Could have been worse...
- Thread starter mmm-five
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We don't go / never went to chase times, so we set ourselves challenges instead...such as completing the lap in 4th gear only...or not going above 4000rpm, or not doing a lap with clutchless changes...etc.andysat said:
The times were only every noticed when we played back the videos at the end of the day...usually to point out some terrible driving by us/another.
Used to do 20-25 laps a day, but it got VERY expensive in lap tickets & fuel...so we now tend to do 25-40 over the course of 3-5 days.
I'd like to reassure you all that these incidents are very rare...but I'd be lying.
There's an inordinate amount of time hanging around the car parks waiting for the track to reopen after either a multi-car accident (usually caused by one car dropping fluids), or multiple independent incidents (usually driver/car failure), or fatality (usually a biker vs fluid vs barrier incident). Then you can have up to an hour to get out of the overflow car park and back onto the track.
Some weekends are completely clear...but they're in the minority...so you need to have a back up plan on how you're going to spend the day instead of hanging around for 4 hours during a closure.
We tend to do early morning (8-10), and late afternoon sessions (5-7), and go driving around the region for the 'nutter time'. We can still get 15-20 laps in those 4, quieter hours.
We also turn up on the Friday afternoon so that we can get our tickets sorted and do a few laps before we check in to the hotel.
The German bank holiday weekends are the worst!
There's an inordinate amount of time hanging around the car parks waiting for the track to reopen after either a multi-car accident (usually caused by one car dropping fluids), or multiple independent incidents (usually driver/car failure), or fatality (usually a biker vs fluid vs barrier incident). Then you can have up to an hour to get out of the overflow car park and back onto the track.
Some weekends are completely clear...but they're in the minority...so you need to have a back up plan on how you're going to spend the day instead of hanging around for 4 hours during a closure.
We tend to do early morning (8-10), and late afternoon sessions (5-7), and go driving around the region for the 'nutter time'. We can still get 15-20 laps in those 4, quieter hours.
We also turn up on the Friday afternoon so that we can get our tickets sorted and do a few laps before we check in to the hotel.
The German bank holiday weekends are the worst!
The white/grey SEAT driver did pretty well!
Stevo
Stevo
Just having a nose at the BTG Ring website and notice there's a Z4 caught up in a big crash at the Foxhole (spilt fluid).
Looks like a non UK plated car, anyone here?
There's a video here - http://www.bridgetogantry.com/mclaren-oil-spill-causes-10-car-crash-and-closes-the-nuerburgring-early/
Apologies if a re-post, was away for a week.
Looks like a non UK plated car, anyone here?
There's a video here - http://www.bridgetogantry.com/mclaren-oil-spill-causes-10-car-crash-and-closes-the-nuerburgring-early/
Apologies if a re-post, was away for a week.
The z4 only had light front damage in that video, see what it looks like in this one. 
https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dax8p55NXmK4&h=ATP58K9-6JkX4xrdvzgnT1bx-jIkzj2Z1u5Vy7S25v7ggAYbntenQVjJ7P6x9UdiAqeXRByZIo5wr27auXVwWRTEFEy2fMhgMnse8WsHvZlhH2DEnXTP20r8a1AWhThAO7Re0rEz
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I think there's a large topic on the german Z forum on this crash with additional video material/report.
By the looks of it after the z4 came to a standstill some others crashed into it? (really badly)
(video from btg site)
[youtube]IxY3pBRVKMI[/youtube]
German news report that was made on this:
https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rp/nach-unfall-auf-der-nordschleife-polizei-kritisiert-freizeitrennfahrer/-/id=1682/did=20100358/pv=embedded/12xs3a7/index.html
(click on the screen to start the video)
http://www.zroadster.com/forum/index.php?threads/schwerer-unfall-bei-einer-touristenfahrt-auf-dem-n%C3%BCrburgring.120988/
What a brake save from that seat though.
You can also see that maybe the fluid spill messed up the brake bias on the cars (or maybe its brake balance). Both with the seat and the z4 the back steps out quite a bit under braking and they have to countersteer pretty heavily . Its a slight corner but still looks more than it should.
By the looks of it after the z4 came to a standstill some others crashed into it? (really badly)
(video from btg site)
[youtube]IxY3pBRVKMI[/youtube]
German news report that was made on this:
https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rp/nach-unfall-auf-der-nordschleife-polizei-kritisiert-freizeitrennfahrer/-/id=1682/did=20100358/pv=embedded/12xs3a7/index.html
(click on the screen to start the video)
http://www.zroadster.com/forum/index.php?threads/schwerer-unfall-bei-einer-touristenfahrt-auf-dem-n%C3%BCrburgring.120988/
What a brake save from that seat though.
You can also see that maybe the fluid spill messed up the brake bias on the cars (or maybe its brake balance). Both with the seat and the z4 the back steps out quite a bit under braking and they have to countersteer pretty heavily . Its a slight corner but still looks more than it should.
