Fiat Panda 100HP - Nürburgring Nordschleife - First lap in 3 years - 19/8 '22 - lap 1/6

My first time in 3 years on the legendary Nürburgring Nordschleife - Good to be back!

This was the first lap of the trip, and it started with overtaking bunch of very slow Britts.
The last Britt from that group in his Z3 caused chaos at "flugplatz" by first insisting on keeping left, and then completely failing to use his mirrors, overlooking a fast incoming Clio.
Another highlight was overtaking a MR2 before Brünnchen.

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Having only driven the ring in my beloved Fiat Panda 1.2 with 60 Hp (and my Eunos Roadster in granny tempo), the extra power in my 100HP made a really big difference! The 6 speed box was really well spaced for the ring as well, which helped a lot to pull me and my friend up the hills - combined weight for us is around 215kg :)



The car:
2007 Fiat Panda 100HP 1.4 16v with 227.000 km, but still going strong.
Almighty annoying ESP system, slowing us down.
185/55R15 Continental ContiEcoContact - slowing us down :D
The eco tyres were an attempt to lower the grip enough, to make the ESP system leave me alone - it didn´t work. We deactivated it later by unplugging an ABS sensor.
Because of the high tyre profile, the car is 5% higher geared than with the standard 195/45R15 fitment.

Camera setup:
Main camera: LG V40 107* wide angle lens on homemade wooden mount on 3 chassis points.
Rear camera: Good old Sony Xperia SP
Foot camera: Sony AZ-1 Action cam 170* lens.

I ♥ der ring!