It looks so easy when he drives, guess it's because he drives so clean. No corrections, every little control input is as precise as it gets. A true legend!
I mean the dude once drove an 037 in anger with crowds constantly playing Frogger in front of him, all while listening to pace notes and trying to avoid the cliff on the outside of the corner. I think this pretty much is a Sunday drive for him.
He always tell the truth! Porsche knows that. If the car is no perfect Race-Car for the street - they dont let Walter drive with passengers :) (Macan, Panamera, ....)
@@AntalopeAUT I'm sure Porsche marketing aren't fond of him. But the sad fact is those ratios are in there, in a GT car presumably used on track foremost. Sad for Porsche, marketeers are running the company
@@TheChannel1978 if you have bought this vehicle to exclusively throw it around on track, you would buy a gear box with custom ratios and retain the original gearbox for the next owner
@@mitchell-wallisforce7859 This was actually quite common earlier days, as far as I know, it was also the original purpose of the rolex daytona to time laps for example.
This video is very epic because 72 years old legendary racing driver Walter Röhrl is driving like a young racer. Still has great reflexes and concentration. Still he can go fast especially on tricky chicanes. Amazing job Henry! Love the video.
I was lucky enough to meet Walter in person this summer, and I have to tell you, if you’re a car guy or driving enthusiast, this man will talk to you like you’re being a life long friends. Awesome personality, very down to earth and will listen to everything you have to say. Propper lad.
On the flying lap he only changed up 3 times and down 3 times!! Which is ridiculous. A mere mortal driving the same lap could possibly get away with only changing gear twice.
If the transmission is normally intended for things like the new C2s with more power is it the transmissions fault? I’m guessing developing a new transmission would’ve been far too expensive.
@@TheMoonigans i know right, it's a great car if you want to constantly maintain a relatively high speed (100mph), the one thing which sucks about it is the top speed of each gear even the slightest traffic on the highway means i have to keep shifting between 1st and 2nd gear every time i brake which kinda sucks. i've been daily driving one for over 2 years now and it's been almost absolutely amazing. recently got an akrapovic exhaust on it and it now sounds phenomenal.
@@thomasbailey4139 could have stuck a shorter ratio differential/rear end in there, but they did it to make the performance gap between the GT4 and 3 what it is. It's intentional.
Rene Hourian oh so it’s the diff that handicaps it? What if you put a GT3 diff in it? I know they want to separate it between the more expensive big brother. Probably wouldn’t be great if this was faster for sales haha
Yes thats true. But as I'm aware Walter drove a Porsche and Michael a Ferrari. Michael was first in front and Walter hunt him nearly the whole lap but managed to overtake him at the end of the lap. But I'm pretty sure it was during a Touristenfahrten session and not while testing. By the way none of these two's realised while driving who was in the other car....they just realized it afterwards at DötingerHöhe;)
@@3000Payne ua-cam.com/video/lrXEKIZ4N5s/v-deo.html here he is telling the story. I am german and I confirm. There is no video from the track however, they just accidently drove on the same day in the same car and Röhrl overtook Schumacher.
Porsche was testing the GT2 while bringing a Ferrari 599 as a reference car. Walter, as a Porsche test driver, was driving the reference Ferrari while overtaking Michael on the same Ferrari. The next day, Michael was blaming Sachs (the Ferrari suspension supplier) for underperforming.
Absolutely incredible. I go to track days often, I drive myself and I sat beside some race drivers as well, but Walter Röhrl even at 72 drives better than anyone I've seen before. As clean and smooth as it gets, the man looks like he's out for a sunday cruise around the local winding roads rather than timing himself on a race track. Legend.
Lvl 9. Microsoft Certified Technician Well, what I meant is that his gear changes are fast. I admire your quest in defending precise facts, but sarcasm is sarcasm. 👍
Walter is such a chill dude. Going flat out the main straight into that mostly blind right hander over a hill and he's just super relaxed. Nothing in motorsport that this guy hasn't seen yet.
