2018 N24 Nürburgring Roadtrip

[MRMNB]

The stars have aligned and I finally have a good opportunity to go and watch the n24!

I want to make a road trip out of it and hopefully include some good roads along the way.

So this is an open invite for PHers to join

Provisional plan:

1. ferry on Friday
2. drive on Saturday
3. watch race on Sunday
4. home by Monday evening

I'm open to ideas for making the most of the trip and suggestions are welcome!

Edited by MRMNB on Sunday 25th March 17:26

Edited by MRMNB on Sunday 25th March 17:26

[MRMNB]

Thanks! I've never payed much attention to what is on before.

Does your group just go straight and crunch the miles or take the scenic route?

[MRMNB]

4340BB said:

Ideally you could do with getting there for Friday morning as that when a lot of support races commence.
Including the 6hr Classic.
Saturday is race start and finish on Sunday.
Any more info you want let me know.
We go on the Thursday and go back on the Tuesday.

I was looking at the weekend ticket, so watching the support races as well sounds like the best way to make the most of the weekend.

What's the best solution for accommodation? I guess the local gasthaus get booked up long in advance...

jonby said:

So I need to get a taxi to the airport straight after the race. Race ends 3.30, need to be at airport by 5.30 for 6.50pm flight - do you think if we leave straight after the race we can do it, or are we kidding ourselves and realistically need to leave just before the race ends, which I really don't want to do ?

It sounds do-able, but there's not a lot of room for things to go wrong. I drove from Cologne to Nurburg a few years back in June and I don't remember any difficulties, the infrastructure around there seems more able to deal with things like this than what we're used to along the M62 corridor.

Personally, I'd want to build in a bit more of a time buffer.

[MRMNB]

Any tips for parking? I'd prefer to park at the track if it's possible... I assumed it'd be included in the weekend ticket price?

[MRMNB]

Well, I'm a bit surprised that there's no interest in a PH group event. Especially given all the other group events & the support that Lemans gets...

[MRMNB]

Yeah, I've no idea - I would assume that with it being closer it would be more popular.

There's not a lot of info really, apparently >250k (total) spectators go to each event. Le Mans is supposed to have a more 'international' crowd according to one site.

[MRMNB]

Thanks for the info - crossing the channel as I type! No tickets or campsite booked yet but that adds some adventure I guess

[MRMNB]

Picture by special request near Brünnchen... It's the only one that i saw that was wooden, and mounted on a trailer, lots of scaffolding on solid ground and bits mounted on top of trucks elsewhere

[MRMNB]

By the time I got to Adenau on Sunday, the place had been abandoned because of the rain.

On the bright side it was much easier to get a good view of cars power sliding their way off the bridge!