I NEARLY MESSED IT UP! First Lotus Emira Laps on the NURBURGRING

It's time to get my new Lotus Emira out on the Nürburgring, and thankfully it didn't all go wrong! Having just run my Shelby GT500 around for the first time, the next Shmeemobile breaks its duck at the Green Hell, with some epic laps aside from one major moment... During the drive over the Germany, the Lotus completed the necessary running in mileage and ironically, the very first time I'm driving it since that has been passed is literally down to the Touristenfahrten entrance and out onto the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Being a First Edition, it's the 3.5l Supercharged V6 with a manual gearbox, making 400hp, and in my case I also opted for the Sport Chassis setup with Michelin Cup 2 tyres. With it being Easter Weekend, and therefore extraordinarily busy, we're lucky to get a few laps back to back, with some other great cars to drive with out on the world's most famous piece of tarmac. However, on lap 2, it nearly goes completely wrong. Having hopped from the left-hand-drive GT500, and now sitting in the right-hand-drive Emira, my mistake is to be a little bit too far to the left over the jump and to have touched the kerb, resulting in rather more of a jump than intended - which thanks to sticky tyres and traction control absolutely saves everything from disaster. My point in saying this is very much that you always need to keep your wits about you, a small mistake can quickly bring trouble - thankfully in this case it absolutely didn't. Awesome thumbnail pic from Rike67, be sure to check out pics of your laps and GP sessions at RaceTracker.de as well! https://www.instagram.com/rike67.nordschleife/ https://www.racetracker.de Thanks for watching, Tim Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:00 Preparing My Emira 02:28 Down to the Nürburgring 04:40 First Lap 10:22 Second Lap 15:55 Third Lap 21:14 Final Thoughts 22:18 Wrap Up #Lotus #Emira #Nurburgring WATCH NEXT: