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 [...]
Dale from Bridge to Gantry was on scene yesterday to record some genuine behind the scenes footage of the Ron Howard movie Rush. Watch the clip after the break. Concentrating on the dramatic 1976 Formula One season, and the battle between Lauda and James Hunt for the world championship, Lauda’s crash will no doubt be [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Strap yourself in for some awesome on-board camera footage filmed at the final VLN race for 2011. The video is from the #33 BMW Alpina B6 GT3 and provides a great insight into the start of a big race at the Ring. After the break you can see the full opening lap, the sights and [...]
Renault Sport F1 brings us this great little video showing half a dozen Formula One drivers fooling around on the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Red Bull, Lotus and Renault all use the RS27 engine and Renault Sport figured it was a good enough excuse to get Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber, Heikki Kovalainen, Jarno Trulli, Nick Heidfeld and [...]
Red Bull Racing duo Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel took some time out of their German GP preparations to flog a couple of company cars around the awesome Nürburgring Nordschleife. With an Infiniti M each the pair trade wisecracks as they lap the old circuit. It would appear, even in a gig like this, that [...]
The German Grand Prix is clearly a big event for manufacturers such as Mercedes-Benz. It’s their home race and the history of the Nürburgring allows a great chance to maximise the marketing potential the F1 travelling circus brings. A perfect opportunity, then, to bring out some old Silver Arrows for a run around the Nordschleife. [...]
We were surprised to see Red Bull Racing testing a new ring-taxi concept after last night’s German Grand Prix. We think catching a pax lap in a Formula One car around the Ring would be an awesome experience. We didn’t see the RB7 head out to the Nordschleife, but think Red Bull Racing should definitely [...]
This weekend the German Grand Prix will be held at the Nürburgring. Reigning Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel grew up not too far away from the Ring and he will be a huge drawcard. Indeed organisers are expecting record crowds. But will this be enough to ensure the Nürburgring maintains its position on the F1 [...]
One of the support races for the Nürburgring 24 hour race this weekend is the Porsche Carrera World Cup event. There’s going to be more than 100 cars taking part with around 25 countries represented. One of the main attractions is Kiwi, and Australian resident, Craig Baird. It may surprise a few to learn that [...]
The innovative Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid won the fourth round of the VLN championship at the Ring on the weekend. In doing so it becomes the first hybrid powered vehicle to claim victory on the Nordschleife. The slender winning margin of just over seven seconds can be put down to the GT3 R Hybrid’s [...]
Unfortunately the trip to Germany for Craig Lowndes and Warren Luff to race in a VLN endurance round at the Nürburgring turned out to be little more than a tourist visit to the Audi factory in Neckarsulm. According to a short paragraph in the latest Audi Motorsport newsletter Lowndes binned his R8 LMS in practice. [...]
There was a six-hour VLN race at the Ring over the weekend, eventually won by the Farnbacher Ferrari. Here’s some footage showing the exit to Pflantzgarten I. All looks good, the lead cars are carrying some great speed through the turn. Off-camera a Porsche and Renault collide and we see the aftermath, luckily avoided by [...]
