Heidfeld will run the BMW Sauber F1.07 on the Nordschleife

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I watched the video, and it is clear that Nick is taking it very very easy, but still that laptime of 8:34 is way off from the ring's record of 6:11 (set in a Porsche 956 by stefan bellof in 1983). This brings up some interesting arguments about how fast today's F1 cars are relative to super cars... in real circuits...

F1 cars have never been the "fastest" on every circuit. When the CanAm cars ran in the late 60's, they held all the track records at common circuits used by both classes. Of course, they had 5, 7, or higher litre engines! That said, I think an F1 car is the "quickest" on a circuit where cornering is critical. I doubt a CanAm McLaren would have had an easy time at Monaco!

Not to mention that F1 cars no are no longer built to run on "real circuits."

The fastest F1 time I have been able to find is 7:06.4 by Clay Reggazoni in 1975.