Jay Leno reckons he has discovered Los Angeles’ own Nürburgring Nordschleife. Click on the map above to see the route in full, courtesy of Google Maps. The circuit forms part of a recent short film, The fast and the famous, featuring Leno and the Mercedes-Benz AMG SLS Gullwing. In the film Leno claims every city [...]
In August Radical set a new Nürburgring lap record, smashing the 6 minute 50 barrier, with the 460bhp 2.8-litre V8 powered SR8LM. The new time set by Michael Vergers at the wheel of the Radical was 6 minutes 48 seconds, and about a month after the record was set evo published a clip on YouTube. [...]
Attention to all Sydney readers Mal’s Big Green Hell, the adventures of a group of Australian racers, featuring Aussie Nürburgring pioneer Mal Rose, at Germany’s famous ‘Green Hell’ race circuit, will be re-screening next week on TVS (Channel 31). The first broadcast airs from 9:30pm tomorrow. Check the TVS online guide for further times and [...]
Porsche test driver, dual world rally champion and all round motor racing legend Walter Rohrl will be driving a Porsche 911 GT3 RS at the 2010 Nürburgring 24 hour race. Rohrl will be 63 when the race takes place in May and it will be his first N24 since 1993. There’s not much else around [...]
Don’t you just love this old archival image from the 1969 German Grand Prix. A timely way to pay respects to Colin Chapman, who passed away 27 years ago today, the image features Graham Hill behind the wheel of a legendary Lotus 49B, possibly taken over the jump at the start of Pflantzgarten. For more [...]
The snow is back! Whenever I see the Nordschleife covered by a fresh white blanket a couple of thoughts come to mind. The first is this YouTube clip which has to be one of the best motoring videos around. The other is a story of a chap who went to the Ring on Christmas last [...]
Below you can see two great clips featuring the Nissan GT-R and Porsche 911 Turbo being thrashed around the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Well, great if you speak German that is. Otherwise you’ll just have to enjoy the pretty pictures and enjoy the work of the D:SF camera crew. Perhaps the biggest disappointment is that these clips [...]
Okay, so this clip is not overly topical given the 24 hour race was over six months ago now. But the chaps from Motor Sport Magazine do give a reasonably good behind the scenes look at what goes on off the track. That means their reporting of what does happen during the race is a [...]
News is just coming through that Walter Kafitz is no longer running the show at the Nürburgring’s Grand Prix circuit. He’s been in charge there for the last 15 years. Control of of the venue has been handed over to the privately-owned Lindner Group, headed by Lorg Lindner, who already operates a nearby hotel. Of [...]
