A recent report on German TV brings word that up to 140 jobs the Nürburgring leisure park will be cut, due to poor visitors numbers and ongoing financial losses. It’s a continuing tale of woe and, really, a time machine is probably the only way to undo this horrible mess. Merry Christmas everyone.
The Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Series is the latest high profile sports car to get the Sport Auto treatment. That means some serious track time at the Nürburgring where it posted a best time of 7 minutes 46 seconds. Interestingly, the Benz was bettered by Sport Auto in a new 991 Porsche 911 Carrera S [...]
Last month Nissan was at the Nürburgring finalising preparations for the launch of the 2012MY GT-R. Apparently this video was filmed at the same time and shows ‘Godzilla’ has reduced its Ring time to 7 minutes 21 seconds. Not quite down to Nissan’s 7:20 target time, but pretty handy nonetheless. Or is it? It’s been [...]
Ron Howard and his merry men have recently been spotted shooting scenes for the upcoming movie Rush. The latest motorsport story to hit the silver screen will focus on the epic Niki Lauda–James Hunt battle from the 1976 Formula One season. Pistonspy has a great selection of images of the old skool Grand Prix cars [...]
A quick scan of the Nürburgring website shows updated pricing for 2012 Touristenfahrten days where you can drive around the Nürburgring Nordschleife have been announced. There’s a slight increase compared to 2011 pricing for one, four and 25 lap tickets. The Jahreskarte (yearly ticket) remains the same as last year. Those paying attention will see [...]
Living in Australia we have to live vicariously through those who experience the Nürburgring on a daily basis. One such experience has been captured by the Discovery Channel program Daily Planet. In last week’s episode they featured a story on Dale Lomas from BridgeToGantry.com. Dale is originally from England but now lives and works in [...]
One of the world’s newest supercars, the McLaren MP4-12C, has unofficially lapped the Nürburgring in 7 minutes 28 seconds. The time was recorded by respected German magazine Sport Auto. Perhaps McLaren would secretly wish for a faster time, as the mighty Mac is around 16 seconds slower than the Dodge Viper ACR, 12 seconds slower [...]
Earlier footage showing the roadworks on the Nordschleife moments before the recent eight-car crash at the Ring has been removed. However, a reader has posted a link to a new video which shows the accident happened in different stages. Filmed using a rearward facing camera inside a BMW E30 3 Series the clip starts outside [...]
Ongoing track maintenance was one of the contributing factors believed to cause the recent eight-car pile up that happened at the Nürburgring. In this video, which was filmed moments before the accident happened, you can see how quickly the roadworks appeared on the uphill climb after Bergwerk. This is a great illustration of the many [...]
If ever you needed a reminder that the Nürburgring can bite then this pic is it. According to a German Police report eight cars were involved in this accident which included a BMW Ring-Taxi and a hired Corvette. The incident happened near the Bergwerk section of the track and the damage bill is reported to [...]
