The current status of the Nürburgring hosting alternate German Grands Prix could be under threat, with a final decision to be made in the first week of October, autosport.com reports. The Nürburgring race is organised by Deutscher Motor Sport Bund, under the guidance of German motoring giant ADAC. The possible fallout is a result of [...]

Now that you’re read about the Dodge Viper ACR, and seen the Corvette ZR1 lap, check them out one above the other in YouTube glory. There’s a bit of scrolling text to go through from the clip’s maker, but eventually you’ll see the Viper ACR laps in 7 minutes 22 seconds, with the ‘vette ZR1 [...]

Taking a step back in time here is a small snippet offrom Wheels August 2001 issue with some spy shots of the R53 MINI Cooper S testing at the Nürburgring (click on the image for a larger version). At the time the then all-new MINI Cooper under BMW’s stewardship had just been launched and there [...]

The Dodge Viper ACR is the latest car to claim the production car lap record around the Nürburgring’s 20.8km north loop. The folk at Dodge’s SRT factory (Street & Racing Technology) got a bit darn sick of everyone else grabbing the limelight, so they packed up two ACRs and shipped them off to the Ring [...]

Australia’s Alex Davison and Team Felbermayr-Proton teammate Marc Lieb have claimed second position in the European Le Mans Series, held at the Nürburgring in Germany on Sunday, 17 August. Driving a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Davison and Lieb showed good form pre-race, qualifying in second position in the GT2 class, but they were unable to [...]

There’s trip reports and there’s trip reports. This one, from AutoWeek‘s Ronan McGrath, will take some beating. Ronan recently took delivery of a 997 Porsche GT3 RS. Okay, that’s not such a big deal. He’s a lucky bastard, for sure, but he’s not alone in having unfettered access to such an awesome car. Ronan is [...]

NextAutos is reporting sightings of an Audi R8 Spider on roads near the Ring. The Spider—although naming has not been confirmed—is believed to be available with the existing 4.2 litre V8 engine as well as the 5.0 litre V10, as the large tailpipes on these shots would indicate. The familiar side blades of the R8 [...]

This is a pretty cool clip showing a bunch of random exotica being tested at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Car spotting at it’s finest! There’s too many models to mention but Porsche, Ferrari, Audi, Aston Martin, Alfa Romeo and Mercedes-Benz cars are featured. Many of the cars are easily recognised, but there’s also a few reasonably [...]

Conquered the Ring in a tintop? Well how about adding a new dimension by taking a lap in an all but purpose built open wheel racer. This lap of the Nordschleife in a Westfield Megablade, with 127bhp Honda Fireblade engine, would have been a great experience. Going off the timing in the clip, the bridge [...]

Thinking of heading over to the Ring? This DIY Guide from Australian Motor magazine (first published in February 2006) is a handy introduction. It is pretty basic but does cover as much as you can expect given the format. Written from the perspective of flying from Australia to London and taking the road trip through [...]

Here’s an old time attack lap from inside a Subaru Impreza WRX STi spec-C. I’m not sure exactly how old the lap is, but judging by the car, it looks to be a 2003 model, with 206kW/394Nm. Regardless of age the lap is a great example of the full commitment required for such a lap—it’s [...]