heat up and you try and stop
inteller @ May 6th 2008 10:57PM
I have a package of FAIL here for one Mr Nick Heidfeld.
Tom Winch @ May 7th 2008 2:37AM
Here's a better video of Graham Rahal doing donuts in the BMW F1 car at CES in Las Vegas a few months back.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sCmHMkqACus
It's a much better video and he doesn't hit anything!
MachinaDC5 @ May 7th 2008 6:08AM
I'm sure it'll be nothing to fix an inexpensive car like that.
XD
Pdexter @ May 7th 2008 8:23AM
Must have been a bit embarrassing to fast Nick.
I have seen Toyotas F1 doing some donuts here in Finland 1-2 years ago and as i have attented to couple of F1 races already it has to be said that burning your tires with F1 car just dosent make justice to it compared to see these machines race. Thought still a experience to hear those F1 engines.
multilexus @ May 7th 2008 10:08AM
Nothing to be embarrassed about. I bet it'll buff right out.
Ford Tang @ May 7th 2008 12:23PM
I'd just like to comment that the BMW logo isn't a propeller.
Thanks.