Alex Davison on Nürburgring podium
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 Posted in Australia, Motorsports, Porsche | No Comments »Australia's Alex Davison and Team Felbermayr-Proton teammate Marc Lieb have claimed second position in the European Le Mans Series, held at the Nürburgring in Germany on Sunday, 17 August. Driving a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Davison and Lieb showed good ...
Nurburgring trip report - The Atlantic crossing
Monday, August 18th, 2008 Posted in Porsche, Trip reports | No Comments »There's trip reports and there's trip reports. This one, from AutoWeek's Ronan McGrath, will take some beating. Ronan recently took delivery of a 997 Porsche GT3 RS. Okay, that's not such a big deal. He's a lucky bastard, for sure, ...
Sabine Schmitz racing at Nürburgring
Thursday, July 17th, 2008 Posted in Porsche, Sabine Schmitz, Video | No Comments »This is some on board footage of Sabine Schmitz behind the wheel of her 997 Porsche RSR during a recent VLN race. Apologies for the watermark text, but you can see a clean version at the www.ring1.de website, including the ...
Porsche’s Nordschleife engine simulator
Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in Manufacturer testing, Porsche | 1 Comment »This is very cool! Porsche have collected data from countless hours of Nürburgring Nordschleife testing to produce the virtual engine simulator. The telemetry gathered enables the simulator to not only recreate the acceleration and engine braking from a lap at ...
#1 Manthey Racing Porsche wins 2008 Nürburgring 24 hour
Sunday, May 25th, 2008 Posted in Motorsports, Porsche | 3 Comments »The #1 Manthey Racing Porsche (yellow/green) overcame first lap dramas to take it's third consecutive Nürburgring 24 hour title. In second place, crossing the line in formation, was the #23 Manthey Racing Porsche and completing the podium was the #121 ...
Porsche GT3 rolls at Nürburgring Nordschleife
Sunday, March 30th, 2008 Posted in Porsche, Video | 4 Comments »Ouch! This has got to hurt. Spotted recently on YouTube is this clip of a 996 Porche 911 GT3's Nordschleife adventure going very, very pear shaped. The good news is that nobody appeared to be hurt, and amazingly the windscreen ...
edo competition Porsche 911 GT2 RS - 7 minutes 15 seconds
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 Posted in Porsche, Track guides, Video | 1 Comment »It all looks so effortless. But to lap the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 7 minutes 15.63 seconds it's a safe bet that the result was anything but. This is the edo competition Porsche 911 GT2 RS—a 612bhp (456kW), 1284kg animal. edo competition ...
RUF CTR ‘Yellowbird’ - part 2
Monday, March 3rd, 2008 Posted in Porsche, Video | No Comments »As promised, here is a longer clip featuring "Yellowbird", otherwise known as the RUF CTR (see below for the clip). In 2005, when John Hennessey tested the car for Road & Track's Thunder Road feature, he said: "That thing's a blast. ...
RUF CTR ‘Yellowbird’ - part 1
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008 Posted in Porsche, Video | No Comments »The RUF CTR, based on the 1987 model Porsche 911 Turbo, was probably the first of their wild creations to gain worldwide notoriety. Due in part, of course, to the extreme video footage of the car lapping the famous Nürburgring ...
996 RUF R Turbo
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008 Posted in Porsche, Video | No Comments »What would you do if you had 520bhp at your feet, a v-max of 345km/h+ and the Nürburgring Nordschleife at your mercy? Drive sideways of course! There are a few clips of the famous yellow RUF Porsches lapping the Nürburgring, ...
Sabine Schmitz driving Porsche 997 ‘Cup’
Sunday, February 24th, 2008 Posted in Motorsports, Porsche, Sabine Schmitz, Video | No Comments »This is a great clip of Sabine Schmitz doing a complete lap of the Nürburgring Nordschleife in a racing Porsche 997 'Cup' car at a 2005 VLN event. The clip is brought to us by renntv and if you visit ...
Fifth Gear - Series 13, Episode 5
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 Posted in BMW, Fifth Gear, Porsche, Video | No Comments »Episode five of the current series of Fifth Gear featured the much anticipated comparo between the BMW 135i and the Porsche Cayman (see two part youtube clips below). A short interview with Moto-X legend and rallying hopeful Travis Patrana showed ...
Porsche 911 GT2 promotional video
Monday, February 11th, 2008 Posted in Porsche, Video, Walter Rohrl | 5 Comments »Porsche has recently released a promotional video clip featuring the rear wheel drive 530bhp (390kW) twin turbo powered 2008 model 911 GT2. Typically, Walter Röhrl is behind the wheel and footage of the car on the Nordschleife is shown. Of ...
Snow on the Nordschleife
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008 Posted in Porsche, Video | 1 Comment »As I write this post there is snow on the Nordschleife. Bad news if you were hoping to catch a few laps on a Touristenfahrten day, but if you did happen to have a spare 911 Carrera lying around, and ...
