VLN and Nurburgring 24 hours

[FIRE]

Originally Posted by Miguel

Interview with VLN3 winner Jochen Krumbach on what the win means to the team, leaving Manthey Porsche for Ferrari, and the support the team receives from Ferrari: http://www.gt-report.com/2017/07/02/...not-ourselves/

Hopefully this gets Maranello more interested in racing at the Nordschleife.

[Miguel]

Apparently Ferrari will support any decent effort, so that isn't the problem. They just need the teams to pony up the dough themselves, you can't blame them for that after all the racing they already do.

[Miguel]

Here's an interview with Jeffrey Schmidt on his Nordschleife GT3 debut: http://www.gt-report.com/2017/07/05/...-factory-team/

[Miguel]

Bradley Philpot's blog is up, in which he tells about the development of the Peugeot 308 GTI Racing Cup TCR: http://www.gt-report.com/2017/07/09/...ping-a-winner/

[Miguel]

VLN4 report: http://www.gt-report.com/2017/07/13/the-long-wait/

Will have a bunch of pics and some interviews later. Busy days!

[Miguel]

Hello friends, some VLN4 pics: http://www.gt-report.com/2017/07/15/...ng-wait-pt-ii/

[Miguel]

So, after the race I had a short chat with Stef Dusseldorp, asking him about the win and what it means, and some other stuff about his racing: http://www.gt-report.com/2017/07/16/...e-nurburgring/

What I liked the most is when just before the start I walked into him and he said things were feeling good, they might actually take that first win today and that would mean a lot to everyone. But no overconfidence.

[Rodger Davies]

I say this every time, but great photos Miguel!

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

[Miguel]

Thanks bro! Hope you don't only come for the pics, though, I like to think the **** that I write ain't half bad either

[rich07]

Originally Posted by Miguel

Thanks bro! Hope you don't only come for the pics, though, I like to think the **** that I write ain't half bad either

You've got a good knack for telling a story that doesn't just involve the black and white facts of what happened during the race, you're good at putting a human face on it so that's what I enjoy reading your stuff.

[Miguel]

Thanks Rich! There are far better writers for play-by-plays. Who would care anyway about my play-by-play reports if I'd come in as firehose eleven?

Here's more of the human side of racing. Interview with Christian Krognes about his fight with Romain Dumas and the upcoming Spa 24h: http://www.gt-report.com/2017/07/22/...ce-these-guys/

[Miguel]

For those who want to know what happened at VLN5: http://www.gt-report.com/2017/08/23/a-game-of-tyres/

[Miguel]

I did an interview with Renger van der Zande, who finished fourth but was a key player in the early phase of the race and reveled in the rain: http://www.gt-report.com/2017/08/24/...then-you-dont/

[dwh43scale]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dwh38/...57685429524103

Our now annual trip to the VLN - for the Rowe 6 Hours. Loads of SP9 photos here - working through a few from the other classes shortly. Have bitten the bullet and booked for N24 next year - early date might mean skis requried !

[AkioAsakura95]

The entry list for the VLN race 6 is here!!!

http://www.vln.de/en/season/2017/201...andrennen.html

And BMW M6 GT3 EVO kit (2018 specs) is here!!!!!!

http://www.vln.de/en/news/4716/race-...-to-offer.html

@Miguel
By they way , what duration for the VLN race 6, its that 6 hours?

[nasdriv87]

what's going on VLN streaming, it keeps reloading sometimes and freezing

[Rob29]

Originally Posted by nasdriv87

what's going on VLN streaming, it keeps reloading sometimes and freezing

How do you find 'streaming' can see no link on website?

[Akrapovic]

Originally Posted by Rob29

How do you find 'streaming' can see no link on website?

Unfortunately although sportscar racing has fully embraced streaming, it doesn't make a very good job of making it easy to find. I'll be doing my best to change that in 2018.

Full race can be watched here -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUQonFWElBI

[sceptic]

Originally Posted by Rob29

How do you find 'streaming' can see no link on website?

Every round this season has been on the Radio Le Mans website.
You can even watch replays of them all.

[nasdriv87]

Originally Posted by Rob29

How do you find 'streaming' can see no link on website?

well, it's hosted on livestream.com

https://livestream.com/accounts/1866...rue&mute=false

[Miguel]

Originally Posted by AkioAsakura95

And BMW M6 GT3 EVO kit (2018 specs) is here!!!!!!

http://www.vln.de/en/news/4716/race-...-to-offer.html

@Miguel
By they way , what duration for the VLN race 6, its that 6 hours?

Everything but VLN5 is 4 hours.

That BMW isn't the 2018 car, it's the 2016 model with evo parts, not the final evo kit.

[AkioAsakura95]

Originally Posted by Miguel

Everything but VLN5 is 4 hours.

That BMW isn't the 2018 car, it's the 2016 model with evo parts, not the final evo kit.

@Miguel
Thanks for your information.

No wonder that car it's nothing special as compared to the 2017 model with Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6. And it's not very competitive as 2018 model. Rather they enter that race it's just for testing for the evo kit.

As for final evo kit for the BMW M6, they might participate the VLN 8 race in 7 October like Lexus RC F GT3.

http://www.vln.de/en/season/2017/201...ossapreis.html

[Miguel]

They just drove around for testing purposes, no real intention of racing. It's still cheaper than renting the whole Nordschleife for yourself.

Here's my VLN6 report: http://www.gt-report.com/2017/09/06/old-and-new/

I'll have a couple of interviews and the gallery coming up as well.

[Miguel]

Pics from VLN6: http://www.gt-report.com/2017/09/07/old-and-new-pt-ii/

[Miguel]

Interview with 'man of the match' Robin Frijns, on the four-way battle for the win, his awesome speed in his final stint (and why he went as fast as he did) and his time in F1: http://www.gt-report.com/2017/09/08/...s-it-exciting/