Australian flag at the Karussell
February 14th, 2008 Posted in Australia, Nurburgring news, Photography
As a fan of the Nürburgring I’m sure you will be familiar with the graffiti on the track. Lately on pictures taken at the Karussell I have noticed an Australian flag painted on the armco. Thanks to Martyn from the Ringers forum I have been able to secure a picture to share with you. (Edit: New pics added 15 February, see end of article.) It’s pretty cool to see Aussies reprazent at the Ring like this. From what I can tell the flag has been on the armco for around two years, and I am a bit surprised that others haven’t followed this example and painted their own national flag alongside.
If you have any information on who painted the flag and when they did it I would love to know, so please use the comments form below if you can help.
As mentioned I secured the image at the top of this article from a helpful Ring fan and I ask that you check out his blog which will soon have a Nürburgring gallery. He took some great pics on his recent trip, so it should be well worth checking out: www.the365project.co.uk
Update: A big thank you to Jochen from Frozenspeed Motorsport Photography who read this article and passed on the two images below.
5 Responses to “Australian flag at the Karussell”
By Mal on Feb 20, 2008
Yes this flag was painted by the son of the pention ( B & B ) we stay at each year.
We have a real German fan club just before the carrosel.
Each time they here our high reving Mitsubishi Mivecs or our thundering Holden V8 Supercar they wave our Aussie flags.
They now have our ( blow up ) Kangaroo.
By Liam on Feb 21, 2008
Thanks for the feedback Mal. Do you know when the flag was first painted on the armco, my guess is sometime around 2006?
And best of luck with your 2008 plans for the 24 hour race.