M5 on the track?

[nugent]

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just curious about people's experience with the M5 on the track. i tracked my e92 M3 and will be curious to compare lap times and performance when my M5 gets stateside.

[mwlmd]

Originally Posted by nugent

just curious about people's experience with the M5 on the track. i tracked my e92 M3 and will be curious to compare lap times and performance when my M5 gets stateside.

Have a look at this:

[PatrickC23]

Originally Posted by mwlmd

Have a look at this:

Stupid question - is this something u can just show up and pay to do?

[RPiM5]

Yes but you have to book it far in advance.

As one of the only people that I know who has tracked the F10 M5 on the Nurburgring, I can tell you that the M5 is a pure driving machine on the track. It has and will lap a stock E92 M3 on the track.

[Rohardi]

Originally Posted by Patsc23

Stupid question - is this something u can just show up and pay to do?

Yes Sir!

http://www.bmw-motorsport.com/en/fas...taxi/faqs.html

[PatrickC23]

Originally Posted by RPiM5

Yes but you have to book it far in advance.

As one of the only people that I know who has tracked the F10 M5 on the Nurburgring, I can tell you that the M5 is a pure driving machine on the track. It has and will lap a stock E92 M3 on the track.

Im doing my ED in March - just ordered the car on Saturday so starting to book my trip. thx!

[PatrickC23]

Originally Posted by Rohardi

Yes Sir!

http://www.bmw-motorsport.com/en/fas...taxi/faqs.html

Damn, starts in April, so Ill just miss it.

[nugent]

Originally Posted by mwlmd

Have a look at this:

i couldn't watch the video with sound on because i got tired of the dude's girlish laugh.

[smashhell]

Yep the M5 is a lot faster than M3 on the track. Just check out the ring time. The M5 is almost 10 seconds faster

[IND-Distribution]

The M5 has proven to be an incredible performer on the track, and seems as though it's able to shed it's weight as soon as you drive the car quickly. The chassis feels tremendously balanced, but we did find that the brakes will fade after some 20-30 minute sessions around Autobahn here in Chicago.

Our F10 was able to break the 1:40 mark around Autobahn's south course- easily matching many modified E9x M3s.

[nugent]

Originally Posted by Ilia@IND

The M5 has proven to be an incredible performer on the track, and seems as though it's able to shed it's weight as soon as you drive the car quickly. The chassis feels tremendously balanced, but we did find that the brakes will fade after some 20-30 minute sessions around Autobahn here in Chicago.

Our F10 was able to break the 1:40 mark around Autobahn's south course- easily matching many modified E9x M3s.

thanks. brake fading is what I'd expect too with this car. I noticed it while doing consecutive downhill switchbacks in Austria.

[willyp]

I tracked it with the m3 at the M 2 day school. The M3 is really a little more nimble and fun to drive but the m5 is impressive for its size. It has a ton of power. Like Ilia said I did feel a little brake fade. Also they kept overheating on us, which was weird.

[nugent]

Originally Posted by willpeoples

I tracked it with the m3 at the M 2 day school. The M3 is really a little more nimble and fun to drive but the m5 is impressive for its size. It has a ton of power. Like Ilia said I did feel a little brake fade. Also they kept overheating on us, which was weird.

are you running stock pads/brake fluid? I'll at least change to high temp fluid before tracking.