BMW F1 at Nurburging

Press Release

A modern Formula 1 vehicle was driven around the historic Nordschleife track at the Nürburgring in Germany for the first time in 31 years. A crowd of 45,000 witnessed BMW Sauber F1 Team driver Nick Heidfeld drive three laps around the 20.8 kilometre race track. His second lap, with a recorded lap time of 8:34, was his fastest. Heidfeld also reached a top speed of 275 km/h on the "Döttinger Höhe" straight despite the car's unusually hard demonstration tyres and short transmission ratio. The F1.06 was adjusted for maximum ground clearance to drive on the uneven traditional circuit. No other modifications were made to the vehicle.