Archive for August, 2011

Toyota smashes electric lap record

Toyota’s radically styled TMG EV P001 has smashed the lap record for an electric vehicle at the Nürburgring. This is just the third genuine attempt at an EV record around the demanding Nordschleife, following MINI and Peugeot, but Toyota’s lap time of 7 minutes 47.794 seconds is going to take some beating! Jochen Krumbach was […]

BMW M5 ‘Green Hell’ experience

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Next year the new F10 BMW M5 will return to Ring-Taxi duties. However, BMW has already given a handful of early adopters a preview run. The chosen few were able to earn favour with Munich by placing an order for a new M5. In exchange BMW flew them to Germany for some one on one […]

VIDEO: BMW M1 Procar around the Nürburgring

The BMW M1 is a special machine. Sure, by today’s standards its performance is somewhat pedestrian, but back in the 1970s, when the M1 was first released, it was the real deal. BMW even set up a one-make ‘M1 Procar’ series. The category supported Formula One races in Europe for the 1979 and 1980 seasons. […]

McLaren MP4-12C GT3 to race in 2012 N24

Good news for fans of the McLaren MP4-12C GT3 with confirmation the Dörr Motorsport team will be racing a pair of these cars in the VLN series next year. Of course, those shorter enduro races will be preparation for the main game, the 2012 Nürburgring 24 hour race. We’ll be watching very closely! [Thanks to […]

Chris Harris in an SLS AMG on the Nordschleife

Here’s a well made clip featuring Chris Harris driving a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG ‘Gullwing’ around the Ring. It was all part of the fun and games you can have at a dedicated Destination Nürburgring track day. UPDATE: Harris has blogged about the SLS over at the evo website.

24 hours in 6 minutes

The Ring1tv YouTube channel brings us a superb highlights package of the 2011 Nürburgring 24 hour race. We trust you will enjoy the clip above as you relive the journey that saw Manthey Racing return to the winner’s circle. [Thanks to Obi for the tip]

‘Ringmini’ Clubman Estate laps the Nordschleife

If you spend any time watching the goings on at the Nürburgring, especially during Touristenfahrten days, you’ll be familiar with the little blue ‘Ringmini’. It’s a 1971 Mini Clubman Estate that been fitted with the engine and transmission from a Honda Civic. In short, it’s bloody fast and its owner knows the Ring like the […]