7 reasons to be this weekend the 24h of the Nürburgring to watch
Posted on 20-06-2014 at 22:21 by JordyS – 23 Comments”
There are only a few circuits are as accessible as the Nürburgring. Even if, over 160 cars there to compete to the profit during the 24-uursrace. So crank that stream, because it wants to be, you really can’t miss.
1. Eight contenders in the race
You have events or championships (read: Formula 1 and Le Mans) who year on year are dominated by the same teams and riders. That is not the case for the 24 hours of the Nürburgring. Where Le Mans this year, on its head stood by the duel between Porsche and Audi, see you at the Ring also McLaren, Mercedes, BMW, Nissan, Ferrari and Aston Martin in the highest category. Eight factory teams with multiple cars. And they can all win.
2. More than 160 participants: from Astra to 911 GT3-R
Not only the top is very wide and attractive. The race through the Green Hell draws this year, around 160 participants. The range of Opel Astra to a Porsche 911 GT3-R. That delivers heart-pounding action, because the speed differences of up to perhaps 160 kilometers per hour. Think there around two o’clock, a set of bright headlights and a oliespoortje and you understand what danger there is lurking.
3. The Dutch top teams
If there is one international event of the year is where WE have a significant role to play, then it is the 24 hours of the Nürburgring. We have Nick Catsburg in the factory team for BMW, Patrick Huisman in a bloedsnelle Porsche, Peter Kox in a McLaren, Christiaan Frankenhout at Audi and Yelmer Buurman and Jeroen Event in a Mercedes. Event won the race last year, and will thus be sure to are burning repeat that result. Also the other fellow to make a good chance, provided that the lot they are favouring.
4. Over 20 kilometers through the Eifel
Hermann Tilke explains one after the other asfaltsliert in the most exotic countries. The challenge of the Nordschleife approach succeed, however, nowhere, for a more authentic circuit to build is virtually impossible. After all, the trail is more than twenty kilometers long and takes the riders through three different villages in the hilly landscape of the Eifel. They also gain 600 metres difference in altitude to handle. In addition you have no artificial regeninstallatie necessary, because it is regularly pouring from the sky. The 2013 edition was not for nothing that nine hour long stopped.
5. 12 F1 races, but then in 24 hours
It will not surprise you, but the Nürburgring 24 hours will take 24 hours. In that time, drive the top more than 150 laps, good for about 3.800 km of action. The average Grand Prix will take a little more than 300 kilometers, so you get in a day just as much spectacle to be processed as in the twelve Formula 1 races. And that is an understatement, given the actiegehalte of the F1 anno 2014.
6. Winning cars are everywhere in the showroom
All well and good, so Porsche 919 Hybrid or Ferrari F14 T, but on the street you will they never meet. That is the Nürburgring, which is a little different, because the 24-uursrace is only opened for production models. Of course not everyone is a Ferrari 458 or a Mercedes SLS AMG to pay, but the cars that you see Germany racing are a lot more accessible than LMP1 cars or F1 cars.
7. Atmosphere with a capital S
The date of the race is when many Germans already have a year long circled on the calendar. They tend to attract already a week before the event to the circuit to the best places (often quite close to the track). That is more than necessary, because there are about 200,000 spectators to the Eifel. That is also for the drivers is very noticeable, because they smell during the night regularly, the smell of barbecues, beer and sausages if they are on the track thunder.