bmer

Don't you mean "per minute"?

Centurion

I knew Walter was an excellent driver but that video shows that he's much more than that, Insane control and footwork.

Imhotep Evil

coolraoul that's perfect example.

People didn't seem to remember the fact that the turbos had lag.
They could actually lose between 2/3 and 3/4 of their (peak) power on the slow , medium and other sections of the track.
There's this romantic belief that in the 1980s men drove 1500 hp mosters on the streets of Monaco. But it reality, only on the Monza straight, and on dynos, could the qualification special turbos (not the actuall race trims) really have that much power. On the Rascasse hairpin at Monaco just 500 hp from a turbo would have required divine intervention (or some fantastic electronics). The skill in dealing with a turbo was as much or even more so about dealing with its power loss/lag and burst, than dealing with its monstrous qualification peak power.

coolraoul

Yeah that was incredibly difficult to deal with...You never exactly knew when the power would arrive, and then it was there, brutally you had three times more power, you had very little control on it, and it could make the wheels spin at high speed...because it was kind of on/off power; terrific on a track.

coolraoul

No, no, per second; he is very fast you know.
In fact, it is proven that an average human people can do a maximum of 7 (or is it 8?) real movements per second, but Walter is not a normal human. Therefore he is much faster.

@ Monster, yes, Walter Röhrl can power a lot of things. What he does the best, however, is making a car moving very fast...

Imhotep Evil

Yep at 250 km/h you still had wheelspin and the BMW powered Brabham ran Monaco wings even at Monza. Those huge wings and from from 87 also rear diffuser was the only way to make them stick.

bmer

I actually heard that every morning before breakfast he runs round the Nordschleife just under 5 minutes.

Seriously though, the world's fastest tap dancer can tap 38 times/second! Here's a video I found: - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Sorry for the off topic.

coolraoul

Yoh, 38 taps per second, incredible...

NarutoRamen

psssh...that's nothing. My friend's dad's uncle's cousin's daghter's daughter's son can do 50 taps per second....LOL


Any ways, wicked video. Mr. Rohrl was, is and always will be a badass. BTW...don't you just love the cheesy music in the vid. LOL

sloanie

Lag, yes. But the Delta S4 was fitted with a Supercharger which made lag extremely minimal. It's amazing that these engineers were mechanically able to do what most cars now do simply though electronics and on-board computers with bare mechanical set ups.