Vintage Nürburgring map (including Südschleife)
Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in Nurburgring history, Track guides | No Comments »I hope you enjoy looking at this old Nürburgring map. The dark line is the Nordschleife (North Loop), note the Steilstrecke section (above the Karussel) which was used for steep gradient tests. The lighter circuit below is the 7.7 kilometre ...
Porsche’s Nordschleife engine simulator
Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in Manufacturer testing, Porsche | 1 Comment »This is very cool! Porsche have collected data from countless hours of Nürburgring Nordschleife testing to produce the virtual engine simulator. The telemetry gathered enables the simulator to not only recreate the acceleration and engine braking from a lap at ...
Corvette ZR1 latest to claim Nürburgring headlines
Saturday, June 28th, 2008 Posted in GM, Manufacturer testing | 1 Comment »According to the blog of Corvette's Chief Engineer, Tadge J Juechter, the ZR1 is the latest car to claim the headlines with a full Nordschleife lap of 7:26.4. That is almost three seconds faster than the much hyped Nissan GT-R ...
MINI CHALLENGE in-car footage - Nürburgring 2007
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in MINI, Motorsports | 1 Comment »Continuing the theme of the Nürburgring 24 hour race, here is some footage of the MINI CHALLENGE support category from the 2007 event. Split into four parts the in-car setup has been taken from the car of Carlo Bermes, racing ...
2010 Honda NSX Nürburgring test footage
Saturday, June 21st, 2008 Posted in Honda, Manufacturer testing | No Comments »With thanks to bridgetogantry.com here is a short clip of the new Honda NSX in testing at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. You can see the car driving through the Brünnchen complex, doesn't sound too bad either.
Right hand drive Ring rentals now available
Friday, June 20th, 2008 Posted in Car hire, Nurburgring news, Renault | 1 Comment »Good news for Aussies heading over to the Nürburgring Nordschleife with RSR Nürburg now having right-hand drive rentals available. Great news if you have little experience in left-hand drive cars. As seen on the bridgetogantry.com website, RSR Nürburg has two ...
Honda NSX test mule laps Nürburgring in 7:37
Friday, June 20th, 2008 Posted in Honda, Manufacturer testing | No Comments »Honda is the latest manufacturer to have thrown its hat into the Ring chasing uber fast lap times. A report on autoblog.com suggests a Honda NSX test mule has been timed by spy photographers lapping the Nordschleife under 7 minutes ...
2008 Volkswagen Scirocco GT24 - part 2
Thursday, June 19th, 2008 Posted in Motorsports, Photography, Volkswagen | 1 Comment »This is the second and final image gallery of the Volkswagen Scirocco GT24s as seen at the 2008 Nürburgring 24 hour race. See below for quotes from the drivers, as well as Volkswagen's press release, and, of course, more images. Remember ...
2008 Volkswagen Scirocco GT24 - part 1
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 Posted in Motorsports, Photography, Volkswagen | 6 Comments »Over the next few days I'll be posting up some images from the recent 2008 Nürburgring 24 hour race. Starting with the agressive looking Volkswagen Scirocco GT24s. The Sciroccos, running 2.0 TFSI engines and six-speed DSG transmissions achieved a 1-2 ...
2008 Nürburgring 24 hour race highlights
Friday, June 13th, 2008 Posted in Motorsports, Video | No Comments »A few days ago I received an email from German motor racing fan Obi passing on some links to in-car footage of the Tischner Motorsports BMW M3 competing at this year's Nürburgring 24 hour race. You should spend some time ...
Team Mirage breaks new ground at 2008 Nürburgring 24 hour
Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Posted in Australia, Mitsubishi, Motorsports | No Comments »The Australian crewed Mitsubishi Mirages, that have raced at the Nürburgring 24 hour race since 2004, may appear humble enough, but their impact on Australians competing at the 'Green Hell' has been extraordinarily profound. This year, in their fifth successive ...
Aston Martin V8 Vantage N400 video
Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Posted in Aston Martin, Video | No Comments »One of the first articles featured on AUSringers was about Aston Martin's V8 Vantage N400, so it only seemed right to post up this clip from UK's Car magazine which I just stumbled across on YouTube. Sadly, it doesn't feature ...
Another Nissan GT-R 7:29 video
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 Posted in Nissan, Track guides, Video | 8 Comments »Well, this is the third clip I've posted showing the Nissan GT-R's 7:29 Nürburgring Nordschleife lap, but it is definitely the best. This one, spotted on GTRblog.com, features audio that is much better and the small Nordschleife circuit layout out ...
Drivers Republic at the 2008 Nürburgring 24 hour
Monday, June 9th, 2008 Posted in Motorsports | 1 Comment »Journailsts from the Drivers Republic website Richard Meaden and Jethro Bovingdon competed in the 2008 Nürburgring 24 hour race last month. Their report is now online (note, clicking on this link will resize your browser window). It is well worth putting ...
Official Nissan video: GT-R laps Nürburgring in 7:29
Thursday, June 5th, 2008 Posted in Nissan, Video | 2 Comments »Here is a much cleaner clip of Nissan's official footage of the much hyped R35 GT-R lapping the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 7 minutes, 29 seconds. It was initially claimed this car was showroom stock, but, apparently the car used in ...
