Nordschleife Regular
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2019 9:12 am
Hi all, just back from, I think, my 7th or 8th trip to the nurburgring and I thought I’d share my thoughts and experiences with anyone that might be thinking of going.
Since this was my 4th visit this year in the GT4, after the 3rd trip I’d decided to leave the car at the nurburgring to make the visit easier than driving all the way from Glasgow. I’ll do a summary of costs below.
In my opinion, there’s no better place to drive than on the nordschleife. The combination of the duration of the lap, the variety of corners, the varience of conditions and traffic and the learning and progress you can make in driving ability and laptime make the place utterly beguiling. I’d highly recommend it to anyone willing to challenge themselves who isn’t afraid to give themselves a bit of a fright.
Since my first visit in the gt4 in May this year I realised a sub 8 minute lap bridge to gantry was within reach for me and over the past 4 trips I chipped away at this time, managing a best of 8:00.6 on my last trip in July (8 minutes and six tenths of a second) which was both highly exhilarating and incredibly frustrating. Last weekend however I got a best time of 7:56.2 after battling away on Friday evening, all day Saturday and eventually Sunday morning at 8:30am. The satisfaction from finally achieving this was immense.
Summary of a weekend’s costs below:
Flights Edinburgh to Luxembourg: £75
Hire car 4 days: £80
Hotels: £300
Tyre wear: £300 approx
Brake wear: £300 approx
Petrol: £250 approx
Laps, 30 euro each: £500 approx
Car storage Ring Garage: £120 euro/month
So all in a weekend costs about £2200 plus food and drink.
Since this was my 4th visit this year in the GT4, after the 3rd trip I’d decided to leave the car at the nurburgring to make the visit easier than driving all the way from Glasgow. I’ll do a summary of costs below.
In my opinion, there’s no better place to drive than on the nordschleife. The combination of the duration of the lap, the variety of corners, the varience of conditions and traffic and the learning and progress you can make in driving ability and laptime make the place utterly beguiling. I’d highly recommend it to anyone willing to challenge themselves who isn’t afraid to give themselves a bit of a fright.
Since my first visit in the gt4 in May this year I realised a sub 8 minute lap bridge to gantry was within reach for me and over the past 4 trips I chipped away at this time, managing a best of 8:00.6 on my last trip in July (8 minutes and six tenths of a second) which was both highly exhilarating and incredibly frustrating. Last weekend however I got a best time of 7:56.2 after battling away on Friday evening, all day Saturday and eventually Sunday morning at 8:30am. The satisfaction from finally achieving this was immense.
Summary of a weekend’s costs below:
Flights Edinburgh to Luxembourg: £75
Hire car 4 days: £80
Hotels: £300
Tyre wear: £300 approx
Brake wear: £300 approx
Petrol: £250 approx
Laps, 30 euro each: £500 approx
Car storage Ring Garage: £120 euro/month
So all in a weekend costs about £2200 plus food and drink.