Even mentioning Jimmy Broadbent's tree haha. It's called the Rebel Tree because when Jimmy drove the track in Assetto Corsa he once used a mod for the game to give the Nordschleife a snowy landscape. But because the tree was specifically modelled to be there and wasn't shared with other tree textures in the game, the mod creator either didn't know how or didn't want to turn that tree white. So essentially the entire Nordschleife was covered in snow apart from that very tree. So it was therefore called the Rebel Tree.

While you are endlessly energetic in bringing us all this wonderful Nürburgring-soaked content I am too lazy to even request a video from you explaining all the names of the corners. So even lazy people get what they want if they wait long enough! Good thing you have enough energy for the both of us, Misha.

I've been waiting for this video for quite a while so Thank You. As a non Germen speaker learning the corners on the playstation it was more about finding the rhythm of the track, then giving each section my own name to them which reflected the nature of that part of the track & what to expect, than getting confused trying to memorise the actual names. But since finding you on KZfaq I've slowly began to establish some of the sections real names. I now have them all, each with it's spelling as they do not always pronounce the way they are written, so some more learning homework to do. Afterall they say "Never stop learning the Nordschleife" & I will get back there 1 day after a 20 year wait since my 1st & only visit

The opening section, Maggotts, was named not for the wriggly larvae but for nearby Maggot Moor. Becketts and Chapel Curve, meanwhile, take their names from the medieval chapel of St Thomas à Beckett, which was built in memory of the murdered Archbishop of Canterbury and once stood near to the corners.

Hey, Misha, that rocket car might look pretty silly now, but it was a part of the great German rocket craze of the late 1920s. The craze didn’t produce much at the time but it inspired a lot of brilliant scientists and engineers to pursue rocketry more seriously in the following years. One of them was Wernher von Braun, whose work resulted in both great tragedy and, eventually, triumph (his life is fascinating).

Galgenkopf in the American vernacular: Hangman's corner. I've died many times (sim racing) on that corner, trying to best my lap times. Wonderful presentation. This video will have some legs.

I always thought Klostertal was the right over crest kink between Mutkurve and Steilstrecke. It's funny doing simracing with people who don't know the track too well. They ask things like "what corner number is that one left hander after the right that is kinda downhill?" or something that could describe like 8 corners on the track. The main ones I try to "teach" to newbies to help them clarify where they are at are Flugplatz, Adenauer Forst, Wehrseifen (or "the hairpin" for people with pronunciation difficulties), Karussell, Brunnchen 2 (or more commonly KZfaq Corner), the Bellof esses (or "squiggly bit with the kerbs" as many end up calling it), little Karussell, Dottinger Hohe (or "big straight") and Tiergarten. Usually if they can use those as references I can figure out where they are or which "right after the left hander" they are talking about... Funny though after typing that it doesn't at all seem like "just a few simple ones to learn."

Shout out to Sabine, and to Top Gear also for showcasing her in many of their stuff. May she rest in peace.

Polestar should collect your GPS data to have the nordschliefe in their system!

Kudos for mentioning Kottenborn! BTW, a "-hard" as in "Kallenhard" is old German for a wooden hill. Another example, when you exit Wehrseifen and head towards Breidscheid bridge, the hill you see coming in view is the Mühlenhard. And "Hohe Acht" mountain itself is a distance away from the ring, but its slopes actually extend to the area between Bergwerk and Hedwigshöhe. The "Kesselchen" is formed by the Hohe Acht to the left and the Mühlenhard to the right. You should make a Südschleife video for completion. ;-)

25:40 Gallows always feels significant even in polyphony gt rendition. Where the chilling feeling of leading a faster car with a big gap that is being eroded and fast through here might be enough to keep the gap viable until the finish line.

Acht in Scotland usually means you've forgotten something "Acht my keys!!" Ocht means you've remembered "Ocht they're there!" (21:40)

Now THIS is the video I have been waiting for a long time! Complete names and historical reasons for corner names, brilliant! I teared up a little rembering Sabine & of course Michael is the only weltmeister I will ever recognize. Well done Misha!

I cannot believe how dull looking the Grand Prix circuit really looks and feels. That part of the complex do need trees and some vegetation, to give it character. Thanks, Misha, I’d really enjoyed the video. Top Man!!!

As always, an essential way to keep current on the Nürburgring. I only get there every few years when I pick up a car and it takes me a while to refamiliarize myself. Sad to see the reference to Sabine. She drove me in my 997.2RS there in 2010. You never know, might meet you in person with next car ( 992 GT3RS)! Great videos and lots of variety!.

