Touristenfahrt
Public driving or Touristenfahrten is the mainstay of the Nurburgring Nordschleife. In this section you'll find news, photos and videos from the TF sessions.
How to crash your Ferrari 458 (and other cars) at the Nürburgring
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- Parent Category: Nurburgring
- Created on Thursday, 25 October 2012 09:43
- Last Updated on Sunday, 28 October 2012 06:19
- Published on Thursday, 25 October 2012 09:47
- Written by Dale
The ability to learn from our mistakes is what sets us apart from the rest of the animal kingdom, or so the oft-quoted saying goes. Unfortunately the Nürburgring has a habit of bringing out both the best and worst in drivers; case in point being this beautiful Ferrari 458 that's heading for a crash...
>> Read more and see the videos after the jump >>
Banned from the Nurburgring before he even entered it
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- Parent Category: Nurburgring
- Created on Wednesday, 17 October 2012 09:25
- Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 October 2012 09:33
- Published on Wednesday, 17 October 2012 09:25
- Written by Dale
It's very exciting to be driving the Nürburgring Nordschleife. It's over 10 years since my first lap, but I still remember pushing the paper ticket into the slot and feeling my heart nearly bursting in fear and anticipation. Of course not everybody shows their nerves, and not everyone has respect for the world's most demanding permanent race circuit...
Drifting fun and close calls in the wet
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- Parent Category: Nurburgring
- Created on Saturday, 06 October 2012 20:15
- Last Updated on Saturday, 06 October 2012 20:30
- Published on Saturday, 06 October 2012 20:15
- Written by Dale
Yes, of course, I was egotistically looking for video of me and my own E36 328i drifting the Nürburgring Nordschleife when I found this video. And it was too good to ignore, so I'm sharing it here...
>> Watch the full video of TF drifting fun after the jump >>
BMW Ring Taxi Crash
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- Parent Category: Nurburgring
- Created on Sunday, 26 August 2012 12:18
- Last Updated on Sunday, 26 August 2012 12:29
- Published on Sunday, 26 August 2012 12:18
- Written by Dale
Rain at the Nürburgring usually spells drifty fun for all the pro drivers here. Especially those with the enviable job of pushing a 550bhp BMW M5 around the Nordschleife. But for one BMW Ring Taxi pilot it was a bad day at the office... did you wonder what a crashed BMW M5 F10 Ring Taxi looks like? Wonder no more...
Assuming knowledge: how many drivers know the rules of the 'ring?
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- Parent Category: Nurburgring
- Created on Saturday, 28 July 2012 10:04
- Last Updated on Saturday, 28 July 2012 10:57
- Published on Saturday, 28 July 2012 10:51
- Written by Dale
When you drive on to the Nürburgring Nordschleife, do you fully understand what you're doing? How it all works? What you should do in an emergency? And if you do, what about the guy in front of you, or even behind you? Well, I wanted to find out. So I went down to the 'Ring car park and asked 25 random drivers four easy questions...
Tonight's closure was brought to you by...
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- Parent Category: Nurburgring
- Created on Thursday, 12 July 2012 21:11
- Last Updated on Thursday, 12 July 2012 21:41
- Published on Thursday, 12 July 2012 21:11
- Written by Dale
Tonight's closure of the Nordschleife tourist sessions was brought to you by the letters, V, W and SUV.
