Anybody driven Nordscheife?

[Formerly Steve Wilkinson]

For an article I'm writing, I need to know, since I haven't driven the old north circuit of the Nurburgring in 10 years or so...can you still pay a per-lap toll at what I remember as a kind of tollbooth and go out and do your laps, or has all of that changed, been formalized, been eliminated, whatever?

Answers limited to those with first-hand experience, not a friend of a friend told me...

And if the system is still in place, what's the current per-lap rate?

Stephan

[Ove]

Not answering your question, but take a look at this swedish BBS:

http://rejsa.nu/forum/viewforum.php?f=15&sid=3a8a2d88201abdfd0f061e2786ef6a08

Go to the "section" threads and you can download a short movie for each part of the 'ring. For each section there's also a map. There is a counter running on the video so you can se where the driver is on the map. Very nice!

Even if you can't read swedish, there's a lot of pictures and links in the various threads.

This is a thread with "Important Links - Nurburgring":

http://rejsa.nu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1374&sid=2da4392094abdb4a4c202fa0937d72cd

Thought it was worth mentioning, since you are writing an article you can probably find something useful here.
And I'm sure other Pelican members are interested as well

[Rufblackbird]

I think Tyson was there recently...maybe he'll chime in?

I dream of going to Germany, buy a 911 there, and drive it the way it was meant to be driven!

[masraum]

http://www.nuerburgring.de/

maybe this will help

[Ove]

Here you go: The 2004 prices

Ticket type Price in Euros Sterling equiv Sterling per lap
Single lap €14 £8.94 £8.94
5-lap one-day ticket* €56 £35.75 £7.15
6-lap ticket €76 £48.52 £8.09
12-lap ticket €143 £91.29 £7.61
60 laps Breakeven point for a car Jahreskarte
Jahreskarte: Aug-Dec €370 £236 Unlimited use
Jahreskarte: Full year €700 £446.88 Unlimited use


http://www.nurburgring.org.uk/prices.html

[masraum]

prices here
http://www.nurburgring.org.uk/prices.html

[masraum]

THese are interesting, the title "optional" had me going for a second.

Optional extras available at additional cost include armco repairs, safety car attendance, vehicle recovery, hospital stays and helicopter rides. I recommend avoiding these. If you can't, then the following price-list may help:

* Removing damaged armco: €9.71/metre (x2 if double-height)
* Replacement armco: €28.89/metre (x2 if double-height)
* Replacement armco posts: tba
* Safety car attendance: €82 per 30 mins (car + 2 people)
* Ambulance attendance: tba
* Hospital stay & air ambulance: Let's just say, do NOT go there without travel insurance!

[SSL]

Heres an interesting site http://www.nurburgring.org.uk/ringers-faq.html

[k9handler]

was there last summer, 14 euro per lap is the current price....possibly the best info guy for you is Ben Lovejoy (not sure of his pelican username) and he does have a website for the ringers.

[masraum]

Yep, Ben Lovejoy is the site that is posted numerous times above, the nurburgring.org.uk site is his.

[cowtown]

Yes, I drove it last summer, and there is still an ATM-style setup where you buy tickets that you then feed into the gate at the track entrance. There's also a human in a booth you can buy the tickets from.

[Wil Ferch]

Steve...

....of course you must mean "Nordschleife". Missed the "L".
Shame .....


--Wil

[Rich911E]

I am at the Nurburgring right now with the BMW club driving school. I just did two laps in the rain -- that was an incredible expierience. More open laps tomorrow and then the graded lap (yikes). If you are a BMW club member you can do the school and spend three days at the track with excellent instruction. Robert Fassl (BMW factory test driver) is our group's instructor. You don't need to own a BMW to join the club and we were able to rent one. Other guys in the group rented 911s from AVIS but they are 200 Euros per day. Our BMW 3 series was only about 400 euros for the week.

I'll try to do a write up later. I'm at an Internet Cafe in Mayen about 23 kilometers from the circuit. I just couldn't go without checking into the Pelican Board to see what's happening.

Rich

[Tyson Schmidt]

You can also buy a year-long pass. You just insert the card into a slot, and the gate opens.

One thing that's recently changed, is that they no longer allow in-car cameras. I think it's partly due to safety concerns, potential lawsuits, and of course the fact that the track isn't getting a cut of the money people make from showing the in-car footage on various websites.

[Tyson Schmidt]

Oh, and they've apparently changed the name of the track since you were there Steve. They now spell Nordschleiffe with an "L".

[emcon5]

If it was me, I would try and hail A Taxi.

Tom

[svandamme]

According to an ITU nurse at a local hospital, they get 2-3 ITU admissions a week from the Ring, about half of whom don't survive. That's more than one death a week.

sweeeet , got to get my ass to the ring when my car is ready for some mayhem !!

[k9handler]

Stijn....me and some of the Brits are going to be there Sep 20-23 for some fun if you get the chance to make it.

[svandamme]

that deadline is way to close for me


car ain't running yet
garage has been closed for 3 weekends, so haven't been able to work on the beasty besides, i don't wanna go on a big drive like that without a proper shakedown on my car first

thanks for the offer though , but there'll be another time

[speeder]

Originally posted by svandamme
According to an ITU nurse at a local hospital, they get 2-3 ITU admissions a week from the Ring, about half of whom don't survive. That's more than one death a week.

This is what I've heard as well. So many people get killed there, it's pretty insane.