Archive for May, 2009

Porsche wins fourth successive N24 race

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 […]

2009 Nürburgring 24 hour race – photo gallery

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.

Audi R8 LMS 24h Nürburgring info

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 R8 LMS shows new endurance

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 […]

N24 trackside report – pt6 (the debrief)

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 […]

Volkswagen Scirocco shows class at Nürburgring

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 […]

2009 N24 Australian update – final placings

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 […]