I had the good fortune to meet him in 2018 and quite agree that he is one of the greatest driver ever. His smoothness and car control at speed is second to none.
What time did he do ? And what time can you do Henry ? He said the gearing was tall, I thought it was a new pdk when I first starting watching, was he just using 2nd and 3rd ?
Henry, you ARE just so lucky, you get to go to all-over, living out of a suitcase.. and get to drive stuff most can only stare at thro' showroom windows.? And here you are, co-pilot to the great Walter Rohrl, a great hero to me.. you are lucky. I have met him a number of times and he is charming. But no drive offered. Damn.! Good work as ever. WF
If it wasn't for just how fast the road is shifting on cam, he looks like he's out for a sunday drive with the wife..... If he's this fast now..... how fast was he 40 years ago???? astonishing skills
Supreme driving skill. But it’s so frustrating how tall second and third gear are. Particularly on this tight track. Sounds like the car is mainly just out of its usable rev range
No corrections and his calm face make me think he is not driving at the limit, yet if I were there he would probably have filled my room mirror within a lap. Long live the Legend of legends, Walter.
This Ladies and Gentlemen is HOW it Done!!! None of the silly forcing the car sideways for drifting that so many insist is performance driving. Text book 'heel n' toe' perfect downshifts, quick clean upshifts, he 'eases' or 'bends' the car into turns as Sir Jackie Stewart advocated. A pleasure to see this, so many contemporary drivers could learn so much from this example.
Great stuff, Henry, as always. He is The Man. Really good to hear his views on my home circuit too - it is a wee roller coaster but forces drivers to think about lines, cambers and elevation change in a way that many more famous circuits don't
Henry I think your 2 best days of this year were the day you got to see the 718 GT4 in the spring with the designer and 2nd is today riding along with Walter Rohrl and to day i think you have the best job in the world. 👍
When someone looks more serene at 140 than some people do at 40, you know you're in safe hands!..and when Henry grins like a child in a sweet shop....a legend is at the wheel!!
People criticize me for not keeping my hands at "9.15" on the steering wheels when I drive on track, but this man, considered a legend, does the same thing. Now I have a video to tell them to piss off !
Dont compare yourself to Walter Röhrl. He is driving race cars for more than half a century and is still one of the fastest drivers on the Planet with over 70 years.
Had the privilege of seeing him in 1982 in a Audi Quattro Sport 500 at the start of the Lombard RAC Rally in Nottingham and when he took off we got covered in mud and we loved it ;-)
When he signed the contract with Lancia the year they won against Audi Quattro in Group B, everyone told him Lancia is so dangerous when you crash and this man replied "I don't plan to crash" and he won. What a legend....
Thats why Cars like Corvette C8 or GTR with all performance numbers cant get these Porsche customers switching brands..... its not all about numbers performance price, its about overall package and how much smile you get form this package, you put money into a machine aimed to make you forget your bad days and put smile into your face not a machine to make numbers that takes you to jail in 2 mins.....
Two things I have noted, Herr Röhrl is still incredibly smooth and very, VERY fast. And, having been to Knockhill before, I wanted to say it’s a wonderful little circuit.
I remember reading an interview from him, 30 years ago, he said about his driving, « I am seeking the excellence in the art of being perfect » obviously this is still the case.
in fairness that might be the car. Its hard to know if he'd do it himself, or showcase the cars ability to do it for you. I think the supper aggressive and fast rev matches are probably the car.
A story from Röhrl when was racing 24h of Nürburgring. Overtook a guy in the same class he raced in at night when it was foggy, after that he turned of the light of his car so the guy he overtook couldnt follow with his pace. This story i heared in a german podcast, and if its true you know why he is such a chilled dude in this video...
It looks so easy when he drives, guess it's because he drives so clean. No corrections, every little control input is as precise as it gets. A true legend!
