Get well soon Hans-Joachim Stuck
Thursday, August 12th, 2010 Posted in Nurburgring news | No Comments »Steve Sutcliffe from Autocar brings us news that Hans Stuck is unwell and recovering in hospital following surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain. The clot is believed to have formed after Stuck crashed heavily while driving an Audi ...
Zonda R for Ring record
Thursday, July 1st, 2010 Posted in Nurburgring news, Pagani | 2 Comments »News has come through from evo that the Zonda R has claimed a new Nürburgring Nordschleife lap "record". A bit like the sub-7 minute time posted by the Ferrari 599XX, though, it's hard to know where to pigeon hole the ...
Thoughts with Marcel Tiemann
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 Posted in Nurburgring news | 1 Comment »Thoughts and best wishes from AUSringers are with Marcel Tiemann who was involved in an accident at Imola last weekend. Tiemann, a five-time Nürburgring 24 hour race winner, was competing in the International GT Open class in a Phoenix Racing ...
EXCLUSIVE: MINI E Race - the complete Nürburgring lap
Saturday, May 15th, 2010 Posted in MINI, Nurburgring news | 1 Comment »Back in April it was announced a specially prepared MINI E Race had lapped the Nürburgring in under 10 minutes. In this age of Porsche v Nissan lap wars sub-10 minute laps times are nothing too special. But, when you ...
VLN race cancelled after fatal accident
Sunday, April 25th, 2010 Posted in Motorsports, Nurburgring news | 2 Comments »Forty-three year old German driver Leo Löwenstein lost his life in an accident during yesterday's VLN race. The incident took place on lap 22 after Löwenstein's Aston Martin Vantage GT4 collided with two other cars forcing his car into the ...
Ferrari 599XX breaks 7 minute barrier
Saturday, April 24th, 2010 Posted in Ferrari, Nurburgring news | 1 Comment »Ferrari have broken the 7 minute barrier around the Nordschleife with their limited 599XX hyper car. The time set was 6 minutes 58.16 seconds. At the wheel was long time Ferrari factory test driver Raffele De Simone. Ferrari claim this is ...
MINI E goes green around Green Hell
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 Posted in MINI, Nurburgring news | No Comments »A specially prepared 150kW electric powered MINI has just lapped the Nürburgring Nordschleife in under 10 minutes. The MINI E Race is based on the MINI E road car which was first announced in October 2008. Modifications to the standard MINI ...
Eat the Nürburgring for breakfast
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 Posted in Nurburgring news | No Comments »Here is the perfect way to start your day, Nürburgring toast! This novelty toaster can be bought for €29.90 from the Nürburgring shop. A rough translation of the text reads: "For breakfast, have a quick hot toast with Nürburgring logo. A must for ...
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas
Monday, December 14th, 2009 Posted in Nurburgring news | No Comments »The snow is back! Whenever I see the Nordschleife covered by a fresh white blanket a couple of thoughts come to mind. The first is this YouTube clip which has to be one of the best motoring videos around. The other ...
Changes at the top for Nürburgring management
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 Posted in Nurburgring news | No Comments »News is just coming through that Walter Kafitz is no longer running the show at the Nürburgring's Grand Prix circuit. He's been in charge there for the last 15 years. Control of of the venue has been handed over to the ...
