Archive for February, 2012

Onboard with the Audi R8 LMS at Bathurst

Following their successful defence at the Bathurst 12 Hour race on the weekend, Audi Australia has teamed up with Team Phoenix Racing to bring us this in-car footage from Saturday morning qualifying. Christopher Mies is at the wheel. The first lap is a slow warm-up, thankfully, as Mies gets a close look at a couple […]

2012 Bathurst 12 Hour race

The Bathurst 12 Hour race is the closest thing we have to the Nürburgring 24 hour here in Australia. So much so that Black Falcon and Phoenix Racing are currently down under enjoying our inclement weather. Dominik Farnbacher and Allan Simonsen are also here racing a Ferrari 458 GT3. Indeed, during the opening stages of […]

An inside look at the Porsche Carrera World Cup

In 2011 the largest Porsche 911 race ever held took place as support to the Nürburgring 24 hour race. Craig Baird, a Kiwi we like to call Australian, was invited along as drivers from around the globe arrived in Nürburg to compete. Now the official Porsche YouTube channel takes us behind the scenes speaking to […]

Lure of the Ring draft TV commercial

We first brought you news about a new Nürburgring documentary called Lure of the Ring back in July 2010. That was followed by a teaser video last March. Since then there’s been a Facebook page created and a preview screening of the film was held in January. Now we bring you a draft TV commercial […]

Who wants to go open wheel snow drifting?

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Drifting through a snowy Adenauer Forst in an open wheeler! Nice work if you can get it. That’s exactly what Andy Gülden from the Nürburgring Driving Academy has just done and you can see the video after the break. Given the yesterday’s news about management changes at the Ring, Gülden might be looking for a […]

Nürburgring offered a new lease of life

There have been some dramatic developments concerning the management of the Nürburgring in recent days that will literally give the Ring a new lease of life. This shapes as promising news for Save the Ring campaigners. The contract to manage the state-owned Nürburgring and its facilities has been cancelled. This ends the controversial reign of […]

Honda relives NSX glory days

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At the Detroit Motor Show this year Honda announced it would be making an all-new NSX and provided a stunning concept car to prove it. In this video, which runs for 7 minutes 46 seconds (a tidy Nordschleife lap), Honda relives the glory days of the NSX, including ample period footage of the original model […]