In front of over 230,000 fans it was the Manthey Racing #1 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR driven by Timo Bernhard (Germany), Marc Lieb (Germany), Romain Dumas (France) and Marcel Tiemann (Monaco) that won the race. Team boss, Olaf Manthey was a very happy man, “I’m incredibly proud of my entire team and my drivers. I [...]

Following the pre-race gallery, here are a selection of images from the 2009 Nürburgring 24 hour race, courtesy of the official race website. All pictures can be viewed as wallpaper sized 2000px super images by click on each image.

To celebrate the debut of the Audi R8 LMS at the Nürburgring 24 hour race here are a couple of press documents for download that answer everything you ever wanted to know, but were too afraid to ask. Audi R8 LMS Media Info 24h Nürburgring (2.7mb PDF) Audi R8 LMS Media Info (1.6mb PDF)

Audi Motorsport went to the Nürburgring 24 hour race this year with high hopes. Four new R8 LMS GT3 category racers were entered with some of the sport’s biggest names at the wheel. To subject the new racecars to such a tough test was a big commitment. This commitment almost paid the most handsome dividends [...]

It’s been a big week for Stu Jones and his mates at Osborne Motorsports. A long haul flight from Sydney to Frankfurt, a massive effort from everyone in the team to prepare, drive and repair the racecar in the 24 hour race and, now, another long haul flight back to Australia. But, if you’re like [...]

The Volkswagen Motorsport program enjoyed more success at the Nürburgring 24 hour over the weekend with class wins for the Scirocco in the SP3T and AT categories. The #118 petrol powered Scirocco R came home in 15th outright presenting drivers Jimmy Johansson, Florian Gruber, Nicki Thiim and Martin Karlhofer a third consecutive SP3T class win [...]

The race is now over and a massive congratulations for all the teams who took part, not just the winners. As you can see in the banner above the Osborne Motorsports Toyota Corolla managed to overcome its transmission issues and get in the final gaggle of cars to cross the finish line behind the Manthey [...]

In an amazing result of endurance racing consistency the Manthey Racing team #1 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR has won the 2009 Nürburgring 24 hour race. This is the fourth consecutive win for Olaf Manthey’s team. Good weather also helped the #1 car create further history by establishing a new distance record of 155 laps for [...]

There’s just two hours left to go and all is looking good for the #1 Manthey car. Most of the Aussie teams are holding station since the last update. Although car #170, the BMW M3, has only done two laps in the last couple of hours. The Results Database doesn’t show them as being in [...]

The reality of endurance racing has bitten hard for a lot of competitors in the last five hours. As you can see from the banner graphic above the #117 Volkswagen Scirocco R has crashed out after coming over a blind crest at Pflantzgarten and smashing into a BMW which was driving slowly in the middle [...]

Back in April a factory assault on the Nordschleife saw the Nissan GT-R set a new fastest lap. The new time, set late in the month, was an impressive 7 minutes 26.70 seconds. This marked a slight improvement over their earlier effort in mid-April. However, the press statement announcing this grand news was only released [...]

A nifty feature available online is the ability to follow a selection of cars in action by GPS. The site is a bit clunky, but still worth a visit all the same. Click here to load the site.

N24 is now well over half complete and, sadly, some of the Australian teams have retired or are struggling due to misfortune. According to Radio Le Mans the #44 Mal Rose Racing Holden Commodore has suffered clutch problems and is out of the race. Car #10, the “crowd favourite” M3 with Australian Rodney Forbes in [...]

As well as a strong Australian contingent at the Ring this weekend there is also a few New Zealand regulars that make the trip each year. KIWI Team Nürburgring is one of those teams and they have an updated blog running charting their progress in the race. Check out the ktn24hr blog for more info [...]

The 2009 Nürburgring 24 hour race is now well underway with over 10 hours of racing gone. At the head of the pack the #1 Manthey Porsche RSR is currently looking good for a fourth consecutive outright win. Of course, there is a long way to go yet, so let’s focus on the Australian teams. [...]