Love the history you included as well as the pronunciation of the sections to help us Americans! Awesome video as always Misha 👍

Cool video! Misha, you are the most Nurburgring lover on KZfaq! Could you make a video telling how it all started? What was your first contact with the Nurburgring name? Things like that... Thanks in advance. ;)

Ah, a super cheat sheet video Misha, thanks! Hopefully I make it on track tomorrow (booked on the 218) and I Cannot Wait :D

Much needed! Thank you Misha! :D Edit: That's 66 screenshots in total. Its gonna go into a folder now 😅

Thanks very much for the much needed (and wanted) video. Your work is very much appreciated.

in Australia our premier race event (well for most petrol heads) the "bathurst 1000" held every year at Mount Panorama, near bathurst. NSW. the "main" straight is called Conrod straight (for mostly obvious reasons. lol.) and is approx 1.9 Km long and one section of the track is as steep as 1 in 6. similar to the Nürburgring it too is a public road, but only closed to the during racing events. i think you would really love a drive around the track if you ever get to Australia. obviously not as mad as the Nordschleife but drivers from around the world are inpressed by it's level of difficulty and the joy getting right brings. definitely if you get the chance take a look at some of the race footage and documentaries about the track.

BEST video! Thank you so much for this. Very informative, and I even enjoyed seeing the track at a lower speed this time. 👍

8:40: *BASED* Misha. This is one of the reasons why I love your channel, keeping it real.

Interesting watching this with the cold weather.....my only visit to Nurburgring so far was for my friends 40th birthday on 7th April 2011 where we rode from the UK via ferry to Amsterdam & did 6 laps on motorbikes & very fortunately the weather was lovely & unseasonably hot for the time of year, from memory I'm sure it was a bank holiday weekend. Fond memories from that visit when we stayed at Sliders with Brendan & Andy....hoping to make a return sometime soon where we would love to stay at Apex & do some 4-wheeled laps this time. Loving the content Misha keep up the good work :)

Thank you so much for the education. I love learning more about this amazing track and place that it resides in.

Crossing my fingers for good weather next weekend! Hopefully catch you at apex

Thanks for this one. I love the slow speed lap and all the info you provided.

This is a great video Misha!! So glad you did it. Your knowledge of the track and the area is fantastic. I’ve wanted to see a video like this for a while.

Thanks, I loved it! It is my favourite track in Gran Turismo 7 (without the GP Track). Was nice to learn something extra about it! ❤

Great effort, much appreciated.

this was so interesting! I think you should make a video talking about the worst accidents that have happened in the ring in its history. I have seen videos about the tourist sessions in the 60s (more or less) that are gold

Thank you for this history lesson Misha! Really cool. Even learned a couple of new terms that I didn't know different meanings in German!

Most excellent information about the world's greatest drive! Thank you for this!

The one and only day me and my brother were there, the GP was included. 4 laps in my bro’s bmw 135 sport, and it was a blast. Cloudy and cold day, it rained all the way from Frankfurt, and it was completely dry there, and no traffic.

Thank you. Very much needed

my new favorite video. THANK YOU!!

Good Video Misha. Have a nice Weekend ✌️😎

Really interesting stuff - love these slower laps when you explain things like this, on so many laps everything goes past in a blur (because full send :) ) Would be a bit of a challenge to do this full history narration in the GT2RS MR in sub 7 though.......

Thanks Misha, very informative. You've done similar videos on winter track walks. 😀👍

8:43 brutal. If Hamilton ends up beating Schumie's title record I'm gonna throw the biggest shitfit the world has ever seen.

Watching in 2024 as a newer racing fan, this is something I'm gonna watch next time I'm on the sim and cruise with you. I think it will help me learn it even better

Hey misha very helpfull video. Because of you i even love/respect the ring so much more

Thank you, it was a very excellent description of that awesome motoring track

"...Fuchsröhre, Adenauer Forst, The Tree of Jimmy Broadbent, Metzgesfeld..." 🤣

Brilliant! Great to hear this history. Nice!

Ty that was truly great. I love history and someone who tells it with passion. May all your pancakes be fluffy comrade

Thanks Mischa, I’ll be visiting first week in May.

Thanks for this video! Great to learn the names and some of the history :) As a side note, precursors to concrete are believed to be attributed to the Romans circa 300BC. Modern concrete using portland cement was the early 1800s :)

I've always had trouble remembering corner/section names, so this video has been very interesting to me

Awesome vid. Learned a lot of stuff :3

Brilliant. Very informative. Sorry I missed this when it was first released but it is also one of the reasons I subscribe to this channel. Now there is some debate about how you pronounce your last name...

"Tree of Jimmy Broadbent" I LOL'd so hard! You made it Jimbo haha! Hellooo Rebel Tree!

Great that you drove the Polestar! I could hear you perfect!

I was wanted to try and remember all of the corner names, because while watching your videos you mention them, but over the years I've left it up to you to explain them as you drive. A video like this is perfect! I'm curious though, do you remember them all yourself? And which one is your favorite!

snow againg nice video Misha

Thanks! I always wondered.

Danke Misha!

It’s called James left because someone named James crashed there and blamed the passenger on his insurances and said that he’s at fault because he was to heavy and that’s why the car carried out

Good idea to do a Video like that! - Great Video!

Very cool video 👍🏻

Hallo Misha, that was very cool thanks for the vídeo

Quite the history lesson Thank You indeed.

Wow Great Video, learned a lot, even though I thought I knew the a little bit :-)

Misha should make a poster of the Nurburgring with all of the names (new and old) of the corners. Who better to make this happen then Mr Nurburgring himself!!! I will buy one!!!! Thanks for another awesome video!

History lessons and laps.. great way to learn 👌

Good video. Thanks.

