Nurburgring

  • Nurburgring confirmed for 2017 FIA WEC

    Nurburgring confirmed for 2017 FIA WEC

    Dates for the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship are slowly forming a calendar for the sixth year of the series. Graham Goodwin and John Hindhaugh confirmed the 6 Hours of the Nurburgring will be on the WEC calendar for the third consecutive year during the 2016 edition of the race, while commentating on television pictures. Free practice…

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  • Audi and Aston Martin on top in Qualifying

    Audi and Aston Martin on top in Qualifying

    Audi stun in qualifying to steal a 1-2 at the Nurburgring, to take pole for their home race. Aston Martin topped the GTE times. Andre Lotterer and Marcel Fassler will start from pole for tomorrow 6 Hours of the Nurburgring thanks to a combined time of 1:39.444. Second fastest was the #8 Audi which managed a 1:39.710.…

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  • Porsche to show third aero configuration at the Nurburgring

    Porsche to show third aero configuration at the Nurburgring

    Porsche have announced that they will use their third aero kit this weekend for their home race, the 6 Hours of the Nurburgring. The Le Mans winning team started the year with their medium downforce aero kit for Spa and Silverstone, before switching to their low downforce kit for Le Mans. This will be the…

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  • Victory for Porsche at the Nurburgring

    Victory for Porsche at the Nurburgring

    The first three hours of the 6 Hours of the Nürburgring delivered what we have come to expect of the FIA WEC. But it was victory on home soil for Porsche in the end after a close though battle with Audi at the front of the field. We take a look at the second half…

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  • 6 Hours of the Nurburgring: 3 hour report

    6 Hours of the Nurburgring: 3 hour report

    The FIA World Endurance Championship returned to action after Le Mans at the Nurburgring today. With grand marshal Hans Stuck hailing the attendance as “the perfect scenario” and Motors TV commentator Graham Goodwin calling the venue “a fabulous place for a motor race” we were all set for a classic motor race. We take a look…

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  • Aston Martin hoping for warm conditions

    Aston Martin hoping for warm conditions

    Today’s qualifying session for the 6 Hours of the Nürburgring was as close as ever. Despite Ferrari claiming the top two positions in GTE-PRO and pole in GTE-AM, warm conditions out on track helped Aston Martin salvage some strong starting positions for the race. Aston Martin had a strong qualifying at the Nürburgring claiming third, sixth and…

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  • 31 Entries confirmed for the Nurburgring

    31 Entries confirmed for the Nurburgring

    In a fortnights time, The World Endurance Championship will be back after its long summer break after Le Mans. The circuit will be the world renown Nurburgring, the first time in WEC history the championship has races in Germany. This means it will be the first home race in the championship for every German team…

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  • Interview: Fernando Rees on the Nurburgring

    Interview: Fernando Rees on the Nurburgring

    We caught up with GTE-PRO race winner Fernando Rees ahead of the WEC’s trip to Germany. The next race is the 6 hours of Nürburgring. What memories do you have of the German track?I’ve only been there once, in the Le Mans Series back in 2008. So of all the WEC circuits, it’s the only…

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  • Nurburgring: Last time out

    Nurburgring: Last time out

    The FIA WEC will be racing in Germany for the first time later this month, however endurance racing has been in Germany for decades. We take a look back at the last time LMP1 cars raced competitively on the famous Nurburgring Grand Prix circuit. The date was the 23rd August 2009, and the Le Mans Series was getting…

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