Nothing too fancy here, just a collection of pictures I took this morning from the Kleine Karussell. The parade lap was exactly that, a parade. One or two drivers were trying to make space and attack corners, but most of them didn't have a clue which corner came next. The number of nigh-on priceless cars that were scraped along the ridge of the Karussell was frightening. The drivers had no idea that you either go IN or stay OUT... ouch.
Shamelessly ripped from the pages of Performance Car, it's my monthly column...
We love computers here at the RSR Nürburg race school. And I don’t just mean the kind that send and receive emails or allow us to look at interesting pictures of exotic women. No. I mean the computers that come in cars. The computers that can eliminate wheelspin, correct slides and generally keep our lovely vehicles out of the Nordschleife’s formidably expensive barriers...
Jet fighters and supercars. More in common than you'd think...
Love it, like it, or loathe it; the Nürburgring is the centre of your Performance Car world. Scattered over these rolling Eifel hills are buildings and compounds housing the latest sports models from twenty five different manufacturers. There are facilities for nearly a dozen OEM parts and tyre manufacturers on top of those. And from April 'til September of each year the tiny village of Nürburg blossoms into a multi-cultural petrolhead heaven...
It's a busy week here in the office, as we're not only running our normal business, but we're helping Nissan run their 'GT Academy' here at the Nürburgring GP circuit.
Just drop 120 litres of Bio Diesel on a single corner. Over 200 competitors were sent home from yesterday's VLN and then another couple of hundred from the Old Timers sprint race after a certain BMW 120d spun out and cracked it's tank.
Check out one spectator's view of the incident below:
Once again we have a private session on the Nürburgring Nordschleife. It's four hours of open pitlane tracktime for around 40 lucky cars. Race cars are allowed, as are video cameras and timing equipment. We'll be using the full length of the Dottinger Hohe straight.
The date is Monday October 13th. Touristfahrt then begins again at 1pm in the afternoon.
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