Nurburgring 24hr

[mmm-five]

If anyone wants to experience some decent coverage of racing at the Nordschleife, then search YouTube for ‘ADAC Total 24’ and you’ll be able to watch live coverage of the closing stages (i.e. last 5 hours) of this years race.

I was watching it from the start yesterday, and it was red-flagged for 9 hours overnight due to heavy rain, and oil from a Lambo, b7t it started again at 7am.

Despite the heavily reduced field (about 50%), there’s still plenty of close racing and sphincter-clenching close calls

 

[Ed Doe]

I just got back from an offshore trip, first 10 days I was holed up in a hotel room in quarantine (Norwegian rules) - long story short I spent a whole weekend watching the vln at brands and the n24 - they leave the full race coverage up for a while afterwards, was a life saver for me to stave off the boredom! :lol:

 

[R60BBA]

Found it hard to engage watching it through my TV screen this year.

I went and saw it live in 2018, was much better.

 

[MrPT]

Was able to watch most of it, for once, thanks to the sleep break!

...plenty of close racing and sphincter-clenching close calls

https://streamable.com/11yyzy

hnnnnggggg....

 

[mmm-five]

Found it hard to engage watching it through my TV screen this year.

I went and saw it live in 2018, was much better.

Usually do the 24h, the Old-Timer, and Spa F1...but had to watch them all on TV this year.

I agree it’s definitely not the same, but there are some benefits...usually less blisters from 30-40 miles of walking over the 4 day weekend

The Nurburgring is special in other ways too, as you can get up close to the cars & drivers in a way you never will (even as a marshal) in F1.

 

[E86]

Win for the #99 ROWE Racing BMW M6 GT3. It's 50 years since the first Nürburgring 24 Hours which was also a BMW victory, that time for a 2002. One of the drivers of the 2002 was Hans-Joachim Stuck, the first of his many drives at the event including a Z4 M Coupe in 2007.