If you didn't find a way to watch German TV over the holiday weekend, there's now plenty of footage of the 2009 ADAC Nurburgring 24 Hour Race for online consumption. Here's an extra long video of the Manthey Porsche 911 GT3 RSR that won the Nurburgring 24. The 911 started on pole, and was driven by Timo Bernhard, Romain Dumas, Marc Lieb and Marcel Tiemann.
One of the four Abt Sportsline-built Audi R8 LMS cars took second at the Nurburgring 24. It was driven by Christian Abt, Jean-Francois Hemroulle, Pierre Kaffer and Lucas Luhr. More details on the finishers can be found here.
Interestingly, Berhard and Dumas, both former Porsche Spyder RS shoes, announced today that they will team up with Alexandre Premat to drive Audi R15 TDI number 3 at Le Mans.
Two more videos after the jump. One shows the Manthey Porsche on the Nordschleife at night, since this is after all a 24-hour race. The other shows the start of the race.
jederino says:
06:04 PM, 05/27/09
The driving looks quite smooth. This is a tough track on Gran Turismo. Hard not to overcook the turns because the terrain varies so much. I cannot imagine driving it night and day!