CARACCIOLA-KARUSSEL

Next is probably the most difficult and intense part of the NOrburgring the Caracciola-Karussel, so named because although it was always there, Ca racciola is believed to be the first man to have raced through the banking. Once again, you must know exactly where it is and how to enter it. If not, you’ll probably become part of the scenery. It feels as though you’ve jumped into a pit and then, if you do it right, you’re almost fired out the other side.

There follows another series of fast sweeping bends over steep ups and downs, and the one place that almost turned this heaven into a hell for me.