Neawoulf Driving the track numerous times also helps.
Love how he uses every inch of the track, including the pit lane exit to enter the first corner as smooth as possible.
driven that track at least 50000 times 😂😂😂
@@BLITZKRIEG1How manycrashes would you have if you drove it 50,000 times?
The man is absolutely chill. He looks like he's out for a Sunday drive in the country. But, as they say, fast is smooth and smooth is fast!
Matthew Gaither lol... I was about to write the same thing then I saw your post. Definitely!
They being Jim Clark :)
Walter's follow through is so impressive. I'm looking at his apex and he's planning ahead for the next corner with panache.
I mean the dude once drove an 037 in anger with crowds constantly playing Frogger in front of him, all while listening to pace notes and trying to avoid the cliff on the outside of the corner. I think this pretty much is a Sunday drive for him.
@@Te1ecastermaster And you forgot the night races during heavy fog, zero visibility in the mountains
Love how Walter stays true to himself and critics the long second gear even if as a Porsche brand ambassador.
Yes, awesome man.
He always tell the truth! Porsche knows that. If the car is no perfect Race-Car for the street - they dont let Walter drive with passengers :) (Macan, Panamera, ....)
Which was Porsche´s exact reasoning when hiring Walter . Walter WILL tell them about every last little detail that isn´t "Porsche" in Walter´s eyes .
@@AntalopeAUT I'm sure Porsche marketing aren't fond of him. But the sad fact is those ratios are in there, in a GT car presumably used on track foremost. Sad for Porsche, marketeers are running the company
@@TheChannel1978 if you have bought this vehicle to exclusively throw it around on track, you would buy a gear box with custom ratios and retain the original gearbox for the next owner
He's so calm and collected. His steering inputs are so much smoother than most drivers I've seen!
You know a race driver is old school when he times the lap on his wrist watch
I'm wondering who of all f1 pilots have the heel and too skills like him
I have never seen anyone do something so badass.
@@mitchell-wallisforce7859 This was actually quite common earlier days, as far as I know, it was also the original purpose of the rolex daytona to time laps for example.
Walter Röhrls: times the lap on his wrist watch
Porsche's Sport Chrono Pack with a built in timer: Am I a joke to you?
@@tomgeboers2084 mi guess is Verstappen and Leclerc have never driven a manual gearbox
When you see that man start the clock in his wrist watch crossing the finish line, you know he is a legend.
Does anyone know what watch that is??
@@PFNasz My guess is a Omega Speedmaster
I looked again... not a speedmaster.. idk
We appreciate your silence. Thank you. I love the sound of the car. It soothes me.
Walter Rohrl never ages.. He's 72 and is still so damn competitive haha, great video!
the man who does not blink
You blink in Group B, and you end up inside of a tree
@@serialhater7360 With someone from the crowd in between
He even dont blink throw whole lap on Nordschleife
So at 3:17 he seems to look at his watch and shake his head! Was he not happy with that lap haha?
He's unhappy cos he hit the throttle a little too late coming out of the same corner. But he gradually became more aggressive as the video went on.
brisance exacly. He still challenges himself
This is how the real DRIVING HERO looks like...
Calm, 100% focused, enjoying every corner. Stunning content!
Thank You, Carfection.
Just so smooth and composed! The economy of his inputs is amazing. A real joy to watch!
"I don't like jumps"
Cars don't fly..
"If I want to fly, I would become a pilot. Not sit in a car."
The rally thing right.....
This video is very epic because 72 years old legendary racing driver Walter Röhrl is driving like a young racer. Still has great reflexes and concentration. Still he can go fast especially on tricky chicanes. Amazing job Henry! Love the video.
I could watch Mr. Rohrl's on board footage all day and be perfectly happy. More of this please!!
I was lucky enough to meet Walter in person this summer, and I have to tell you, if you’re a car guy or driving enthusiast, this man will talk to you like you’re being a life long friends.
