Any Tips for Doing The Nurburgring?

[talkingfish]

Hi All,

Due to pop my 'Ring cherry next weekend (18-19th Sept) when I'll be taking 0425 to RWS Germany as a guest of the RTOC.

For those of you that have been, do you have any hints and tips and / or must see things to do whilst there.

Cheers.

[Coops]

don't blow your gearbox on the autobahn on the way there with 50 miles to go :(

[Wobba]

don't blow your gearbox on the autobahn on the way there with 50 miles to go :(

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Don't hit the armco barriers. They are made of gold and cost £5k each.

[arj256]

Treat it like an unknown A road, not a race track and you will be fine.
Remember you get money for recycling bottles, and cans over there.

[white16valver]

Don't crash ;)

[richy]

make sure you carry all your docs with you as the police were pulling quite a few over on weekend we went, as adam said treat it like a unknown A road, its fairly wide most the time although little run off!

dont get into any races lol

[Coops]

richy you cheeky shite, dont get into any races? i seem to remember a certain porsche within, ooo what, two corners into the first lap

in fact within 3 seconds of you saying 'i'm going to take it steady first few laps' you hared after it

[richy]

did you not see my lol

yeah i know i did kinda forgot the steady bit once i got past the cones lol!

this one....?
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...8/DSCF0376.jpg

[Totti]

If in doubt, flat out.

[stevie_b]

You've left it a bit late for revision but there are some good DVDs out there that talk you round the track and the BMW M division notes written by Jörg Müller are quite handy too. If you can't get to see some good footage of a lap beforehand then make sure you go on a few passenger laps to get a very rough feel before you bother driving it at any speed. That said if you take it easy you would be fine - just remember that people must pass you on the left so if you are not going quick then keep an eye on your mirrors and stick to the right with an indicator on if you see stuff coming up behind you.

Make sure your car is in tip top condition before you go. You are going to be giving it hell for around 9 minutes and if it drops any oil or coolant and a bike goes down on it then you are held responsible and are going to have a potentially massive bill to pay

Is the day you are going on a TF day or is it hired out for the day for exclusive use by the Renault lot?