Nürburgring Lap with Tommi Mäkinen in the 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI Prototype - CAR and DRIVER
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- It's 7:30 on a cool May morning at the Nürburgring. I strap into the (left-side) passenger seat of the STI prototype used a month prior to set Subaru's latest lap time. We're given the all-clear for a half-hour of 'Ring fun.
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Tommi - "The road was not closed!? Big fucking truck in the way????"
Japanese men - ...............................................(whips out camera)
xD
LoSt_ReNeGaDe They aren't understand English lol
@@tomtomracingchannel8480 *engrish
By a country mile, the best in-car camera placement of all Nürburgring videos.
I am very impressed on how far Subaru has come with the interior of these cars. Not saying that they were bad, but they have improved immensely.
9 years later and i can tell, this "new" sti and wrx have the worst interior ever... best ones where till 2006. than its all plastic and hard materiais inside.
Mäkinen!
One of the all time greatest! And a very nice person.
The smoothest and fastest, look at the smooth and gentle gearshifts you who fancy Fast and Furious-films and other american "stick-shift-movies". ;)
We used to live next to Tommi one time... me and his kid are still friends (im 12)
WTF!! a crane in the middle of track in the road line... clap clap Nuburg staff
it is a public road....
skylinevspec000 Its a permanent circuit
Does Tommi reminds anyone else of Reubens Barrichello? Good god, they might as well be twins
I thought it was Rubens when I saw the UA-cam thumbnail!
Kelsey Grammer, Tommi Mäkinen and Reubens Barrichello looks very similar to each other...
I can say the same about Mads Mikkelsen and Mika Hakkinen too. ;)
Yes but Tommi is good.
Rubens is his sister
almost 10 years out the Rally game and hes still killing it.
This guy is really good when it comes to car control. I hear little tire squeal.
Going really fast without exceeding the tires traction capabilities is really a hard feat to accomplish.
Tamba Momochi Throttle control is one of the reasons. Mäkinen is renown for being very precise with it during driving.
He is a four time world rally champion. I would hope that he knows how to drive a car.
Finns are rally legends
Plus he drives a wrong sided car, steering wheel on left instead of right.
Tamba Momochi he transfers the car weight as intended thats how a 4wd car should be driven . Then you kids complaining how their STI has understeer when in reality they are the ones that need to master the skill of driving
1:38 translation: "You fucked up my time attack and almost killed me!!!"
Tommi Mäkinen, my fellow country man :) Great driver and humble person :)
Every time I watch this (Which is around 3 times a week) I play GT5 afterwards. Same car, same track, same conditions. Most fun I have ever had.
What superb driving skills! Bring tires up to temp first. Easy throttle in wet spots. Knowing which curbs to climb and which to Apex. Carrying speed through turns with finesse, not power. Hence very little tire squeel. Driving a quarter mile down the road, with his reaction and cool allowing him to stop for equipment truck. Silky smooth precision. Thank you!!!
Tom Mack not being opposed for the sake of it but I heard loads of tyre squeal !
VERY VERY COOL. Just proves how hard it is to make it around that track. I am a big fan of Gran Turismo on Playstation and I must say they did a good job in representing this track.
@1:30 he says to the Subaru personnel "Road was not closed, tell your guys", what did Subaru personnel do? Take his photo hahaha, brill
1:48 When you're on the ring and you see Tommi Makinen.
He caters to Subaru's awd system and car's output level really well in his braking and throttle applications.
I miss the time when Tommi Makinen drive Mitsubishi Evo :(
EVO800PS. Now he manages the Toyota rally team so it's allll good 👍
kev edwards I know👍
I miss the time when Mitsubishi produced evo's, and I'm a Subaru guy. Subaru needs competition to make good cars.
7:29 STG is crazy on a wet track. Nice run! Only lot of curbs. But this man knows what he does.
love the equal length exhaust mans. sounds wicked spun up.
From what I've heard, equal length headers give significantly more power and torque and faster turbo spool.
At 1:51 he should have said 'NOW he tells me there is a truck on the track!'
i remember looking for the ring on google earth. I was like WTF where is it. Then I zoomed out lol
Awesome, I am picking my STI up today.
Tommi needs to come back and do it in a Evo X.
Tommi hit a cow once in his EVO.
No wonder the truck wigged him out a bit!
Yes it was during the tour de corse 1997 rally on corsica using an evo 4
the way he talking is similar to Raikkonen, love it.
his is our legend Wrc driver .... TOMMI NEVER OLD ....HE SHOULD'T RETIRED !
is it just me or even when u see other professional driving whether it be f1, wrc, or even nascar, the racers seem to sit really close to the steering wheel (even he isnt extremely close in this video as people are in pro quality race cars). Is there a reason for it because i find it uncomfortable to be that close to the steering wheel?
They are the subaru engineers ya fool. Plus the fact that Makkinen gets photos taken all the time when he drives, why would one click of a photo even bother him? He's a professional, not an amateur. And for the record, he wasn't "told" the road was closed. He saw the big truck rig stopped in the middle of the track. He assumed that it might be a road close, but then they radio'd it wasnt. That was when the engineers trailing him caught up, because Makinnen reversed to restart the lap over.
bellissimo video! amazing car!
such a beautiful circuit
@stagbaws LOL!!!, I was happy to get it. I traded in my 05 sti and had to have the new one when I saw they brought back the sedan.
