Month: October 2025

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Did you know ?

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!

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RCN-GLP #6 – Erftquellenpreis

Let’s cut to the chase, H2R made P1 in class!

While consistency seemed set to P10 early in the season, the team has now found the way to reach the highest step of the podium for the second time in a row despite difficult weather conditions at the beginning of the event on Sunday morning.

Fans stormed to the track the previous day to witness the efficiency with which H2R underwent documents and technical checks for the #157 E46 316i, or maybe was it to watch Max Verstappen racing in NLS? Nobody knows.

Regardless, all administrative tasks were completed in a record 18 minutes, coincidentally the same duration as the maximum allowed lap time for this latest RCN-GLP event which was took place on the VLN setup, i.e. including a portion of the Nürburgring Grand Prix track.

Car #157 could now drive past the thousands of admirers and fans displaying its shiny new “Technik 6” sticker

Having all safety features of the vehicle inspected and cleared by technical marshals was comforting when it came to face the wet and foggy track that greeted H2R drivers on Sunday morning.

After a 1h delay the flag was waived and drivers were released onto the track, mainly under yellow flags given the poor visibility and the slippery track surface.

Driver #1 went on to brilliantly and consistently drive the #157 car around the wet track as the fog started to clear out, setting and confirming his laps with the slightest of deviations. Aside from a slight peak in heart rate due to a sudden lack of grip in Adenau (i.e. one of the few places where a concrete wall replaces the usual armco barriers) it was all fast and smooth.

As driver #2 took over the fog had cleared entirely and the sun was shining again above the Eifel.
Once again, aside from a minor tyre squeal in Eschbach and navigating a couple of code 60’s it was a smooth and consistent drive to bring the car home with a focus on maintaining the smallest possible deviations between “set lap” and “confirmation laps” at the finish line.

All these efforts and consistency paid off as the team secured P1 in the Rookie class and P7 of 91 overall !

However it soon appeared that P1 had to be shared with another team that not only scored the same amount of penalty points, but did so in the exact same laps as H2R !

The rules and regulations state that in the event of an equal score, whichever team received its penalty last is awarded P1, unfortunately as stated above, all deviations happened on the exact same laps and with the same order of magnitude.
Congratulations to the co-P1 team!

The team is now getting ready for the last event of the season which will take place on the Nürburgring Grand Prix track.

Many thanks to H2R sponsors and all the friends and family that support this amazing experience, see you on October 24th for more heroic E46 316i racing.