Many years ago, the late racer/writer Tony Dron gave me a copy of his ‘how to drive the Nürburgring Nordschleife’ notes.
I studied them hard, and a few years later I was lucky enough to drive the Ring – at which point I forgot most of what I’d read and re-read so many times, and crawled around doing my best not to get in the way of the GT3s and M3s.
I’m willing to accept that I’m unlikely to race at the Ring now – and that I won’t be bothering the big boys on the Touristenfahrten days. But I still love the place for its history and atmosphere, and also for the surroundings; it’s often
forgotten what a beautiful area the Nürburgring sits in.
That’s why we chose aerial shots to illustrate our feature celebrating 100 years since the first foundation stones were
laid there. If you’ve never been, then go – even if it’s just to sit on the grass bank at Brünnchen to watch the tourist-lap
antics or to sample the famous Pistenklause restaurants in Nürburg. They’re surprisingly good places to relax.
In stark contrast,
