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……
Audi RS3 prototype claims production car lap record
Uh-oh, here I go again. The whinging old guy in the BTG hoodie, pointing my finger at the sky while bemoaning the state of the Nuerburgring lap record table. But……
Nürburgring to re-open TF this weekend
It’s hard to believe, but it’s already two weeks since a devastating flood swept through the Ahr valley. Since that time, over 130 deaths have been confirmed in our little……
Nuerburgring becomes a de-facto hub of flood relief for Ahrweiler
As thousands of vehicles, and tens of thousands of volunteers, descend upon disaster-stricken Ahrweiler, the ‘Ring has become a de-facto headquarters of the relief efforts. Its prime position at the……
UPDATE 3: Nürburgring closed until July 22nd, as Ahrweiler hit by tragic flooding.
While the Nürburgring GP track and Nordschleife seem to be largely intact, the region is suffering from one of the largest natural disasters on record. >> CLICK HERE SKIP TO……
OPINION: new AI marshalling is less than half the problem at the Nürburgring.
The photo you can see here is Quite A Big Deal for many reasons. It’s a snapshot of the Fujitsu machine-learning that’s already in progress, released earlier today by the……
Nürburgring GLP goes electric in 2022
Interesting news from the grass-roots GLP organisation, as the oldest championship at the Nürburgring will introduce a special EV-only class from 2022. The current GLP (Gleichmassigkeitsprufung) is a 12-lap regularity……
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……
Secret weapons: GT2RS reclaims fastest production Nürburgring laptime, AMG watch carefully.
One of the biggest stories on BTG last month was Manthey Racing enjoying an upgrade to OEM status, as their wide range of performance parts for the top Porsche GT……
You did it! Nürburgring names T13 left after Sabine Schmitz!
In a bombshell announcement, the Nürburgring management has announced that it will be giving the-corner-formerly-known-as-T13-left the far superior name of… SABINE SCHMITZ KURVE! I am so happy-sad right now, I……