24hr race... the first few hours!
Saturday, 15 May 2010 18:12 | 
Written by Dale | 
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Before I show you more of Jochen's awesome shots from the Nürburgring 24-hour race (he was at ground zero for quite an incident), let me share this with you:
Video feed (for Windows internet machines should be region free): http://www.sportauto-online.de/24h-rennen-nuerburgring-live-stream-1265111.html
Video feed (MMS, paste into the 'Open URL' in Windows media player or VLC): mms://62.27.47.43/wige$livestream1.wmv
English commentary from Radio Le Mans.com: http://rlm.0157.org/nplayer.php
Now on to the photos!
Be careful with the kerbs...
Or you'll be dropping sh*t everywhere! Doh!
Very mucky... a few came off here, despite the flag signals!
Manthey Porsche going STRONG!
KERS-equipped Porsche Hybrid is fascinating - and has been leading despite the weight penalty and power loss (overall)...
As twilight sets in, we'll be sure to bring you more before the end of the race.
For any of these shots in print, please get in touch with www.frozenspeed.com!
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| Car | Laptime | Video Link | Valid? | BTG Comments |
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| Radical SR8LM | 6m48s | YES | Maybe | Road-legal in Britain and a number of other countries, but not everywhere. Hero Michael Vergers drove it on street-legal semi-slicks wearing jeans and a Polo shirt. Awesome! |
| Ferrari 599XX | 6m58.1s | YES | No | Not road-legal, not even available to buy! 'A rolling laboratory' is Ferrari's own description of this car! And it was on slicks. Cheating Italians... ;) |
| Gumpert Apollo | 7m11.5s | YES | Maybe |
Bonkers Audi-motored Apollo is a bespoke supercar only available as built-to-order. It's not strictly type-approved like the GT2RS and other machines, but it is road-legal in Germany - which counts for a lot! |
| Donkervoort D8 270 RS | 7m14.9s | YES | Maybe | Donker-whut? Lotus 7-type car with big turbo power. Known in Germany and Holland, but nowhere else. Not exactly mass-produced either. |
| Porsche GT2RS | 7m18s | No | Maybe | No video yet, but otherwise sounds plausible! A showroom car that will be road-legal everywhere. Only the lack of video could deny this car its glory. |
| Dodge Viper ACR | 7m22.1s | YES | Yes | Special version of the SRT-10 includes real aerodynamic aids and lightweight components, not to mention semi-slicks and racing brakes. Factory built and showroom spec - when the laptime was achieved, the suspension settings were then used on the production cars. |
| Maserati MC12 | 7m24.3 | YES | Yes |
Conducted by the Black Falcon race team, this 'Battle Royale' was done in one day and the MC12 won. It wasn't the ideal day either, and Marc Besseng only spent a couple of laps in each car. Shocks were failing, the rain was getting closer. There would be more to come from all these machines if half as much time was spent as on the Viper or GTR.... |
| Pagoni Zonda F | 7m24.7 | YES | Yes | |
| Ferrari Enzo | 7m25.3 | YES | Yes | |
| Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 | 7m26.4s | YES | Yes | Another showroom, road-ready car that is just ridiculously quick! |
| Nissan GTR | 7m26.7s | YES | Yes | The car whose bold, BOLD claims put the 'Ring back on the radar in 2007. Porsche's claims of 'cheating' were proven to be nothing more than sour grapes. Three years later their GT2RS is finally quicker than an 1800kg AWD 2-lap behemoth... Huzzah! |
| Porsche Carrera GT | 7m28s | YES | Yes | Another Black Falcon effort, Walter Röhrl also did a 7m29s in this car. |
Last Updated (Wednesday, 12 May 2010 10:11)
Spa Therapy
Wednesday, 05 May 2010 09:23 | Written by Dale | | |
IF you wondered why the updates stopped last week, it's because I've been at Europe's other greatest race track - Spa Francorchamps! Only 120kms from the Nürburgring, it's not unusual to be instructing and renting cars out there. We had our own RSR day on Wednesday and two RMA trackdays on Monday and Tuesday (with a full compliment of Nordschleife TF weekend in between).
There are more fine photos like the one above at Frozenspeed.com. And below is a video of Ron and me playing in the GT3 Cup car and new Lotus 2-Eleven. Ferrari Challenge F430s just get in the way...
Last Updated (Wednesday, 05 May 2010 09:29)
