R.I.P. Niki Lauda. He was a great driver and a great person.

As a first time viewer, I'm just staring with my mouth wide open. Incredible driving with an ancient Formula car and commentating at the same time? Yeah subscribed.

Lauda is savage, told Enzo himself that Ferrari is piece of junk 😂 Rip Legend

Rewatching this after reading the leyend himself died. RIP Niki Lauda.

Ive actually sat in that car in real life !! As a baby .. my dad worked for brabhams in the 70s..

I think Niki Lauda crashed in the kink before bergwerk- the one at 5:47 , but I'm not one to kinkshame

You should drive the Hennessey Venom GT around the ring. 1200HP, no grip all the way to the top of 3rd gear, manual and it hates to take any kind of turns. I think you'd like it

“It’s a shitbox!” RIP Niki Lauda

"Any time I look at the throttle it's looking for an excuse to do naughty things to me and usually I'd like that but not on a hot lap" But, Jimmer. Isn't that why they call it a "HOT lap"?

There’s nothing more frustrating than doing a great lap on this track but then you get spat out of the Karussell early. Such a frustrating corner, famous but not enjoyable to go round.

Jimmy there's no such thing as racing on the Nordschleife too often 😉

This is probably by far my favourite car and driver, love to hear the V12's back in action R.I.P Niki Lauda

lauda is the real champion of that seasons since he had to miss out on several races for hunt to catch up to him

RIP Niki :'( You were a warrior and a true inspiration

Fun fact Niki held the lap record for the Ring until beaten by the Porsche 956

Drivers of that era were literally daredevils

Since I started watching your videos I've done 2 things, Bought Project Cars 2, and yesterday I scored a Logitech G920 wheel and Driving force shifter for just £179 new all in from pc world. Got to say the wheel is a game changer for me. My partner seriously hopes you don't inspire me to buy something else. Lol she's got no idea. Nice lap man.

I was named after Niki Lauda! hes such a legend!

Jimmy i think this is one of your best videos, natural commentator, not an easy task & then having to drive the track as well (while ill) always a pleasure.

Who saw Kimi run over his mechanic's leg?

This video contains spoilers for Rush. :P

About the understeer... When Lauda had had his first drive in the car, he was asked how it was. "The car is shit" he replied bluntly. "It understeers like crazy". The engineers were told to fix it and a couple of weeks later Lauda improved the laptime by 0.8 seconds (as far as I remember, it's been a while since I saw the video where he told the story).

Do the James Hunt mclaren

oooo that's where lauda lost his ears , don't wanna lose mine - Jeremy Clarkson , 2004

"Man-who-drives-at-Nordschleiffe-too-often here!" Died

The movie rush did such a good job showing how crazy the 70s f1 cars were at the time

I'm getting this game tomorrow 😃😃😃 Watching your videos really gave me a good idea of what to expect! One step closer to real motorsport

In silent memories of niki lauda... (died 20. May 2019)

RIP Niki Lauda you were one of the most inspirational pilots the sport has ever seen

The kink at 5:48 was actually the place where the accident of Lauda happened.

Can't believe he died today. Rip Niki. A true legend

It is so sad to watch this video today..... #RIPNikiLauda

Glad to hear you needed several attempts due to crashing - I tried A LOT myself and NEVER finished a lap at this pace. Well done! (btw: very nice rig !)

Jimmy, would you ever consider appending the cinematic replay to the end of your hotlap videos? I would like to watch from a spectator perspective as well as the instructional aspect the current format provides. That is so much for these. Great stuff as always.

Niki lauda passed today and this came in my recommended

Fun fact. The flat 12 was superseded by the older DFV cosworth V8 in the Lotus as these allowed for ground effects with large tunnels passing the engine. The flat 12 had the benefits from low centre of gravity and more power. Just one of the thousands of stories about aero being king.

love the lap board at the end

Seeing this after hearing that he just passed away.. Rest in peace champion!

Just a quick correction at 4:38 : The Ferrari 312B and 312T used a Flat12 and not a V12 like you mention. Nice video as always :)

He crashed in the 1976 one. Not 75.

Love the lap time graphic at the end! Top notch improvement

I just saw a documentary about austrian F1 and Niki Lauda. After a few first laps in the Ferrari he basicly said to the crew "this car is crap, it understeers, oversteers has no grip to the surface" so they overhauled everything to fit Laudas needs. After his crash, severe injury to the lungs and burned skin he returned 40 days later for his next race. Insane, stubborn guy.

If the "Lauda-immitation" should be done right, it should've be done in a 1976 track-mod with a VERY bumpy pavement and non-forgiving curbs. However, yet another joy seeing/hearing Jimmy, thx! Edit: And yes, the Lauda-kink is the left-kink just before Bergwerk. Fundamental historical knowledge ;-D

These cars and how they were driven still blows my mind

It would be a shame if the car would be damaged in some way, maybe at the rear

Those drivers from a bygone era must have had wrists and balls of steel, no assists like today

I've just driven that car! It's a beast, lovely sound XD

This is now my #1 favourite new racing channel, sweet setup lad!

1:53 made me laugh pretty damn hard. I now have the mental image of a tribute somewhere in Austria with a plaque that reads: Niki Lauda - An Absolute Lad

Awesome foot and handwork! My respect.

WOW 😲 Any driver in cars from this era were heroes. As Hunt said Big Balls!☠️ And they all had it.

The difference between this lap and Nicki's crash? Rain. There are mods for this now. I think you can see where I'm going with this.

