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 form pre-race, qualifying in second position in the GT2 class, but they were unable to […]
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, but he’s not alone in having unfettered access to such an awesome car. Ronan is […]
This is a pretty cool clip showing a bunch of random exotica being tested at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Car spotting at it’s finest! There’s too many models to mention but Porsche, Ferrari, Audi, Aston Martin, Alfa Romeo and Mercedes-Benz cars are featured. Many of the cars are easily recognised, but there’s also a few reasonably […]
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 the Ring, but also the G-forces as well. This machine was used in the development […]
If you missed all the action, or even just some of the action, from this year’s Nürburgring 24 hour race, fear not. The Radio Le Mans website has their commentary of the race on archive, just follow the links to Nürburgring 24. You can also read a summary of events on the official race website, […]
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 Sabine Schmitz Porsche. Congratulations to all competitors who participated in this fascinating race.
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 looks largely unaffected. The accident happened just after the jump at Pflanzgarten I and speculation […]
