{"id":287,"date":"2026-09-06T12:18:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T12:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/h2rteam.eu\/?p=287"},"modified":"2026-09-06T12:19:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T12:19:35","slug":"rcn-glp-4-rhein-sieg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/h2rteam.eu\/?p=287","title":{"rendered":"RCN-GLP #4 Rhein-Sieg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fans have been longing with anticipation all summer long, but the long-awaited report of RCN-GLP #4 is finally here! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Has the windshield wiper been fixed ? Did the Audi bumper car strike back ? Is there now air-conditioning in the mighty E46 ? But above all, was it another win ?!?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, no, no, and yes.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"965\" src=\"https:\/\/h2rteam.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Thats_all_folks.svg_.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/h2rteam.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Thats_all_folks.svg_.png 1280w, https:\/\/h2rteam.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Thats_all_folks.svg_-768x579.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Relax! The story doesn&#8217;t end here! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This event put the driver&#8217;s physical condition and heat-resistance to the test, and while drivers passed with flying colors, the cameras didn&#8217;t, and neither did the brake pads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/h2rteam.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo_10_2026-09-06_13-27-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/h2rteam.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo_10_2026-09-06_13-27-13.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/h2rteam.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo_10_2026-09-06_13-27-13-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For this specific event the race started at 1:00PM, a luxury that is usually reserved to professional drivers. For once H2R had a taste of this lazy schedule and drivers could sleep beyond sunrise. In hindsight, an early race would have been nice&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As drivers lined up on the grid with outside temperatures around 30 degrees, the delayed start did nothing to improve conditions in the oven-like E46 (start was delayed to ensure that track conditions were optimal, so there is no complaint here!). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the event went on, an all-too-familiar noise of metal-on-metal started developing around the end of the first stint. Some will see yet another attempt of Driver #1 to extend his lead in the internal H2R championship of &#8220;who gets the lowest total penalty in the season&#8221;, while some others don&#8217;t believe in conspiracy theories and will admit that 36 laps of the Nordschleife is acceptable wear for brake pads! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/h2rteam.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo_2_2026-09-06_13-27-13-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/h2rteam.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo_2_2026-09-06_13-27-13-edited.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/h2rteam.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo_2_2026-09-06_13-27-13-edited-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/h2rteam.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo_2_2026-09-06_13-27-13-edited-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This didn&#8217;t stop H2R from continuing on their streak of victories, with a P1 in class and P6 overall, just one spot short of the promise made to the event organizer to make  P5 overall this time! The challenge continues&#8230;  <br>Unfortunately, there is no video evidence of this prowess as both cameras failed during the event, leaving only an hour-long recording of waiting on the grid, to the tune of Driver #2 singing as he slowly drowned into madness from the heat, and no one wants to see that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the summer break ahead, H2R consolidated their overall P1 in class, and were praised as the &#8220;Rookie Masters&#8221; by the brand new RCN-GLP marketing team in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcn-glp.de\/aktuelle-meldungen\/die-grosse-halbzeitbilanz-der-rcn-glp-2026-spannung-pur-auf-der-nordschleife-9018\">the mid-season article<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/h2rteam.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-edited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/h2rteam.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-edited.png 960w, https:\/\/h2rteam.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-edited-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The battle continues as H2R is dedicated to reaching top 5 overall at the end of the season with 3 events to go !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans have been longing with anticipation all summer long, but the long-awaited report of RCN-GLP #4 is finally here! Has the windshield wiper been fixed ? Did the Audi bumper car strike back ? Is there now air-conditioning in the mighty E46 ? But above all, was it another win ?!? Yes, no, no, and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/h2rteam.eu\/?p=287\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;RCN-GLP #4 Rhein-Sieg&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[10,9],"class_list":["post-287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-results-announcement","tag-rcn-glp","tag-results"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/h2rteam.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/h2rteam.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/h2rteam.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/h2rteam.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/h2rteam.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/h2rteam.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":295,"href":"https:\/\/h2rteam.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions\/295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/h2rteam.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/h2rteam.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/h2rteam.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/h2rteam.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}