The 41st Nürburgring 24 hour race has been run and won. And even though we lost around nine hours due to poor weather the race delivered plenty of drama and excitement. Final placings for the Australian and New Zealand drivers has been compiled below. Special mentions to Paul Stubber (first Aussie across the line); Rob [...]
At the head of the field Mercedes has three cars in the top four and with only two hours to go can be excused for starting to think about victory. It’s the #9 Black Falcon car out in front as we speak with a pair of Rowe Racing Mercs split by the #25 Team Marc [...]
Things have settled into a nice rhythm at the Nürburgring 24 hour race now. Although the leaders are mixing things up a bit with pit stops at the like. Currently leading is the #23 Rowe Racing Mercedes SLS AMG GT3. Mercedes is yet to win the Nürburgring endurance classic so they’ll have all their fingers [...]
An hour of action has passed since the cars went back out on track. In the outright lead the #007 Aston Martin has struggled in the still very wet conditions and has dropped down to thirteenth place. In the lead now is the #25 BMW Z4 GT3 with Maxime Martin revelling in the wet. Since [...]
Darkness has descended on the Eifel region and with it came heavy fog and rain. The worst area affected is the drop into the Fuchsröhre and it’s been bad enough to force the race into a temporary red flag. The red flag was first waved around three hours ago and race organisers say there’ll be [...]
Two hours have already elapsed in the 2013 Nürburgring 24 hour race and up front the #4 Audi and #007 Aston Martin spectacularly fighting for the lead, as we write the Aston Martin has just taken the lead. For the Aussies and Kiwis there was drama early with the #190 BMW of Wayne Moore suffering [...]
A quick shout out for Mal Rose who is about to tackle the Green Hell for his tenth Nürburgring 24 hour race in a row. That’s a fine achievement for any racer and even more admirable for the fact Mal travels half way around the world to compete. Here’s a few words Mal shared with [...]
Here’s the finalised list of entries (86kb PDF) showing the Australian and New Zealand drivers taking part in this weekend’s Nürburgring 24 hour race. Car #6 – Aston Martin Vantage V8 // Class SP8 Mal Rose (AUS), Peter Leemhuis (AUS), Joachim Kern (GER), Egon Allgäuer (SUI) Car #27 – Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S // [...]
While we welcome the news that Mal Rose will be making his way to the Nürburgring again for the 24 hour race next month we’re a little sad that he won’t have his V8 Commodore in circulation. That means fans of Aussie V8s will have to make do with this spy shot of the new [...]
We’re less than a month away from the 2013 Nürburgring 24 hour race (17–20 May) and here’s our first official look at who’s going to be having a crack, thanks to the provisional entry list (94kb PDF) published last week. The good news is there is plenty of Aussies and Kiwis returning to the Nordschleife, [...]
Aston Martin brings us a new video with some six minutes of colour and movement from the 2012 Nürburgring 24 hour race. It’s great to see a company like Aston embrace endurance events such as the Nürburgring 24 hour. They say they’ll be back chasing the main prize again in 2013.
High profile Australian driver Warren Luff was fortunate enough to snag a seat with the Audi race experience team for the Nürburgring 24 hour race this year. It’s an extension of the relationship he’s enjoyed with Audi at the Bathurst 12 hour back home. In his video diary from the 24 hour race you get [...]
