Today is Derek Bell’s 70th birthday. Simply, he is a motorsport legend and an all round nice guy as well. To celebrate this milestone here’s a great clip of him taming the Nordschleife in a Porsche 956. For more on Bell’s birthday celebrations head on over to AUSmotive.
Our earlier tip off with the dates for the 2012 Nürburgring 24 hour race have now been confirmed by the official race website. Clear your diaries for the weekend of 17–20 May 2012 and be ready to enjoy more N24 action. [Thanks to Obi & Marcel for the tips]
One of the world’s newest supercars, the McLaren MP4-12C, has unofficially lapped the Nürburgring in 7 minutes 28 seconds. The time was recorded by respected German magazine Sport Auto. Perhaps McLaren would secretly wish for a faster time, as the mighty Mac is around 16 seconds slower than the Dodge Viper ACR, 12 seconds slower […]
In the build up to last weekend’s VLN 4 hour race at the Nürburgring Dr Ulrich Bez, Aston Martin CEO, and Akio Toyoda, Toyota President, shared a drive in each other’s cars. The machines in question were ‘Zig’ the Aston Martin V12 Zagato and the Gazoo Racing Lexus LFA. Dr Bez explains, “When I learned […]
US motoring identity and drift king Tanner Foust was lucky enough to be sent over to the Nürburgring and handed the keys to a Ford Focus RS500 and told to go and enjoy the Nordschleife. In standard form the RS500 sends 350hp to its front wheels, but Foust says this car has been boosted for […]
Earlier footage showing the roadworks on the Nordschleife moments before the recent eight-car crash at the Ring has been removed. However, a reader has posted a link to a new video which shows the accident happened in different stages. Filmed using a rearward facing camera inside a BMW E30 3 Series the clip starts outside […]
Ongoing track maintenance was one of the contributing factors believed to cause the recent eight-car pile up that happened at the Nürburgring. In this video, which was filmed moments before the accident happened, you can see how quickly the roadworks appeared on the uphill climb after Bergwerk. This is a great illustration of the many […]
