Caterham R300 Superlight tackles the Nürburgring

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Drive anything around its twisting, undulating ribbon of tarmac and you know the suspension is working overtime. But it's quite another matter to see it. Unfortunately, the suspensions on most cars are hidden beneath their bodywork – but not on a Caterham Seven.

The classic lightweight roadster has its wheels placed outboard, so when the suspension is in motion, you can see the whole car working, its cycle fenders bobbing up and down. And that's just what you'll see in the video after the jump.

The boys over at Bridge to Gantry – those lovers of everything Nordschleife – headed home to the Green Hell in an R300 Superlight. Not the most powerful car Caterham has ever made (in fact you'll see its 178hp engine maxing out around 125 mph flat-out) but its low, low curb weight, coupled to the expertise of the driver behind the wheel, more than makes up for it, as he passes hot hatches, a Porsche, a motorbike and even a Chevrolet Corvette – along with one car that got spit out the top of the second Karousel.

 

[Nomar06]

That has to be a ton O fun!

 

[KennyGS]

Wow, honestly, wth are all of those people doing on there?

I will regularly take an off ramp at over 60 mph that is posted at 20 mph. It's the Nurburgring for crying out loud!

BTW, the driver of the Corvette should be smacked to the ground, and their keys taken away from them.

 

[dentrecords]

This is a must do thing in my life.