Nürburgring's biggest weekend is fast approaching. The 24hr race runs 4pm CET Saturday 16th May to 4pm Sunday 17th on the combined Nordschleife and Grand Prix track Entry list: http://www.nuerburgring.de/uploads/media/Teilnehmerliste_zum_Nennungsschluss_02.pdf WTCC is on Eurosport 2 at 10:15 Saturday (if you can get that channel) Coverage of the N24 should start around 2:00 pm UK on Saturday. Race starts at 3:00pm UK Youtube live stream - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkYITD0mNEE Vodafone live stream - http://featured-n24h.de/ For English commentary, mute the German link and open Radio Le Mans separately: Radio Lemans coverage (from 2:15pm) - http://www.radiolemans.com/ Live timing and tracker - https://livetiming.tracktime.info/nu...screen-results Timetable for weekend -1 hour for UK
You will notice that the WTCC is visiting the Nordschleife during the 24Hours weekend. This is the first time that an FIA World Championship race has been held on the Nordschleife since 1983 Practice times (Not final qualifying) for WTCC: 1. Jose Maraa Lopez Citroen 8m38.027s 2. Sebastien Loeb Citroen +2.49s 3. Ma Qing Hua Citroen +3.46s 4. Gabriele Tarquini Honda +4.76s 5. Yvan Muller Citroen +5.61s 6. Hugo Valente Campos Chevrolet +6.55s 7. Tom Chilton ROAL Chevrolet +8.65s 8. Tiago Monteiro Honda +9.85s 9. James Thompson Lada +11.40s 10. John Filippi Campos Chevrolet +14.48s 11. Stefano D'aste Munnich Chevrolet +17.77s 12. Rob Huff Lada +22.54s 13. Sabine Schmitz Munnich Chevrolet +23.01s 14. Mehdi Bennani Audi TT +23.66s 15. Norbert Michelisz Zengo SEAT +26.23s 16. Gregoire Demoustier Craft-Bamboo Chevrolet +32.11s 17. Stefano D'aste Munnich Chevrolet +56.84s 18. Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lada +1m19.6s A lap with 9 time WRC champion Sébastien Loeb
Well, Audi won the N24 again (the third time in four years). BMW can console themselves with the closest ever finish, just 40 seconds behind after 24 hours. Final result: 1. Mies/Sandstrom/Muller/Vanthoor WRT Audi 24h00m00.000s 2. Martin/Luhr/Palttala/Westbrook Marc VDS BMW +40.729s 3. Dumbreck/Henzler/Ragginger/Imperatori Falken Porsche -1 lap 4. Farfus/Muller/Catsburg/Adorf Marc VDS BMW -1 lap 5. Al Faisal/Haupt/Buurman/van Lagen Black Falcon Mercedes -1 lap 6. Laser/Cerruti/Edwards/Keilwitz Walkenhorst BMW -3 laps 7. Thiim/Jons/Kaffer/Vanthoor WRT Audi -3 laps 8. Primat/Bruck/Schmid/Seefried HTP Bentley -5 laps 9. Buncombe/Hoshino/Krumm/Ordonez RJN Nissan -5 laps 10. Huff/Heyer/Frommenwiler/Krognes Premio Mercedes -5 laps The winning no.28 Audi Closely followed by the no.25 BMW BMW took the covers off their 2016 M6 GT3 over the weekend, so this year's race will be the last for the Z4 GT3
Alan Thanks for the links. Spent my Sunday afternoon working on my PC with commentary on in the background and dipped in and out of the live video feed. Some good aerial shots from the helicopter. Not sure about the value of the commentary - I guess they were a bit tired by the Sunday afternoon.
