The Sport Auto laptime is not something to take lightly. While manufacturers often spend weeks, months, or even years*, trying to set the perfect Nürburgring Nordschleife laptime, Sport Auto magazine……
Category: Nürburgring News
6 new cars that aren’t totally dead to me
The year is 2021, electric car sales are growing exponentially, automatic gearboxes are rife, and petrol prices are on the rise again. But the sportscar still isn’t dead. Let’s take……
Hyundai launch most underwhelming Nürburgring taxi in the history of ‘Ring taxis.
DISCLAIMER: I’ve lived and breathed the ‘Ring taxi business for nearly a decade. Since 2017 I ran the Jaguar Race Taxi Nürburgring on behalf of Jaguar Land Rover Deutschland. The……
Sabine’s Corner Petition: Update 19/03
Well done, so far! Thanks to the support of the Schmitz family and everybody who signed so far, this petition is definitely ‘on the radar’ over at the ‘Ring HQ.……
YOUR Sabine stories
No big intro, just the stories that BTGers have shared with me over the last 24-hours: Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter…
VLN test day cancelled because of cold weather
The Nürburgring Langstrecken Serie administration (the artist formerly known as VLN) has officially announced the cancellation of this weekend’s Einstellfahrten (test session). Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in…
Naming a corner of the Nürburgring after Sabine Schmitz
I’m still pretty emotional, and I’m stuck on the other side of Europe, but I had a horrible feeling that if I didn’t start this today, the momentum might not……
Sabine Schmitz: 1969-2021
For thousands of Nürburgring fans around the world, Sabine was much, much more than the stereotype-busting “Queen of the ‘Ring” that the BBC loved to portray. She was the Queen……
Rock Am Ring cancelled, but new 2022 date already locked-in.
If living at the greatest racetrack on Earth wasn’t enough*, then living at the home of, arguably, the greatest rock concert** at the same time is just one step too……
Only four motorcycles did a Nürburgring lap this whole weekend.
Nürburgring don’t release official figures for #touristenfahrten traffic over the 20.8km Nordschleife, but if they did, I think that headline above would be correct. I’m sure of it. Why? Because……