Is Tesla’s new Nordschleife “lap record” legitimate?

It was just after midnight in Germany when Tesla’s twitter-happy CEO Elon Musk fired off his latest Nuerburgring-related Twitter salvo. He claimed that the Model S Plaid, in “completely standard”……

The Art of Racing (motorcycles) in the Rain (at the Nordschleife)

This week I was blessed with a wonderful surprise; an unexpected outing at the Doc Scholl motorcycle training school as a last-minute instructor. After the usual COVID-19 travel problems, the……

Watch this Volvo wagon go sub-8 at the Nürburgring!

This week we’ve enjoyed not one, but TWO BTG/Circuit Days exclusive open-pitlane trackdays. And one of the many things I was looking forward to was meeting Emiel’s awesome Volvo 850R……

The “Cayenne” claims 7m38s; official Nürburgring lap records just got dodgy again

Before we begin, let me admit something. I have a cynical world-view, based on decades inside the industry. I believe *nearly* every single manufacturer cheats at Nürburgring laptimes, in the……

VIDEO: Still my favourite N24 SuperPole lap!

Nowadays Kevin Estre is a household name* for his aggressive GT3 driving style, and impressive results. But back in 2014 he was more of an up-and-coming GT driver, noted for………

The Nürburgring Nordschleife Experience in a nutshell

A former colleague of mine, a professional driver, and BMW M3 CSL aficionado just commented on my latest #ringtool video, and I had to share his words here. (The video……

A treasure-trove of old VLN and N24 onboards just dropped on to Youtube

Before Manthey-Raeder there was Raeder Motorsport. Before that, there was the Raeder brothers and Breuer Rennsport-Technik. And there was a Mitsubishi Evo VIII running slicks, carrying big aero and pushing……

RINGTOOL: Watch a built Volvo 850R conquer the Nordschleife

The #Ringtool drives on my Nürburgring BTG Youtube channel have been going down a storm, and I’ve been busy setting up more of them. One of them is so awesome,……

The details behind that €70,000 Manthey upgrade package

As the 992 GT3 looms on the horizon, Manthey Racing have dropped another super-hot Nürburgring laptime to remind us all of their new, megabucks, 991.2 upgrade packages. Before we go……

VIDEO: Testing the 800Nm Weber M2 #ringtool

For my third #ringtool test, I was lucky enough to be given the keys to one of the fastest BMW M2s at the Nürburgring. Philipp has built SIX of these……