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06-26-2011, 06:21 PM | #24 |
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Comgratulations BMW on the podium finish despite the rough bit of bad luck on the karussell!
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06-26-2011, 08:45 PM | #25 |
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thats pretty cool
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06-27-2011, 12:10 AM | #28 |
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2nd place it not bad. Congrats.
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06-27-2011, 12:44 AM | #30 |
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BMW got 1st place in 2010, 2005, 2004 and countless wins before that... BMW is still King of the Ring! And besides, 198 cars were in the race this year. And to get 2nd place on a track that's as narrow as 10 meters in some areas is some darn good driving!
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06-27-2011, 02:17 AM | #31 |
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what happened to the new wheels, I thought they were helping a lot but I dont see the cars wearing em in the pics
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As far as the BMW statistics of this race go... in total 65 cars in the field were BMWs (including Minis), which makes BMW by far the largest marque in the field. Which has been true for a while. BMWs accounted for no less than 9 class wins (in a total of 26 classes) in 2011. And as far as Porsche goes... not Porsche, but the Manthey Racing Team are king of the ring! Porsche knows, why they let Manthey prepare and race the cars and don't try to do it themselves!
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06-27-2011, 09:11 AM | #34 |
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06-27-2011, 02:09 PM | #35 |
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one of the Mercedes SLS crashed... not sure which one.
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As a matter of fact, Manthey racing had its 4 year streak (06,07,08,09) when BMW Motorsport stopped participating in the Nurburgring 24 during those years. Mantheys streak was immediately broken the first year BMW Motorsport returned to N24 (2010). If the #1 M3 had not spent a TON of time in the pit getting its entire front end after someone clipped it during the first 4 hours of the race this year, they would have easily beat Manthey. They also caught a 3 minute penalty because the driver of the M3 had to go through the grass at the karrusel after it spun out. I'm not saying ANYTHING bad about Manthey, they are a phenomenal team, obviously. I'm just saying BMW has the better car and team, and the most wins at the N24.
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Porsche always cries about BMW.
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I have tried posting link here it is just posting the second link below. Video title: copy and paste into YouTube search bar: 2011 Nurburgring 24 Hours Race Leading BMW M3 GT crashes at Karussell This isn't just the first time either. The Z4 car was also clipped and flipped over the barrier. These drivers in the lower classes need to respect the big dogs on the track instead of trying to compete with them! I understand stuff like this happens but both times by cars in lower classes trying to stand there ground when they should let the cars going that much faster, pass! BMW deserved this win, and it was stolen from them! BMW FTW.
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With all the traffic etc they still do +/- 7 mins for the NS, starting at (take a look again at that youtube lap on page one please) 0:12/0:13 and ending at 7:15/16 more or less, that's more or less one lap of the Nordschleife excluding the GP Strecke...
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07-05-2011, 05:45 PM | #40 |
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The R8 LMS is due, hopefully next year.
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