Mental how far he has come in less than 3 years

Couple of corrections. Up till 1974 the Ferrari B312 engine was everything else except reliable. One can argue that Ickx lost up to three Championships due to unreliability. Only during 1974 and the winter to 1975 they found reliability. And all those years from 1970 to 1976 the Ferrari B312 was the most powerful engine in F1 before the Renault Turbo came. The B312 had 20-50 hp more than the DFV. In 1970 it was around 490 hp and the 1975 version had about 520-530 and the final versions in 1980 had around 550 hp. IN 1975/76 even the super DFVs of Hunt, Scheckter and Reutemann had just short of 500 hp as they had 400 rpm more than other DFVs. It maybe a bit dangerous to tell a Brit that Mass never had the same engine as Hunt. Secondly, Niki had his accident in the kink leading to Bergwerk not in the following fast uphill section which is known as Kesselchen-Klostertal. I also had this missconcept for long until I was shown the actual place on the track. These two places look very similar from a high up vantage point.

The RARE flying boi

6:21 Le beau talon pointe ! ça régale

Balls.it's amazing how you keep that beast from off the road

9:19 Look at that footwork

*Not an inline twelve I got that reference :-)

Old f1 cars were wicked. Just look at it, outrageous design.

Hello , nostalgie avec cette Ferrari 312t , quel régal , bon pilotage et bonne vidéo.

To me, the most iconic Ferrari F1 car, ever.

Almost 300 kph in a fuel tank with wheels. The 70s were utterly insane.

blistering pace.

Lauda in 1976 was driving the 312T2, which was quite different from the 312T. And the track was also different: basically there where two long straights and a wide hairpin, basically where now there is the F1 track. So, no corner T13.

I sat in one of these in 1994 at Ferrari museum during lunch after employees left for lunch ...What a day !

The thing was a beast. The rFactor version's a blast, too - very nicely balanced. A great car for the Nordschleife - and the Circuit de Charade as well.

According to Wikipedia Niki's crash was in the left kink just before the right hander, Bergwerk. I believe Niki went off at the left kink at 5:50 in this video. Bergwerk is the right hander immediately after, and just before the skid marks where you (Jimmy) went off. Anyway, just I thought I'd throw that out there.

RIP Niki Lauda

Ngl Jimmy looks like Jonathon Ross 😂 love your work Jimmy, underrated imo :)

Astonishing footwork jimmy 😯

I got my wheel this past saturday and I've been learning to heel-and-toe. I've found this Ferrari to be quite easy to learn on, even easier than the GT86 lol. I just gotta learn how countersteer works in this game cause I can't catch a slide for the life of me.

Just the music already deserves a thumbs up! 80s synth for the win :D

I like your channel and your videos. I just subscribed. I am a Sim Racer as well. I like watching your funny vids more than watching Netflix or Prime 😜

You do realize that this is the car and track that almost killed Niki Lauda in 1976 and put an end to its use as an F1 Grand Prix circuit that crash happened at the Bergwerk

Great run and commentary I woke up saying how the hell did they drive F1 cars with h shifter, now I know! ?Much to learn.

love the final timechart great addition!

Hey Jimmer, great video as usual. You should take the Mazda RadBul Mx-5 around the Nordschleife in Project Cars 2 :)

Lol at the start "inline 12" lol that's like one of those old cartoons where the front is 30 feet long

Amazing Video !!!!!! 👍🏼 R.I.P. Niki

If Jimmy from six years ago could see Jimmy in 2024, I wager he'd smile. Way to go Jimmer.

Niki crashed on the left-hand sweeper just after Ex-Mühle and just before Bergwerk. I always say "This one's for Niki." every time I enter it. Nice lap, though. I use the rFactor 312T add-on, myself. I also built the Tamiya 1:12 kit as a kid.

I thought Ferrari were using 6 gears since the late 60s/early 70s. I remember from reading a James Hunt biography that in either 76 or 77 McLaren started using 6 gears with the cosworth dfv and it said Ferrari were already using 6. Perhaps 5 was a preference for Niki? I know he did put a lot of input into the setup and development of his race cars.

Niki Lauda was and always will be a legend, R.I.P legend rest easy with all the other greats 🏁

I'm sorry but Jimmy's footwork is amazing

6:10 That is not true, he Lauda crashed in the kink before Bergwerk.

Having known this channel, I instantly liked this video merely by having a glance at the title.

Driving + VR + Commentary = How the actual fuck!

Love the commentary of this xD *Not all accurate "... Gotta watch these curves, sometimes the downforce works with you and sometimes against you..." "... Phew... Really need to be careful around this corner, lifting off the gas, the car might start doing naughty things to you..." *Last one was priceless imo xD*

im watching this for the fourth time and i still have tears in my eyes

As a 15yr old I loved Hunt however as a adult I admire Nicki as one of the top 5 drivers in my opinion!

All you need to do to eliminate the understeer on that car is add a bit more front wing angle and maybe a bit softer front anti-roll bar

I agree with J. Maverick. Great driving all the while commentating. You've got "MAD SKILLS"! I to subscribed without a dought.👍

I played around with some of these Formula 1 cars myself and I definitely tried out the Niki's Ferrari. That thing is hard to control.

RIP Niki

I love your first liners

Niki was the great person and fantastic driver rest in pis champion

You sound like the legendary Murray Walker.

Jimmy you are SO good at this!

At low revs, its sounded like the w10 and other modern merc hybrid engines