VLN and Nurburgring 24 hours

[airbusA346]

Am I reading the result right that the #911 Manthey Porsche won the IGTC 'race'?

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by airbusA346

Rowe Racing are throwing their toys out of the pram...

https://sportscar365.com/other-serie...tcome-protest/

FWIW same thing from DSC
https://www.dailysportscar.com/2024/...from-rowe.html

Anything Ferrari can do.

Sounds like they were unlucky?

Originally Posted by airbusA346

Am I reading the result right that the #911 Manthey Porsche won the IGTC 'race'?

Yeah.
https://www.adac-sport.com/52_ADAC_R...sional_NEW.pdf

[J Jay]

Gambling on an interpretation of the rules doesn't tend to go well. While lessons do need to be learned about how the race was concluded, this is an understandable, but cynical attempt to claim a win.

[BertMk2]

Have to say that I enjoyed what racing there was - some great action and it seemed that the BOP was pretty good with a good mix of manufacturers up at the front throughout rather than domination by one.

I also enjoyed the "young timer" race on Saturday morning, a very eclectic mix of cars out there - lots of "ooh, look at that!" going on

Feel sorry for the teams, fans and marshals though - what did we get? Just over 7 hours of racing in the 24 hours? All the expense and effort to put the event on, all the fans and marshals time and then to lose so much to the weather is really disappointing. It was the correct option 100% but such a shame. Next years race is slightly later in the year so hopefully will get the full 24 hours of racing.

[stuart thompson]

Ironically as the race was called the fog disappeared.

[tbtstt]

Originally Posted by BertMk2

Have to say that I enjoyed what racing there was - some great action and it seemed that the BOP was pretty good with a good mix of manufacturers up at the front throughout rather than domination by one.

Yeah, that pretty much sums up my thoughts on the race as well. Real shame we didn't get more it as I was really enjoying what we got.

I was also pleased to see the Audi win it as well, didn't expect that and, with the reduction in factory support for the R8 I wonder how competitive it will continue to be in the coming years.

[flatlandsman]

Agreed chaps, the racing there is always staggering, some of the footage from Manthey and the Audi was amazing. Did rather enjoy the Pittard/Christodolou interaction as both went into the box after the other, Pittard was not backward in calling him out, rather ironic considering some of the stuff David has done over the years that I have seen! But I guess this is how race drivers are

[grantp]

Am I imagining it or do they seem to have issues with fog rather frequently with this event?

[broadrun96]

Originally Posted by grantp

Am I imagining it or do they seem to have issues with fog rather frequently with this event?

Pretty much common for the area from what I've seen of weather records and especially late spring

[PhilipR]

Originally Posted by grantp

Am I imagining it or do they seem to have issues with fog rather frequently with this event?

it does not help that there are is a big difference in altitude between lowest and highest points on the track resulting in sometimes the lower parts are fog free whilst the high points visibility is at a minimum and vice versa. And then the climate of the area is prone to misting and fogging I believe

[airbusA346]

Originally Posted by tbtstt

Yeah, that pretty much sums up my thoughts on the race as well. Real shame we didn't get more it as I was really enjoying what we got.

I was also pleased to see the Audi win it as well, didn't expect that and, with the reduction in factory support for the R8 I wonder how competitive it will continue to be in the coming years.

It'll be interesting to see if anyone runs Audi's next year in Pro classes.