The Nürburgring 24 hour race is approaching half distance and the field is currently deep into night time racing. Sunrise is still a couple of hours away and when the sun does come up race goers will welcome a new leader. The #1 Manthey Porsche was comfortably in the lead until it was involved in [...]
Three hours of the Nürburgring 24 hour race have elapsed and after the break you can see the placings of the teams with Australian and New Zealand drivers. It’s been a bit tricky to compile this information as the live results from the official website do not appear to be working properly. Therefore the results [...]
A preliminary entry list for the 2010 Nürburgring 24 hour race has been published by race officials. You can download a PDF of the entries HERE (1mb). I have highlighted the teams featuring Australian and New Zealand drivers and a text based list of these teams can also be seen after the jump.
Australian endurance racing stalwart Mal Rose will be back at the Ring for his seventh straight 24 hour race. This time, though, he won’t be behind the familiar Lion badge of his Holden Commodore, but behind the Pleiades stars of a Subaru Impreza WRX STI. Mal will be driving for the Rimmer Motorsport from the [...]
Attention to all Sydney readers Mal’s Big Green Hell, the adventures of a group of Australian racers, featuring Aussie Nürburgring pioneer Mal Rose, at Germany’s famous ‘Green Hell’ race circuit, will be re-screening next week on TVS (Channel 31). The first broadcast airs from 9:30pm tomorrow. Check the TVS online guide for further times and [...]
AUSringers readers will be familiar with the Osborne Motorsports team and their exploits at the Nürburgring 24 hour race over the last couple of years. When back home in Australia drivers Colin Osborne and Stu Jones can be found behind the wheel of a Toyota Celica in the Australian Production Car Championship. All this is [...]
The following words are the race report sent in from Mal Rose after he and his team made their annual pilgrimage to the Nürburgring Nordschleife for the 24 hour race. Accompanying the text are some pics and video clips that have been sourced by AUSringers reader Ben. Thanks to Mal and Ben for their input [...]
Mark Webber has driven a magnificent race to claim his first ever Grand Prix victory. It was the first win by an Australian driver since Alan Jones won the 1981 US Grand Prix. Webber started aggressively from pole position at the Nürburgring track, but couldn’t hold off a fast charging Rubens Barichello who led into [...]
Apologies for the late notice, but you’d better plan to park yourself on the couch this afternoon. Switch your telly to SBS TV’s Speedweek program which starts at 1pm (check local guides). This is a one-hour TV doco shot by Stuart Greaves from Adrenaline Video with the support of Tony Quinn and his team. See [...]
Top Gear Australia are offering up a trip for two to the Nürburgring Nordschleife. The prize includes airfares, accommodation and, the best part, driver tuition with Ron Simons from RSR Nurburg. You must be over 18 to enter, hold an Australian driving licence and be able to travel in the last week of August this [...]