Awesome personality, very down to earth and will listen to everything you have to say.
Propper lad.
This charming old man is really skillful.
The racing driver agrees its geared to tall
On the flying lap he only changed up 3 times and down 3 times!! Which is ridiculous. A mere mortal driving the same lap could possibly get away with only changing gear twice.
If the transmission is normally intended for things like the new C2s with more power is it the transmissions fault? I’m guessing developing a new transmission would’ve been far too expensive.
@@TheMoonigans i know right, it's a great car if you want to constantly maintain a relatively high speed (100mph), the one thing which sucks about it is the top speed of each gear even the slightest traffic on the highway means i have to keep shifting between 1st and 2nd gear every time i brake which kinda sucks.
i've been daily driving one for over 2 years now and it's been almost absolutely amazing. recently got an akrapovic exhaust on it and it now sounds phenomenal.
@@thomasbailey4139 could have stuck a shorter ratio differential/rear end in there, but they did it to make the performance gap between the GT4 and 3 what it is. It's intentional.
Rene Hourian oh so it’s the diff that handicaps it? What if you put a GT3 diff in it? I know they want to separate it between the more expensive big brother. Probably wouldn’t be great if this was faster for sales haha
Hands of a flipping surgeon. And when he set his watch for the lap without skipping a beat... priceless.
That guy overtook Michael Schumacher on the Nürburgring while testing with the same car!!
Shun-Hsing Cheng link or it didn’t happen.
Yes thats true. But as I'm aware Walter drove a Porsche and Michael a Ferrari. Michael was first in front and Walter hunt him nearly the whole lap but managed to overtake him at the end of the lap. But I'm pretty sure it was during a Touristenfahrten session and not while testing. By the way none of these two's realised while driving who was in the other car....they just realized it afterwards at DötingerHöhe;)
@@3000Payne ua-cam.com/video/lrXEKIZ4N5s/v-deo.html here he is telling the story. I am german and I confirm. There is no video from the track however, they just accidently drove on the same day in the same car and Röhrl overtook Schumacher.
Walter is one of few guys who remembers EVERY TURN of the Nordschlife. A living legend still sharp as ever.
Porsche was testing the GT2 while bringing a Ferrari 599 as a reference car. Walter, as a Porsche test driver, was driving the reference Ferrari while overtaking Michael on the same Ferrari. The next day, Michael was blaming Sachs (the Ferrari suspension supplier) for underperforming.
Röhrl is definitely one of my all time favourite road racing and rally driver. What a guy. 😍
Yupp,he didn't drive Audi S1 Quattros,he flew them just below take off speed. The man is not quite like us.
So beautiful in Miami Blue!
Amazing work from Porsche!
Absolutely incredible. I go to track days often, I drive myself and I sat beside some race drivers as well, but Walter Röhrl even at 72 drives better than anyone I've seen before. As clean and smooth as it gets, the man looks like he's out for a sunday cruise around the local winding roads rather than timing himself on a race track. Legend.
I already at this video by accident, and gosh, this is one of the best car/race/circuit videos that I ever watched. This guy is a freaking legend!
He has DSG fast gear changes!! That's what a real driver is. Thank you guys for the constantly amazing content!
*He doesn't have "DSG fast gear changes", because, well, that's impossible.*
Lvl 9. Microsoft Certified Technician Well, what I meant is that his gear changes are fast. I admire your quest in defending precise facts, but sarcasm is sarcasm. 👍
Really liked the camera work for the hot laps. The split screen worked very well
Same. The few seconds of the front camera filling the screen were a joy to watch.
Not sure Ive ever seen Henry look quite as happy. What a legend he is.
Notice how he concentrates, the passenger is just for ballast. A professional!
Walter is such a chill dude. Going flat out the main straight into that mostly blind right hander over a hill and he's just super relaxed. Nothing in motorsport that this guy hasn't seen yet.
