1998 Nürburgring 24 hour race
Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Australia, Motorsports, Nurburgring history, Volkswagen | 2 Comments »Following on from Peter McKay's report on his experience at the 1997 Nürburgring 24 hour race is his report from the 1998 race. First published in the September 1998 issue of Australia's Wheels magazine, it's actually a very good read ...
1997 Nürburgring 24 hour race
Saturday, July 19th, 2008 Posted in Australia, Honda, Motorsports, Nurburgring history, Sabine Schmitz | 3 Comments »I hope you enjoy this old article about the 1997 Nürburgring 24 hour race. It was written by Australian journalist Peter McKay for Wheels magazine. McKay teamed up with Andreas Rottstedt, Andreas Reichmann and, fellow Australian, Chris Smith to tackle ...
1969 German Grand Prix
Monday, July 7th, 2008 Posted in Motorsports, Nurburgring history, Video | 1 Comment »More Nürburgring material from the vault—there will be more to come—this time some footage of the 1969 German Grand Prix. Almost 40 years old, this material has great aerial shots and pretty good audio quality as well. The race was ...
1936 German Grand Prix
Monday, July 7th, 2008 Posted in Motorsports, Nurburgring history, Photography | No Comments »Here are a few images from the 1936 German Grand Prix, held at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. The race was won by Bernd Rosemeyer driving an Auto Union Type C (pictured above). It was a one-two victory for the Auto Unions, ...
Vintage Nürburgring map (including Südschleife)
Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in Nurburgring history, Track guides | No Comments »I hope you enjoy looking at this old Nürburgring map. The dark line is the Nordschleife (North Loop), note the Steilstrecke section (above the Karussel) which was used for steep gradient tests. The lighter circuit below is the 7.7 kilometre ...
Born on the Nürburgring - part 3
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 Posted in BMW, Nurburgring history, Sabine Schmitz, Video | 2 Comments »This is the third and final part of the Born on the Nürburgring film. I hope you've enjoyed the series. And if you have, well, here comes the treat I've been promising...
Born on the Nürburgring - part 2
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 Posted in BMW, Nurburgring history, Sabine Schmitz, Video | No Comments »Here is the second part of the Born on the Nürburgring film. I'll need to look into the detail a bit more, but it appears this short movie was produced as part of a promotional piece for the BMW X5 ...
Born on the Nürburgring - part 1
Monday, March 17th, 2008 Posted in BMW, Nurburgring history, Sabine Schmitz, Video | No Comments »If you're reading this site it's probably safe to assume you have a bit of an idea what the Nürburgring Nordschleife is all about. If you don't, or even if you do, this three part series will be of great ...
Rare 1950s Nürburgring photos
Saturday, March 15th, 2008 Posted in Nurburgring history, Photography | 2 Comments »I like finding old photos of the Nürburgring Nordschleife and I stumbled across these examples courtesy of sebbbl on the Fastlane forum. While the exact identity of these images is unconfirmed it is believed they were taken on 5 August ...
Niki Lauda’s crash at 1976 Nürburgring GP - part 2
Saturday, March 8th, 2008 Posted in Motorsports, Nurburgring history | No Comments »Following on from part 1 of this Niki Lauda special, below is a 13 page feature from an unknown German magazine. Some of the images contained within are quite graphic with a clearly bloodied and burnt Lauda captured on film. ...
Niki Lauda’s crash at 1976 Nürburgring GP - part 1
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 Posted in Motorsports, Nurburgring history, Video | 2 Comments »It's now over 30 years since Niki Lauda's horrific accident at the 1976 German Grand Prix held at the Nürburgring. In a recent article for the TimesOnline Austrian journalist Helmut Zwickl recounts the events. It is a moving article that ...
Nick Heidfeld drives the Nordschleife - part 2
Sunday, February 10th, 2008 Posted in BMW, Motorsports, Nurburgring history, Nurburgring news, Video | 3 Comments »In April 2007 Nick Heidfeld took his BMW Sauber around the world famous Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit. Yesterday, I posted some photos from the event, today I am presenting three videos found on youtube. The sound of the V10 F1 car ...
Nick Heidfeld drives the Nordschleife - part 1
Saturday, February 9th, 2008 Posted in BMW, Motorsports, Nurburgring history, Nurburgring news | No Comments »Okay, so news of Nick Heidfeld driving the BMW Sauber F1.06 around the Nordschleife is not new. It happened almost one year ago, on 28 April 2007, but chances are you won't mind reliving that momentous day. Here at AUSringers ...
FoxSports1 - History of Nürburgring
Thursday, January 31st, 2008 Posted in Australia, Nurburgring history, Video | 1 Comment »Australian subscribers to Foxtel are in for a real treat this Sunday night (3 February 2008). At 9pm AEDT they will be broadcasting a 1 hour special titled History of Nürburgring. I'm sure it will be well worth watching and ...
Classic footage featuring 1937 Mercedes W125
Friday, January 25th, 2008 Posted in Nurburgring history, Video | No Comments »This clip found on youtube was originally filmed in 1962 and features the 1937 Mercedes-Benz W125. One of the most famous of the early Grand Prix cars, it had a supercharged straight 8 cylinder producing around 600bhp. Apart from the ...
