Archive for May, 2010

24 hours in 19500 frames

Filmmakers Tim and Nick Hahne from Stereoscreen have provided race fans with a real treat. Their short film 24 hours in 19500 frames captures the essence of this year’s Nürburgring 24 hour race and condenses it into 13 minutes of total brilliance. Click on the image above to load the film’s website and get ready […]

The ultimate “run what you brung” weapon?

Driving your own car to a track day and home again after a couple of hours track time is one thing. But imagine driving from Stuttgart to Nürburg where upon arrival you spend 24 hours thrashing the car around the Green Hell in a race with around 200 other cars. At the end of that […]

Thoughts with Marcel Tiemann

Thoughts and best wishes from AUSringers are with Marcel Tiemann who was involved in an accident at Imola last weekend. Tiemann, a five-time Nürburgring 24 hour race winner, was competing in the International GT Open class in a Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS. The accident happened at the start of the second race which began […]

Porsche 918 Spyder set to race in 2011 24 hour

The stunning Porsche 918 Spyder with hybrid drive could be racing in next year’s Nürburgring 24 hour race according to various reports. After coming so close to winning the race this year with the 911 GT3R Hybrid the 918 has the pedigree to give an outright victory a big shake. With around 500hp on offer […]

Porsche 911 GT3 bridge-to-gantry run

Here’s a pretty handy lap filmed in early May during a Scuderia Hanseat training course. The car is a 997 Porsche 911 GT3. The BTG time is sub-8 minutes. The sound is glorious.

2010 N24 – Porsche post-race press release

Porsche was another manufacturer to suffer from poor fortune to its leading runners at the 2010 Nürbrurgring 24 hour race. The lead car, and defending champion, from got off to a flying start taking taking the lead of the race before the cars entered the Nordschleife. The #1 Manthey carlooked very comfortable setting the pace, […]

2010 N24 – Audi post-race press release

When Audi saw they had four R8 LMS racecars filling the first four spots on the grid for the start of 2010 Nürburgring 24 hour race they must have had high hopes for outright success. At various stages during the race those hopes looked well founded, too. However motor racing in general, and especially at […]