- Multiple performance cars crashed at the Nurburgring track during a blind high-speed turn.
- A Honda S660 dashcam shows the driver sliding on fluid and colliding with two other vehicles.
- No warning flags were active at the time, raising questions about the track’s safety response.
Pour a few out as several desirable enthusiast cars all piled up over the weekend at the Nurburgring. Everything from Porsches to BMWs to GR Toyotas ate it at the end of a blind turn. And thanks to a Honda S660 equipped with a dashcam, we get a front-row look at how the whole thing unfolded.
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The crash happened in the transition from the Hedwig’s Hole section to the Wipperman section. As the Honda S660 driver rounds the corner, he’s met with a pile-up that extends from the far left of the road to the far right. There’s nowhere to go safely, and despite braking, he crashes anyway.
A Chain Reaction at Speed
The tiny Honda smashes into a Porsche 911 and a BMW 3-Series at what looks to be 68 kmh (42 mph). The video indicates that the car experiences a bit of snap oversteer, but it’s not as though the driver was going too fast, either. Look closely at the surface of the road, and you’ll note that it seems like there’s some fluid on the ground.
Interestingly, the Honda driver is leveraging a G-meter to help them understand their performance. While we don’t have many notes about the situation from that driver, they highlight the meter saying “G-meter shows braking G’s significantly dropped, like on ice.”
A Sudden Loss of Grip
Sure enough, that’s basically what we see from the meter in the car. The G-forces jump up, and then, despite what looks like full braking, the forces dip before impact. While some might blame the driver here, it’s tough to do that when we look at the circumstances.
Importantly, it’s worth noting that the flag system used at the Nurburgring to warn drivers of issues isn’t engaged during this clip. There’s no telling why that’s the case, whether it’s because the crash was so recent that nobody at the track knew, or if there was a malfunction.
Would flags have prevented the crash? Maybe. But in this case, there’s no clear answer. Fortunately, it looks like most of the drivers who came through afterward were able to slow down in time and avoid adding to the chaos.