When Porsche first launched the 918 Spyder in March they reckoned it could lap the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 7 minutes 30 seconds. That’s pretty fast; quicker than a Carrera GT anyway. The graphic above was captured from the Teamspeed forums, and if it is to be believed it makes a claim that the 918 has [...]
Pagani have just published a YouTube clip showing the Zonda R “record” lap of the Nürburgring. It’s a great lap to watch, too. The car is just so stable, there is no discernable body roll and the way the Zonda R gathers speed is mind blowing. But for a couple of missed gears, most notably [...]
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 Zonda R as it’s not a road legal car. Maybe just stick it in the [...]
Subaru Australia brings us news that Tommi Mäkinen has driven an MY11 Impreza WRX STI sedan around the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 7 minutes 55 seconds. Which is a new (unofficial) lap record for a four door car, beating the previous best time of the Cadillac CTS-V by four seconds. Speaking after the lap Mäkinen said, [...]
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 Audi R8 LMS. The accident happened at the start of the second race which began [...]
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 consider that the MINI E used to post this lap did so under full electric [...]
Has Porsche finally got their answer to the Nissan GT-R? An official looking release has been leaked stating their new GT2 RS can, or already has, lapped the Ring in 7 minutes 18 seconds. That’s 11 seconds faster than the GT-R time claimed by Nissan. It’s a ripping time and if it is true let’s [...]
So, Ferrari say their 599XX was the first “production-derived” sportscar to break the 7 minute barrier around the 20.832km Nürburgring Nordschleife. But, what does that term “production-derived” actually mean? Who cares if the car is based off the 599 GTB Fiorano, the 599XX cannot be driven on public roads and it comes delivered with racing [...]
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 air. The car over turned and hit the arcmo at the Bergwerk section of the [...]
Below is a full onboard lap of the Ferrari 599XX setting its super fast lap time of 6 minute 58.16 seconds around the Nürburgring Nordschleife. As you can see a track map and inset footage of the driver can be seen throughout the entire lap. It’s pretty clean lap and it is very, very fast. [...]
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 a new lap record for production-derived sports cars. That’s a wink and a nod [...]
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 E include the addition of a roll cage, KW Variant 3 suspension, MINI Challenge [...]
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 every kitchen!” [Thanks to Steve for the tip]
In August Radical set a new Nürburgring lap record, smashing the 6 minute 50 barrier, with the 460bhp 2.8-litre V8 powered SR8LM. The new time set by Michael Vergers at the wheel of the Radical was 6 minutes 48 seconds, and about a month after the record was set evo published a clip on YouTube. [...]
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 is a story of a chap who went to the Ring on Christmas last [...]