It's amazing how a race track tells many unrelated stories through corner names. It's fascinating to know the story of a particular section of a race track like a history lesson

Very interesting info Misha! The Hocheichen corner always confused me, because the trees to the left of it are a different species (some kind of pine trees). I think there used to grow oaks in the past though.

Thanks for that Misha, I always wondered what the corner of the was meant

breaks my heart Sabine Schmitz taken too soon.

Thank you for this video, this track is so special and has so much history, some of it we will never know,... Driving this is one of a kind it's scary and exciting at the same time and you learn a lot of yourself as a driver, it is kind of addictive because you want to push it to your limits. As a complete amateur I would love to drive this 20 times without any other cars to improve myself, unfortunately in touristfahren this is not possible. I did the Nordschleife and the GP strecke and it was an experience I will never forget, thank you Nürburgring and thank you Misha Charoudin for your videos, I can say I lived my life! Thank you Jesus Christ that I survived this and hopefully I will experience this a lot more, God bless everyone that does this track! Stay safe and know your limits! With kind regards Wim.

Wow have never seen the gp track being part of Touristenfahrt. How often does that happen?

It's funny how the polestar map shows the GP track in full contrast but won't show the nordschleiffe toll road lmao

Misha, why the GP layout changes in 24 hour races? like they cut out AM Arena and go from Yokohama-S to the straight.

25:20 how does that work in the polestar? what triggers the seatbelt to tighten? hitting the bump stop? certain number of G?

Love your content, I watch it every day! Just a question came to my mind: How can I find/can you tell when are the other combined track days? I didnt know that is possible on TF. Would try to schedule a visit on one of those days.

The roundabouts at Le Mans (Mulsanne straight) are not in use during race events and both of the chicanes are optional. Without these, the layout of the Mulsanne straight can still be about 5800mtr long, making it the longest straight on a circuit.

Thanks to speak about Sabine Schmitz and for the rest of corners story

I followed along on Google maps. This was interesting!

What people forget about the fox hole is that that depending of your car you could be doing over 170 mph and when you come over the crest of the hill the difference in weight transfer along with braking makes it the perfect spot for a crash,stay safe everyone much love,fantastic driving accidents happen, it’s learning from them take makes the difference.

Pretty cool that corners on the Nordschleife got their names because of nearby trees or villages or whatever was close, unlike the sponsored GP ones

Good video

I guess Schwalbenschwanz is named atfer the "Schwalbenschwanz- Verbindung" (dovetail connection) for wood. Looks vaguely like it from above...

25:22 Looks like the Polestar knows who is driving.🤣

Best KZfaqr

Very cool video...

18000 virtual laps and I still have so very much to learn

would love to see the same tour but talking about how fast different cars can go through

Thanks, finally all the names in 1 go and some context. You never used this less battery I guess 😂

Perfect Racing channel! Slow (like my driving) but sincere thanks to you 👍 There were Public executions held at the Galgenkopf!? I obviously failed German in school

very cool video i like it a lot!...

seems you missed the ‚Herbert Müller‘ corner before Klostertal corner / Steilstrecke - but it is not official 😉 - he died at this corner 1981 during the 1000km race 🤞🏻

Interesting little history excourse :)

Used this for my new video on GT7, thanks! Afraid to pronounce some of the corners names in Russian though, haha

Aewsome Content Misha, I have a doubt, on the goodyear hairpin curve, what are those numbers on the side of the flags in the stands?

As a history graduate, hearing all of the stories behind all of the track was amazing! It still amazes me that it is 95 years old.

The tree of Jimmy Broadbent, I guess that’s it’s official name

As an intellectual and owner of a very large brain, I have to say I won't be absorbing most of that information by watching this only once. Have to watch it a couple of times at least. The names in particular. I have struggled to learn them over time. Have learned a couple of them though but most of them are too damn hard. Thanks for making this video though 🙂

Multiple Questions from me towards the community: So I need some help i think.. I just need more confirmation from car people especially for the VW line. I own a top model of the VW Beetle 2012 with a DSG but that doesn't matter, u know it has a GTI chassis and same engine as the GTI. With the same GTI brake callipers on front and rear. it has 18" rims with 235/45 R 18 98 Y M+S All Season Tires I got some fitting 19" Rotiform wheels 8.5X19 5X112 5X120 ET45 NB72.5 (yes it has a multiple lug setup). I found some TOYO Tires (TOYO proxes sport xl) And when i search for which tire dimensions I need are, (235/40ZR19 96Y TOYO proxes sport xl). Every tire dealer online recommends these tires is this correct? can I order them without any issues?. Oh and I'm also planning to go to the Nürburgring this summer for the first time, so are there days or times the track is less crowded? Sometimes I see 10-12 cars all stacked up together trying to outrun each other with 1kmph which does look a bit uncomfortable Aaaand for the last but not least... Are there any Volkswagen / Car people/clubs with experience and a garage/lift to work on cars / your own car to learn from? Like a hobby club but with helping each other out having fun and work on cars in the surroundings of City Nijmegen (Netherlands)

if only you could guide me when I'm racing in VR ? is there an app for that ?