ADAC Zurich 24 Hours of Nurburgring 2016

[eran0004]

When the #29 car had a spin early on in the race and reversed on the track, wasn't it the #4 car that was close to crashing into it?

 

[AerodyManiac]

Congratulations to the #4 Mercedes for winning. The final laps were exciting. Still a bit bummed by BMW's failing to win, and the Astons' failure.

BTW, did anyone find this girl beautiful?

 

[MatskiMonk]

I would imagine you heard this on RLM, but for the benefit of those that didn't:

In qualifying for the last VLN race the driver of one of the M6s was given a delta to drive to, so that the car didn't appear as fast as it really was in order that they wouldn't get BoP'd before the 24hr. Unfortunately for BMW the dash didn't match the time he was set so he ended up going much faster than BMW wanted, to the tune of around 3-4 seconds. Having been rumbled they didn't hang back in the race, won by ages and got BoP'd for the 24.

Yeah, I caught that during the broadcast. I hadn't followed the M6's progress in the VLN very closely, but looking at all the best lap times of the AMG GT's and M6 GT3's from the Blancpain races also points to it being slightly off the pace of the AMG.

The one that was running second for the first hour was well and truly on pace, and proved it later in the race by hassling the leader after it returned to circuit, the car is absolutely fine, but! And it feels weird saying this but I don't really believe that the BMW driver line ups were quite as strong as the Mercedes line ups,

No doubt in my mind that the strongest line-up was in the #18, who were taken out by the engine exploding... the #100 squad was fairly strong too, but again, they were taken out.

 

[TDZdave]

Congratulations to the #4 Mercedes for winning. The final laps were exciting. Still a bit bummed by BMW's failing to win, and the Astons' failure.

BTW, did anyone find this girl beautiful?

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I did, who is she?

Yeah, I caught that during the broadcast. I hadn't followed the M6's progress in the VLN very closely, but looking at all the best lap times of the AMG GT's and M6 GT3's from the Blancpain races also points to it being slightly off the pace of the AMG.



No doubt in my mind that the strongest line-up was in the #18, who were taken out by the engine exploding... the #100 squad was fairly strong too, but again, they were taken out.

Yeah for sure those cars had solid line ups, the biggest surprise to me was how far off the mark Audi and Porsche were, and Bentley so far off,

 

[AerodyManiac]

I did, who is she?

Yeah, so do I. Unfortunately, I don't know who she is. I just saw it during the livestream. My guess is she is one of those interviewers hired for the race, but then that's apparent.

 

[MatskiMonk]

Too much Jager for me to get fully stalker.... but here... have a much less flattering picture

 

[TornadoFIAGTS]

edit: nvm repost.

 

[Nielsen]

The WRX finished 20th overall, winning its class, which is really impressive.

Pretty much the same as last year. Great consistency and nice to see the WRX still being capable of something legit several years after its official WRC days!

 

[Tired Tyres]

Last three or so hours of the race for anyone who missed it or just wants to watch again.

 

[Sertsa]

Nurburgring put a highlights video on its Facebook page.

 

[girabyt3]

That's a nice video!! Can't wait to PD's video as well!!

 

[IforceV8]

 

[Christhedude]

@Christhedude Lambo just backed it in to the barrier.

yea unfortunately my team mate Luca Stolz lost the car in the "Hatzenbach" section of the track with just over 2 hours to go !

 

[MatskiMonk]

yea unfortunately my team mate Luca Stolz lost the car in the "Hatzenbach" section of the track with just over 2 hours to go !

Gutted!

Were you behind the wheel for the hail storm? That must have been pretty nerve-racking for the whole team watching the monitors!

 

[MatskiMonk]

@lxmmy

Not sure if you've seen this... dramatic music, slow motion, and gratuitous M6..

 

[lxmmy]

@lxmmy

Not sure if you've seen this... dramatic music, slow motion, and gratuitous M6..

Loved the video right until the number 100 car getting shunted off.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Not sure if this has been posted, but here's a spectators view of that Porsche that flipped over and slid on it's roof for a little bit.

 

[ProjectWHaT]

🤬 that's fast!

 

[Earth]

🤬 that's fast!

Its even more impressive when you consider my personal rule that video makes things look half as steep and half as fast as they are in reality

 

[Tired Tyres]

The entire race. Radio Le Mans commentary on NISMO YouTube site. 750p60

 

[lxmmy]

Not sure if this has been posted, but here's a spectators view of that Porsche that flipped over and slid on it's roof for a little bit.

*Jaw drops*