This video is the perfect way to get yourself in the mood for a weekend of endurance racing. It was produced after the 2011 24 hour race and features Mal Rose at the wheel of his Holden Commodore V8 Supercar and Darren Turner in the Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4. You’re taken for a full [...]
The 2012 Nürburgring 24 hour race is almost upon us and if you’re keen to stay up to date over the weekend here’s a few tips. Live radio coverage will be provided by Radio Le Mans, and you can also follow RLM via twitter. The official Nürburgring 24 hour website will again provide pictures via [...]
In the build up to the 40th running of the Nürburgring 24 hour race the organisers have released a few facts about the race. You can read them all after the break, but it’s the first point that has the key numbers. There’ll be around 170 cars competing around the 25km track and driving all [...]
The provisional entry list for the 40th Nürburgring 24 hour race was released at the end of April. You can download a copy right now if you like (70kb PDF). We’ve scanned through the doc and picked out the Aussies and Kiwis entered in the race. As always these lists can be a bit fluid [...]
Toyota will be racing two of its new back-to-basics GT86 models at the 24 hour race this weekend. They’ve been entered under the Gazoo Racing banner, who are back with a V10-powered Lexus LFA. The Gazoo Racing GT86s have been entered in the SP3 class, while the Toyota Swiss Racing Team will have another two [...]
MINI Motorsport is back for a second helping of Nürburgring 24 hour action in 2012, returning with their JCW Endurance machine. As well as the factory-back s.i.g. Motorsport team, three other MINI entries are finalising preparations for the big race. The Besaplast Racing Team will compete in the SP 2T category, fresh off their class [...]
Now that the mighty M3 is back in DTM mode, BMW has thrown their eggs into the Z4 GT3 basket for the Nürburgring 24 hour race this year. Indeed, it’s a shame that there’s a scheduling clash this weekend, with the DTM series heading to Brands Hatch in England. Back at the Nürburgring, two teams [...]
Aston Martin returns to the Ring for the seventh successive year and will field four factory cars this weekend. That will be matched by a further four customer cars, meaning a total of eight Astons will be tested to the limit for 24 hours. Of course, the coolest thing about Aston Martin’s involvement at the [...]
The 40th running of the Nürburgring 24 hour race is almost upon us and Audi has sent out a few words about their campaign. In all seven 2012-spec R8 LMS ultra GT3s will represent Audi this weekend. Two cars will line up for the factory Audi Sport Team Phoenix outfit, while four other teams will [...]
With less than two weeks to go until the 2012 Nürburgring 24 hour race we realised we still owe you a photo gallery from Porsche showcasing last year’s triumph. Manthey Racing emerged victorious once again in 2011 and the winning #18 car features heavily in the 50+ images you’ll see after the break.
There’s now less than two weeks to go until the 2012 Nürburgring 24 hour race. And we reckon this video is just the thing to help get you right in the mood for a day at the Green Hell. Nick Heidfeld is at the wheel of the Gemballa Racing McLaren MP4-12C GT3. The footage was [...]
Mal Rose, best known for being a hard working privateer, will be enjoying a factory drive with Aston Martin Racing in the Nürburgring 24 hour race later this month. It’s a great reward for effort for Mal who already has eight N24 races behind him—this year will be his ninth consecutive appearance—as well as many [...]
Gemballa Racing has confirmed Nick Heideld will join their McLaren MP4-12C GT3 race team at this weekend’s VLN race on the Nordschelife. It’s expected this is a formality for Heidfeld to complete before joins the team for the 2012 Nürburgring 24 hour race (17–20 May). With 185 F1 race starts behind him, including 11 races [...]
Audi has recently confirmed its plans for the upcoming Nürburgring 24 hour race. Australia’s Warren Luff will compete in one of two Audi race experience R8 LMS entries. Of course, Luff has plenty of experience in the R8 having driven for Audi in the last two Bathurst 12 Hour races. It’s also interesting to note [...]
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 [...]
