06/08/08. We only managed two laps on the Ring this evening, as the track closed early due to a serious motorcycle accident. Those two laps were pretty amazing though! A lap is about 13 miles long and has every type of challenge imaginable - blind crests and bends, banked corners, long straights, adverse cambers, hairpins, sweeping esses - you name it, it's there. Making it even more interesting is the variety of vehicles on track. Everything from plodding people-carriers full of tourists to local nutters in their stripped-out, barely-legal touring cars. Surprisingly (and rather dangerously I thought), motorcycles are on track at the same time as cars, and most were ridden by complete maniacs!

After the track closed, we drove into Nurburg village to find some food. The picture above shows our cars on the main road through the village, with BMW's test centre ahead on the left and the castle in the distance.