Because, let’s be honest, without some sort of video proof, I don’t believe it, and neither should you. Facebook is wonderful in many ways, but the propogation of unfounded rumour…
Category: Laptimes
VIDEO: 8m39s BTG with 90hp and no common-sense at all
Chasing laptimes is a disease. An infection that regular Nürburgring visitors know about all too well. Fellow ring-resident, instructor (destructor) and VLN regular Gabriele has the illness. Reality and common-sense…
Watch a little Renault Twingo go sub-8. Really.
Driving slow cars fast is way more fun than driving fast cars slow. But what happens when you take a slow car, like Renault’s amazing little Twingo, and make it really…
VIDEO: 3m11s of the Lotus 3-Eleven (inc Marc Basseng!)
I’m not normally the guy to simply post up manufacturer propaganda… sorry… “marketing” videos on my blog without a good reason. But… OMG! … That Lotus 3-Eleven is just gorgeous. Pure,…
BLOG: Why the Alfa 7m39s laptime is PR bull****
About a month ago, the internet was set alight with a wholly unsubstantiated rumour that the new Alfa Giula QV had done a 7m49s laptime of the Nordschleife. I rolled…
More personal thoughts on the Nürburgring speedlimit debacle.
If it’s a choice between lapping with speed limits and not lapping at all, I’ll take the speed limits. It’s a shame we are in this position, and it sucks…
VIDEO: 7m05s BTG in Luke’s stick-shift M3
In twenty years time we’ll all look back at three-pedal cars and wonder how we managed to drive them. Or maybe we’ll just look back at videos like this and remember…
VIDEO: Lamborghini Aventador SV goes sub-7
The Lamborghini Aventador is no stranger to the Nordschleife, and has been spotted testing here many times before. But this video isn’t just any old testing, oh no. This is…
Cayman GT4: How much second gear can you use on the Nürburgring?
I’ll be honest, I’d almost forgotten about this video, which dropped on to YouTube only last week. It’s Christian Gebhardt doing the Sport Auto Superlap in the new Porsche Cayman…