H2R also stands for “Holiday 2 the Ring” !
During some well deserved time off between exhausting RC-GLP weekends the H2R team drivers took their <private trackcars/ex-daily drivers, although the E91 is further along the track-car transformation than the E90> to the Nordschleife to experience the most terrifying thing that the iconic track has to offer: Touristenfahrten.
Ironically taking place at the same time as a daily commute, this melting-pot of performance cars and beat-up rolling coffins was the perfect place to practice driving on the North Loop in what could one day be H2R’s official racing car, the mighty E90 325i. [send money here to see it happen]
Navigating through the variety of cars and the even higher variety of driver skills was not the key challenge on the first visit of the week (second visit for driver #1 who took it on himself to go the day before to make sure all 157 corners were still there).
Driving on a wet track with 100hp more than the #157 316i was the key challenge here! Using their experience and hours of iRacing practice to find dry patches of tarmac on the counter-intuitive wet line and only occasionally “YOLO”-ing a few corners, both drivers made it out unscathed to witness the night fall onto the Eifel region.
The following day was back to boring sunny conditions, and somehow 5 times more cars on track, as if most drivers were scared to get their semi-slicks wet!
This second day still delivered valuable lessons, it quickly became obvious that the E46 316i is the weapon of choice for RCN-GLP due to its ability to match minimum lap times almost perfectly, requiring only a handful of seconds at a standstill to meet the series time requirements. On the other hand the mighty E91 325i driven by driver #1 would need to be fitted with a bed to at least offer the option of taking a nap during the 5 minutes it would have to stay stationary each lap.
All in all an enjoyable set of Touristenfahrten sessions, lots of learning for both drivers and a chance to drive the interesting part of the track before our last RCN-GLP event at… The Nürburgring Grand Prix track. Enjoy the pictures!
