Video: with historical zilverpijlen on the Nürburgring

Posted on 05-07-2013 at 19:56 by maru – 15 Comments”

Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton had the honor to get behind the wheel of the Mercedes-Benz W 196 and W 154 place to take a lap on the Nürburgring. A beautiful inspiration for the Formula 1 race this weekend.

With a silver arrow on the ‘Ring and ride is a dream for anyone who has even a little bit of the history of the famous German circuit in kent. The legendary Nordschleife and the silverpijlen are closely linked. The verfloze racing cars are born on this soil, when Manfred von Brauchitsch in 1934, his victory is obtained with the W 25.

The cars that the two F1 drivers, a round could drive were also not just two verfloze zeepkisten. Rosberg took place in the Mercedes-Benz 1954 Type W 196, with which Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss 9 of the 12 races won, and Fangio the championship holds. Hamilton reed in the Mercedes-Benz 1938 Type W 154. Rudolf Caracciola won with this car in 1938, the European championship. Thanks to a brilliant intuition about the afwateringsplaten to drive instead of right overhead, got the Caracciola-Karussell his well-known name. Hamilton looks back with pleasure to this experience.

I was lucky enough to drive a Mercedes W154, a Grand Prix car from 1938-39, on the old Nurburgring Nordschleife on Thursday. And my team-mate Nico Rosberg was in the 1954 W196. I know the Nordschleife really well now – I first drove it eight years ago in a Smart car. I really love that track. As some of you will know, it’s the most incredible 14 miles of twists and turns, rises and dips, crests and compressions through the Eifel mountains. We did a whole lap. We weren’t flat out – we had a cameraman in front of us – but I pushed on a couple of corners and it did not feel safe compared to what we are used to.

We look all too happy about the shoulders of the two lucky winners. See HERE how the zilverpijlen about the ‘Ring sjeesden. For those who can’t get enough of the silver cigars, there are also on-board images, banging pipes, and a look behind the scenes.

Gallery: Nurburgring zilverpijlen

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