Video Onboard M3 E46 GTR record Nurburgring

Video: Hans Stuck Narrates Record-Breaking Lap with the E46 M3 GTR


Out of the myriad of drivers who have raced for BMW in the past, a few names immediately rise above others. One of these legends …

Out of the myriad of drivers who have raced for BMW in the past, a few names immediately rise above others. One of these legends is Hans-Joachim Stuck, the German driver being one of the first to drive the legendary BMW 3.0 CSL car, among others. He has risen to the top of the podium a number of times and his career spread over decades of fun, entertaining races. In the video below we get to see him casually narrating one of his record-breaking laps aboard the iconic E46 M3 GTR.

The footage was recorded at the Nurburgring back in 2004. The track might seem a bit off if you know the Green Hell, because this includes the Grand Prix and the Nordschleife, which makes it a bit longer. What’s very interesting is that this was just a practice session and yet, Stuck managed to break the record on the full track with a 8:19.49. Of course, his car also helped, a lot, the BMW E46 M3 GTR being in its prime back then.



This was a preparation session for the 24-Hours of Nurburgring race, where Stuck joined forces with other iconic names like Dirk and Jorg Muller. As a matter of fact, the team which also included Portugese driver Pedro Lamy managed to win the 2004 race, beating the people from ABT-Audi in some extremely challenging weather conditions. It was the M3 GTR that truly shined back then, a car that a lot of people are dreaming about to this day.


The M3 GTR was a limited, competition-based version of the ‘regular’ M3 and was designed specifically for the track. Regulations for a car to be accepted in motorsport events back then imposed that some road-legal cars would have to be built so about three road-legal GTR cars were made by BMW. They used to cost a quarter of a million euros and they are all now part of BMW’s collection in Munich. The car had a 4-liter V8 under the hood good for 380 HP and 288 lb-ft of torque. The car had a wider track, different suspension and brakes, basically everything was changed. You can watch in action in the footage below.

 

Que maravilla!!!

 

Como me gusta el sonido de la caja con los dientes rectos! cómo va! uffff, los pelos como escarpias!

 

Sencillamente increíble.

 

Brutal. Qué envidia no poder estar ahí sentado

 

Que manera de pasar la lijadora