@tommyblunt the stock exhaust limits the rumble at high rpms but is you listen it drops revs often like a true boxter and when he grabs a gear in the corner or dips in the clutch on the corner it rumbles to a point where the exhaust can't manage to cancel it out
@TugaLife22 No. It did a 7:55. Read the description over again. It's talking about "7:30" as in the time of day. Also, the GT-R has a 7:24 lap time.
When Tommi smiles he looks exactly like Kelsey Gramer of "Frasier"
Why does this sti sound so good
the best awd at this category.
@StefanSu91 you can see it has slotted rotors. Plus they stopped using the Gold color brembos since 07 in JP. They only some in black. They look huge compared to a stock STi brembo too.
Something I learned about this video. If you will drive like Tommi make sure that the roads are closed.
Yes, even length headers. My WRX STI Spec-C sounds like this.
@1englandnigga this car has equal length headers i'm guessing for more power
Nice, and yeah, to drive at the Ring' would be epic.
Did anyone else notice that it says the 2011 subaru in the name of the video and the video was uploaded june 9th 2010?
Tommi the legend
Black round Pirellis need to be warmed up.
@newkcrowe The closer the wheel is to your torso, the more strength you have to turn it, if your arms are extended it's harder to turn it. This is important in racing cars with downforce and without power steering. I think that's the reason
Gran Turismo on the PS10, GFX are awesome especially in that vintage 2011 car
He is legend
damn! he is already oversteering in the first corner lol
smooth driving
Yea I bet you drive a front wheel drive mini van vvvv to work hahahah
@SubaruWRXtreme sounds good man, Get a video up of your car I would love to see it when you get it.
concentration of a hawk..tommi is the man
Why end the video at the start of the long straight at the end =.=
I wish it had different tail lights, other than that it looks great
@SubaruWRXtreme very nice man you will have to get a vid of it up and PM me the link. You getting the STI or regular WRX?
@1englandnigga The 2.5L 4 Cyl is still in the STi I just think it might be performance equal length headers or maybe the stock exhaust system silences the exhaust note in the new one not really sure I've never seen one in person.
can't wait until the sedan is available in showrooms
@takeharasine are those times average of an amount of tries?
Uhhhh....you do know the saying, "there's a time and a place"
They were pricks!. Makkinen was thinking, "I am surrounded by idiots!". And he was correct.
muy muy bueno gracias
@kurlis if you had a chance to put a lap time down on the nurburgring and then someone handed you a can of spray paint and said in what ever language you want summerize this experince and post your time, would you ?
most of the writing is from people leaving there mark on history there words are immortal
@ftlvwrx The stock STI has Brembo brakes.. I really don't think this one has aftermarket brakes. Or does it?
Now let him do it with a Mitsubishi
Cold day and wet track? Still good time?
1:41 the japanese were like, "sorry i dont know what youre talking about. Hey i think hes a pro driver, lets take a picture of him, yeah?"
Because the last team he drove for was Subaru , because mitsubitshi started using the evo 7 as platform , wich was completely different then earlier models and not as competitive.
When i m reading these comments, i clearly see that half of you guys don`t even know who`s Tommi Mäkinen....
they think he is Mika Hakkinen haha
@wnnarace
I want one too, the good news is that its going to go into production in this late fall.
How car elitests talk Track tomes and none of them have wver been on one.
@1englandnigga this spec model has equal length headers. unequal length gives you that rumble.
I agree that it doesn't sound stock... but not vtec probably just equal length headers.
Just me or did the other guys drive up in a stock left hand drive wrx?
could be the audio equipment perhaps.
tho this car isn't completely stock few things changed but it isn't a huge different from the stock car no 500hp beasts with giant spoilers off the back haha
though you'd be crazy to do this lap in a completely stock car from the factory at least better tires, few aero bits to help braking/corner grip.
good camera angles too bad the track condition was not great and im not happy about the video ending on the straight
@1englandnigga
stock exhuast is my guess, could be noise db related. its the same engine from last yrs model.
Does this car have equal length headers?
The engine sounds different than stock.
Haha I love Finish racecar drivers!
its "Finnish" not finish
AWESOME Subaru!!!
Really want to watch this but no tach view or in-car camera makes it a bit boring honestly
You cant be that into Tommi, the Nurburgring or racing in general if you find this boring.
I'd love to know what diff setting he had it on
i love this track. its my favorite track, my dream is to go on the autobahn then on this track :D
It's been 10 years since this comment...have your dreams come true?
*Stops car* "There was a big truck on the road, it was not closed"........ *Takes picture*
was that an S10 at the beginning of the vid????
There is no or very little of the typical understeering for this car. I guess it requires specific technics that champ has. It’s all about the driver.
Dream car
And the Pagani zonda did 7:14 right?
Proud to be finnish!!!
Ii wonder if the car had over heated
@1englandnigga I think its because the camera's are placed more at the front of the car. But I agree, just not the same old noise. ;\
Lines are so steady and at times seems he doesnt even pull all power out of it. Seems very safe lines no risks at all coulda been way faster if he wanted i think.
Thak you!
What year and gen is your STi?
They are one in the same from the chassis standpoint.
@QaisRAK and knowing how many people have died at the ring let alone crashed, I'm sure he felt he was pushing enough. If you actually listen I think you'll find the tyres are being pushed hard enough and the car enough in the damp conditions something he clearly points out at the start. If you haven't driven there then keep your comments to yourself.
What benefit do equal length headers provide? ty
We see here on this man what "the gift" means,,,,, :)
Tommi: The road was not closed!
Japanese man thinks to himself: Eh...Don't know what he is talking about. Let me check my English Camera translator. *Takes picture*
fine accent you got tommi!
Tommi Legend