Where is the website which has info about prices / opening times?
Rob Swindells
Rob Swindells
http://www.nuerburgring.de/
obviously ;)).
Regards
Crash
>> Rob Swindells
Andre
In case you haven't seen this:
http://www.motorcycle-dk.com/en/multimedia/
If GPL hasn't prepared you enough watch some of these videos...
SB.
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If I can organise a meet with people from the online leagues I'm in next
spring... you comin'?
Jan.
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100% !! Just mail me when and where! I'm going to kick some ass in my
Peugeot 106 1.4 :)
Andre
By the way, 2001 opening times haven't yet been published, but Easter is a
fixture. And Easter Monday is when the Grand Prix track is connected to the
Nordschleife. I don't even know when Easter is, but I believe it's April,
so the Easter weekend would be an obvious suggestion.
Not that it's going to be quiet.
-Laurens de Jong.
Jan.
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> That's what you said earlier this year. 86 laps I've
> done since then and still haven't seen you there!
> By the way, 2001 opening times haven't yet been published,
> but Easter is a fixture. And Easter Monday is when the
> Grand Prix track is connected to the Nordschleife. I don't
> even know when Easter is, but I believe it's April, so the
> Easter weekend would be an obvious suggestion.
> Not that it's going to be quiet.
> -Laurens de Jong.
True, what struck me though, apart from the number skidmarks leading off the
track, is the amount of risks other people were prepared to take. I'm having
a hard time believing anyone is dumb enough to really risk losing control of
his/her own car, knowing they need it to drive home in to boot. Like we
agreed on before, we're not talking professional racing drivers here.
True, IMO it would make good sense to at least seperate the cars and the
bikes. Speed differences between cars may be substantial, but at some points
on the track the bikes are at least 60mph faster than your average
production car. But keeping safe is largely your own decision... anyone who,
under those track conditions, goes in search of the traction limit or into a
blind bit at full chat is certifiable IMO.
Case in point I nearly punted a bike at the shortcut to Hatzenbach...
Because of another bike passing me in the preceding section, I was on a
shallow entry. This guy came up behind and misjudged it, he went around the
outside and cut across eventhough it was obvious (to me at least) that
unless I somehow turned way tighter than projected, our trajectories would
cross in the most painfull manner imaginable. I actually managed to pivot
the car around the turn and we missed eachother by about a meter. WAY too
close for my liking. Had I hit him, I doubt I'd have felt terribly guilty
about it. Under crowded conditions and with the mix of vehicles and
abilities present there, I think it's a mistake to think a certain piece of
track will be made available to you unless you really communicate.
Hmmmm... my 1.4 Nissan's heavier, but has a wider track... could be
interesting. :-))
Jan.
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I know you've responded to other posts questioning this point. My own
experience from one trip to the 'ring...
Every lap I said "okay, I'll take this one easier". Every lap I drove harder.
But no, I don't think I came too close to a limit, though my rental Audi A4
(1.6, oy!), was seriously scrubbing a few times. And I was putting a lot of
faith in the prep that the rental company did.
While I was there, the track was closed twice (helicopters both times) for
accidents. I also saw a Ford Cosworth smashed against the armco, and a GTi
spun right in front of me.
It's dangerous. Fun, but dangerous. I keep wanting to go back, but keep
feeling that maybe I shouldn't.
-Laurens de Jong.
Still picking me up from the airport I trust <G>
MS
>That's what you said earlier this year. 86 laps I've done since then and
>still haven't seen you there!
I didn't even know they connect the GP track to the Nordschleife..
How does it work exactly by the way, on the Nordschleife: You start
and finish on the long straight? The former s/f part is being skipped
now?
Andre
Yes, the start is about halfway up the long straight. Then normally after
Hohenrain, you make a sharp right onto the Start/Ziel area, used between
1984 and 1998. This is where you go straight ahead when the GP Strecke is
connected.
A friend of mine was once following a biker through Hohenrain who must have
not been aware the GP Strecke was not open to the public that day. As my
friend turned hard into the T13 righthander, the biker was still going
straight, at speed. It must have been an amusing sight. No word on what
happened to the biker (there's enough space to brake before you run into
that wall there, though).
New ticket prices are up, by the way. DM 22 for a single lap, DM 1025 for a
year pass. That's a 3% increase. I know where _my_ Christmas bonus is
going!
-Laurens de Jong.
+Cinquo