I had the good fortune to meet him in 2018 and quite agree that he is one of the greatest driver ever. His smoothness and car control at speed is second to none.
Wow this is just ASMR
The drive by Walter Rohl is so smooth
He makes it look so easy. The engine noise the car makes is not like "wow" but so satisfying. Fantastic understated drive.
It’s fantastic seeing a motorsport legend like this tearing round my local track. Absolutely awesome!
Loved it, Mr Cool himself, and he shows no emotion or stress what so ever. 👏👏
What time did he do ?
And what time can you do Henry ?
He said the gearing was tall, I thought it was a new pdk when I first starting watching, was he just using 2nd and 3rd ?
Henry, you ARE just so lucky, you get to go to all-over, living out of a suitcase.. and get to drive stuff most can only stare at thro' showroom windows.?
And here you are, co-pilot to the great Walter Rohrl, a great hero to me.. you are lucky.
I have met him a number of times and he is charming. But no drive offered. Damn.!
Good work as ever.
WF
You are incredibly lucky to be doing this with such a legend.
He drives with such elegance. So smooth and relaxed. What a legend.
So smooth, so precise, and uses every centimeter of available track (ie. curbing ).
Outstanding content Carfection!
What a pleasure to watch.
If it wasn't for just how fast the road is shifting on cam, he looks like he's out for a sunday drive with the wife.....
If he's this fast now..... how fast was he 40 years ago???? astonishing skills
An absolute legend driving my dream car as a professional, this video was a very nice treat to watch.
He is just chill, smooth and direct.
Supreme driving skill. But it’s so frustrating how tall second and third gear are. Particularly on this tight track. Sounds like the car is mainly just out of its usable rev range
No corrections and his calm face make me think he is not driving at the limit, yet if I were there he would probably have filled my room mirror within a lap. Long live the Legend of legends, Walter.
I was smiling when he was complaining about 2nd gear in 4:12 :D Walter is a legend!
"This part's really quite tricky"....proceeds to hit perfect line
ohhh man... what a video... im a HUGE FAN!!! the man is a legend!!
Walter Rohrl at Knockhill,what dreams are made of,looked like a wee Sunday run,brilliant.
This Ladies and Gentlemen is HOW it Done!!! None of the silly forcing the car sideways for drifting that so many insist is performance driving. Text book 'heel n' toe' perfect downshifts, quick clean upshifts, he 'eases' or 'bends' the car into turns as Sir Jackie Stewart advocated. A pleasure to see this, so many contemporary drivers could learn so much from this example.
It’s the stuff of legend to watch this man’s focus as he’s flying around the circuit
Fantastic video! I would’ve loved to hear Walter’s driving impressions of the car!
Perfect line and so smooth
Fantastic. Walter is still looking for perfection each lap.
Great stuff, Henry, as always. He is The Man. Really good to hear his views on my home circuit too - it is a wee roller coaster but forces drivers to think about lines, cambers and elevation change in a way that many more famous circuits don't
He is so smooth. Makes it look easy
Henry I think your 2 best days of this year were the day you got to see the 718 GT4 in the spring with the designer and 2nd is today riding along with Walter Rohrl and to day i think you have the best job in the world. 👍
everytime i think this channel doesn't get any better…
When someone looks more serene at 140 than some people do at 40, you know you're in safe hands!..and when Henry grins like a child in a sweet shop....a legend is at the wheel!!
People criticize me for not keeping my hands at "9.15" on the steering wheels when I drive on track, but this man, considered a legend, does the same thing. Now I have a video to tell them to piss off !
Dont compare yourself to Walter Röhrl. He is driving race cars for more than half a century and is still one of the fastest drivers on the Planet with over 70 years.
One of the greatest drivers?
It´s THE greatest driver!
He looks like he's on a sunday drive.
