I agree I don’t want to see the Nurburgring neutered either. But small changes for safety while preserving the nature of the track might be the best solution IMHO Read more

Ok not sure where to start here. I guess first of all no accidents are predictable. If they were they wouldn’t be accidents. The Nurburgring is 15 miles of accidents waiting to happen. Yes that area of track is a bit sketchy but so are a dozen other. As driver we earn our money in the “sketchy” areas. We are paid to… Read more

Your information is a bit outdated and some of it is not exactly applicable. The speed limits on the track are for the Tourist Sessions only and are not in place for racing or manufacturer testing. The ban on photography and filming hasn’t been enforced in two or three years Read more

Wow now thats an angle I hadn’t considered Read more

A few guys have mentioned that. Take a look at my replies to them and you’ll see why thats not a solution Read more

Unfortunately its a bit more complicated than that. A huge amount of the aero takes place under the car so limiting rear wings wouldn’t necessarily solve the problem and may actually create a few more. Aero is a tricky thing Read more

Agreed! Well said as always Leo Read more

Ha! yeah just a bit. How ‘bout kph? Read more

The spectator that was killed was exactly where they were supposed to be unfortunately. Read my original post for more details http://blackflag.jalopnik.com/what-the-hell-… Read more

All of the lans surrounding the track is protected woodlands. No chance to re-engineer or move spectator areas Read more

1. How you are going to police 20km of race track? Read more

At close to 300mph with cars that weigh in around a ton and a half there is no way to predict what that “safe place” will be Read more

Clearly they have enough gas to go faster... Read more

Good idea however the area surround the ring is protected land. No way to do any modifications there Read more

Nope the spectators were just where they should have been and no tickets are needed at the Ring unless you want to sit in the main Grandstands or get into the paddock. No tickets=No liability warning ;) Read more

All fair points and I think the finally solution will be a mix of slowing the cars up and relocating some of the spectator viewing spots. Also they need to look at moving some of the marshal posts as well as more than a few of them are in high impact areas. Read more

Yup I can still run a sub 8.5 minute lap in our Focus RS even with the speed limits in place Read more

Thats for the Tourist sessions only as you have to exit the track there so they limit the speed so you don’t come flying into Devils Dinner at 200kph Read more

The GT3 cars were around 35-45kph quicker through all of those zones Read more

Congratulations Michael! You only need a dozen more track days to be almost as quick as WTCC drivers qualifying at the Salzburgring Read more