I'm now back home in the UK, after experiencing some pretty tough shooting conditions at the Nurburgring 24Hs.
Porsche has done it again! The Manthey 911 GT3 RSR of Timo Bernhard, Marc Lieb, Romain Dumas and Marcel Tiemann just managed to hold off the Audi challenge to complete 155 laps of the 24 Hour circuit, 3,933.5 kilometres or 2,444 miles in old money. The more numerate of you will see that as being an average speed of just over 100 miles per hour. Incroyable!
Second place just a lap down on the winners was the Team Abt Sportsline Audi R8 LMS of Christian Abt, Jean-Francois Hemroulle, Pierre Kaffer and Lucas Luhr. They pushed the Porsche all the way but had to settle for a class win (GT3) and a step down on the podium.
It was a record breaking 5th overall victory for Marcel Tiemann and a 4th win in a row for Manthey and a new record for distance covered. The unusual good weather and lack of full course cautions meant that racing was flat out from start to finish.
It was a great competition. We will be reviewing the race and posting specific pieces on various cars and brands in the next few days.
Watch this space.
-John Brooks
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I want the first one on my desktop!!
I have to go over there some day....
Bomber said:
I want the first one on my desktop!
I agree with you! Please do it for deskopt!
I like that 3th photo. Perfect picture for things like wallpapers, posters etc.
That first picture is incredible!
I also want the first picture on my desktop
Absolutely agreed; that first photo is phenominal!
1st Picture has gotta be a desktop, its automotive perfection.
1st pic desktop desktop desktop!
First picture for sure needs to be a desktop.
Go R8!!
is the first pic an LF-A chasing the R8?
I guess no one wants the first pic? LOL JK
Sick...=)
bom
R8 leaves for take off! now thats audi all over again!!!!
Nice post, keep it up please!
What a weekend! Watching the cars fly by on the Dottinger Hohe in the middle of the night was absolute magic.
nice, first wallpaper please!!!!
What was with that police light on the R8? I saw it in the race but still didn't know.
The 10 or 12 fastest cars after the qualifying get these blue blinking lights. It's a signal for the slower cars so that they know who is coming from behind,
That's what I figured it was for