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Nurburgring trip 2016[/COLOR]
1722.5 miles
246.44 liters of V-power
28mpg
40 hrs driving
3 laps of Nordsleiffe
5 laps Nurburgring GP
Wow what a place! So green so very very green.its hard to imagine you turn off the autobahn into this beautiful green cauldron of mountains & valleys, driving down through the tunnels set into the scenery,the pressure builds and your ears pop, trying hard to follow the winding mountain roads and not fall off it staring at the shear beauty of it all!
my iPhone 6 camera doesn't do the place justice
Arriving late on Monday due to an overturned wagon on the Brussels ring road meant we'd missed the Monday night 2hr ring session, so had to settle for a 20min session on the GP circuit on Tuesday.
Cooling off
2hr session ended 30min early to due to biker getting spat off,atleast he did it in front of us in the bottom car park, funny the Wednesday session was ended early due to another biker doing something similar out of sight this time. I'd went out earlier as a passenger in a M3 CSL,quite an experience, but not as cool as jumping in with an Irish kid in his 180 sx, his mate had a 200sx and they didn't disappoint, light oversteer he called it just a flick no handbrake, mind they still got banned from the rest of the session despite getting the marshals approval,pesky Germans and there rules.( waiting for YouTube video upload)
We ended up at pistenklause restaurant, Apprently owned by Sabien Schmitz family, the famous steak on a stone didn't disappoint, and got another visit on the last night, Steak for 17
Half eaten
Even though the track was closed for TF, the manufacturers basically lap it all day every day with there test mules, We even caught a few glimpses of the Pagani Hyaura apparently trying to set a lap record ,it sounded awesome at full chat on the start/finish straight
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kUOjyiiE6ToFound some corners, next time Ill leave the wife at home and take a mountain bike
Had read about the views from the top of the castle and the weather was amazing,
Driving up from the gantry
Overlooking the GP circuit, about 9 Lamborghinis where lapping at the time, telescope came in handy
Green hell
Obligatory other touristy stuff
Not the best
Not sure about putting stickers on my car
The ring was open for TF on Thursday evening between 5:30 and 7:30(ish), nervous,excited bearing in mind all you really see about this place is all the accident YouTube footage, decided not to wear a helmet so as not to feel invincible, first lap I spent more time checking my mirrors and keeping out of the way,and slowing for every blind crest, after doing the first lap in 11:30 I was straight back out with a little more confidence and returned with a 10:23, happy the car was ok and feeling a little more relaxed I went straight back out again for a third, having a little bit more track knowledge my 3rd lap was certainly quicker but Harry's lap timer had killed my phone storage,so stopped filming, I got around 9mins of footage .
High speed brake dust
Cued for a 4th lap but the session was cut short as the track claimed another victim, no footage has appeared of the crash as yet,but have read lift off oversteer killed this Meg.the guys that where still out on track got a rare treat of driving it backwards
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LbQTl2-8reI What a mess,driver and passenger ok
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QhU9seCCxQsReally enjoyable trip and the car was faultless
