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[ANF]

Live now is the 64th edition of ADAC Westfalenfahrt


English broadcast with Radio Le Mans


German broadcast

There are also a number of onboard feeds at
https://www.youtube....ser/VLNOFFICIAL

For example

#99 Rowe Racing BMW with Alexander Sims, Jesse Krohn and Connor De Phillippi

Edited by ANF, 24 March 2018 - 13:34.

[ANF]

Livetiming:
http://timingdeluxe.com/vln/

Not sure if it's official but I can't find any on vln.de.

[ANF]

And here's a map of hell:

Edited by ANF, 27 March 2018 - 20:28.

[FLB]

Thanks for the reminder! 

[ANF]

The #99 ground to a halt before Metzgesfeld.

[Jeeves]

Completely forgot about this, thanks for the heads up ANF! 

[LeClerc]

First VLN race of the season watched. I now officially declare spring is here

 

Thanks for the reminder!

[ArnageWRC]

Always enjoy the VLN, and great to see it return; a Manthey win, so all is good. Motorsport doesn't have to be boring and a soap opera.....(yes F1 I'm looking at you)

[ANF]

The #99 ground to a halt before Metzgesfeld.

No wonder it did! At the 9:19 mark it can be seen with a left rear puncture on the approach to Adenauer Forst.

[FLB]

Yeah, there was a rash of punctures at one point yesterday.

[ANF]

It's time for the second race of the season, the 43rd running of the DMV 4-Stunden-Rennen


I'm sure the will be an English stream too tomorrow morning at https://www.youtube....ser/VLNOFFICIAL

Qualifying starts at 08:30 CEST
The race will start at 12:00 CEST

Entry list and more at https://www.vln.de/d...stunden-rennen/

Livetiming? Probably at http://timingdeluxe.com/vln/

[Risil]

Thanks for doing these. Watching sports cars navigate the Ring is hypnotic, like tennis or something.

[ANF]

Thanks for doing these. Watching sports cars navigate the Ring is hypnotic, like tennis or something.

It is. Especially when you pick an onboard feed and follow it for a while – going round the track, lap after lap – then you tend to get into the same sort of rhythm as when you watch a tennis player bounce, bounce, bounce the ball on the baseline and know they're only inches away from a net service.

[Jeeves]

Thanks again ANF, looking forward to the race! 

 

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But whatever happened to tracktime.info? That live timing was perfect. 

 

 

Edited by Jeeves, 07 April 2018 - 07:56.

[ANF]

John Hindhaugh & Jonny Palmer

[ArnageWRC]

Love the VLN, fabulous series!!

[DN5]

This series is a joy to have discovered

 

I hope the next event at the Ring is also covered as I understood it is a 6 hr pre 24 hour race.

[ANF]

We're 95 minutes into the race.

[FLB]

Thanks for reminding us! 

Edited by FLB, 23 June 2018 - 12:12.

[ANF]

Today's race is 30 minutes away. It's round 4 – the 49th edition of the Adenauer ADAC Rundstrecken-Trophy.
https://www.vln.de/d...trecken-trophy/

Edited by ANF, 07 July 2018 - 09:32.

[paulb]

^Moar racing, yay! Thanks for posting.

[DN5]

I never thought I would say this but there is too much motor racing going on to follow everything today: VLN is the main focus though

[ANF]

Starting in 11 hours is the ROWE 6 Stunden ADAC Ruhr-Pokal-Rennen (yes, that's a 6-hour race): https://www.vln.de/d...r-pokal-rennen/

[ArnageWRC]

Manthey will give the new 2019 GT3 R it's first run in a race on the Nordschleife........

[William Hunt]

Apparently Liberty Media is (still) considering to move the German F1 GP to the Nordschleife

Can't see it ever happening, the track is too dangerous for F1

[noikeee]

Apparently Liberty Media is (still) considering to move the German F1 GP to the Nordschleife
Can't see it ever happening, the track is too dangerous for F1

WTF

Great pipedream, but it can't be done.

[ANF]

Paul Truswell and Andrew Marriott

Edited by ANF, 18 August 2018 - 10:00.

[New Britain]

WTF

Great pipedream, but it can't be done.

I know what you are saying, but what actually would the issues be?

There are not many run-off areas, but street circuits such as Monaco and Singapore have almost no run-off areas, just hard barriers.

Perhaps the problem would be the narrowness of the track? It's hard to overtake there. I can imagine an F1 race at the 'Ring being even more processional than typical F1 races at other circuits (at least if it's dry ).

[noikeee]

I know what you are saying, but what actually would the issues be?
There are not many run-off areas, but street circuits such as Monaco and Singapore have almost no run-off areas, just hard barriers.
Perhaps the problem would be the narrowness of the track? It's hard to overtake there. I can imagine an F1 race at the 'Ring being even more processional than typical F1 races at other circuits (at least if it's dry ).

Narrowness, enormous length of the track making it a logistical nightmare (how do you guarantee marshals in every corner, escape roads for quick extraction of drivers etc), *quick* corners next to barriers which is something you don't have in Singapore and which in Monaco the only corners you have are at inoffensive angles and/or under acceleration in which serious crashes are less likely than in corners which you have to suddenly decelerate; and perhaps the biggest problem of all to me is the combination of all the above with massive elevation changes, it doesn't take much for a car to fly off into the trees.

There's been huge crashes with GT3 cars in the Ring with people wondering if the GT3s are now too fast for the track, now go compare GT3s to F1s....

Edited by noikeee, 18 August 2018 - 12:54.

[New Britain]

Narrowness, enormous length of the track making it a logistical nightmare (how do you guarantee marshals in every corner, escape roads for quick extraction of drivers etc), *quick* corners next to barriers which is something you don't have in Singapore and which in Monaco the only corners you have are at inoffensive angles and/or under acceleration in which serious crashes are less likely than in corners which you have to suddenly decelerate; and perhaps the biggest problem of all to me is the combination of all the above with massive elevation changes, it doesn't take much for a car to fly off into the trees.

There's been huge crashes with GT3 cars in the Ring with people wondering if the GT3s are now too fast for the track, now go compare GT3s to F1s....

I used to race in VLN. There were marshals at every corner. Every running inch of the track was under scrutiny, as otherwise there was no way of a marshal spotting an off and warning oncoming drivers.

That is an interesting point you make about the trees. They would severely limit the ability of a helicopter to land and take off in the event of the urgent need to get a driver to hospital.

I do find it ironic, however, that the FIA seem to think it's okay for roughly 300 drivers to risk their lives racing there 66 hours/season, plus quali and practice, but it wouldn't be okay for 20 drivers to do the same for an hour-and-a-half. 

[ANF]

[ANF]

Race start is 30 minutes away as usual.

[FLB]

Oh God I hope we see this in SPX next year...   

 

[ANF]

Green flag is 25 minutes away

For higher audio quality, listen to the RS3 channel at http://player.radiolemans.co/

Onboard streams:

Spoiler

Edited by ANF, 06 October 2018 - 09:40.

[DN5]

Enjoyed the race/ Highlight for me was the in-car shot of a quick car charging through the pack after yellow flags - not even referenced on the commentary.

 

And liked the new Aston - 4th overall on its debut

Edited by DN5, 06 October 2018 - 14:41.

[DN5]

Looking forward to tomorrow's race

 

New Toyota to look at:

 

http://www.dailyspor...nd-in-vln9.html

[ANF]

Green flag!

The race is delayed by one hour due to fog.

Edited by ANF, 20 October 2018 - 10:05.

[ArnageWRC]

Same as VLN1 in March - but looks a like a nice day now the fog has cleared.