Nothing to say, just watching and enjoying such amazing moments. ✌️👌
Had the privilege of seeing him in 1982 in a Audi Quattro Sport 500 at the start of the Lombard RAC Rally in Nottingham and when he took off we got covered in mud and we loved it ;-)
I would have loved to have seen Walter’s footwork while doing those hot laps.
When he signed the contract with Lancia the year they won against Audi Quattro in Group B, everyone told him Lancia is so dangerous when you crash and this man replied "I don't plan to crash" and he won. What a legend....
Cant imagine how amazing it would be to get a lap with him, love it!
What watch is that?
Sometimes I wish these kinds of videos were prefaced with cuts of a beginner doing a lap, just to highlight how smooth the master is.
Thats why Cars like Corvette C8 or GTR with all performance numbers cant get these Porsche customers switching brands..... its not all about numbers performance price, its about overall package and how much smile you get form this package, you put money into a machine aimed to make you forget your bad days and put smile into your face not a machine to make numbers that takes you to jail in 2 mins.....
Two things I have noted, Herr Röhrl is still incredibly smooth and very, VERY fast.
And, having been to Knockhill before, I wanted to say it’s a wonderful little circuit.
He is so quiet when he drives. A lesson for all of us🥰
Smooth. Calm. No unnecessary gear changes!
72 is the new 32! Walter is legendary. Would have loved to hear his thoughts...I know he once said he prefers the balance of the Cayman over the 911.
A role model for smooth, accurate and fast driving. Made that drive look so easy. A Craftsman behind the wheel surely
Walter Rohrl still driving cold, calculated and precise like in his rallying days. What a legend!! 👏🙏
That watch click at the line was so badass
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Love Knockhill, it was the first track I ever took to in a fast car, and I came off on the first turn in the wet 😂
Love how he acknowledges your chuckle at 1:49 like, "oh, are you amused?"
He’s saying, “don’t laugh at my understeer peasant.”
Great pov-cam work guys..our Walt is da man and at over 70 wow
Absolutely love the Carfection hot lap videos!
Brave man .. both of you … flat out, without helmets
"I giess he drives well, yea.." Then I notice it's a manual as well.. Holy smokes.
Right? It took me an entire lap to realize.
Gt4 is only manual
Two things I appreciate. Rohl. And that steering wheel.
I wish I have this level of chill in my life.damn life will so much easier.nice chill pill lap
The best driver in all of motorsports history. The guy just won. Didn't matter if it was rallying or road racing.
I remember reading an interview from him, 30 years ago, he said about his driving, « I am seeking the excellence in the art of being perfect »
obviously this is still the case.
I'm a simple man. I see Walter Röhrl, I click.
Amazing Rev matching 3:05
in fairness that might be the car. Its hard to know if he'd do it himself, or showcase the cars ability to do it for you. I think the supper aggressive and fast rev matches are probably the car.
You hear that Porsche? Second gear is quite a bit long...
If not, he wouldn't have time to stop his watch with his right hand. 😅
To be fair this circuit is pretty small
Yeah and third 180+ kmh
@@pit19931 supposedly second gear goes to 133 kph.
Long gearing....I agree.
Such a precise driver.😍
Walter Röhrl and Keke Rosberg were the first World Champions I watched on TV. Big fan !
Nice Sound of the Motor and Gearbox... Sweet 😊
Beeing 72years old Walter Röhrl is still one of the best drivers on the world !!
A story from Röhrl when was racing 24h of Nürburgring. Overtook a guy in the same class he raced in at night when it was foggy, after that he turned of the light of his car so the guy he overtook couldnt follow with his pace. This story i heared in a german podcast, and if its true you know why he is such a chilled dude in this video...
Look at how smooth his input is. Even as laps go on, and tires are hotter. He maintains smooth input.
Dude it's so fucking rad Walter uses his chronograph watch to time his lap, what a bad ass!
Best best .... you Are always best...!!!!