A veritable war has broken out on the world's most famous racetrack. It is about the 24-hour lob at the Nürburgring, also known as 'green hell'.
A real power struggle has arisen around the asphalt. And then even on the world's most famous race track Nürburgring – more precisely Nordslojfen.
This is written by Autobild .
The dispute is specifically about the execution of the 24-hour long lob at the legendary race track. The organization behind the track wants to make itself more independent of Germany's answer to FDM, ADAC.
Conversely, ADAC is the main sponsor of the Nürburgring Endurance Series, which has been held since 1977.
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But now the people behind the Nürburgring operation will no longer give the Nürburgring Endurance Series any dates to run the lob series on.
Not even if it is against German law. According to the law, the public must be 'secured access' to the track – and permanently.
For that reason, the Nürburgring Endurance Series has also received the word of the courts that the lob series can be held on the track. Meanwhile, the Nürburgring people have chosen to transform one of their own lob events into a so-called test day.
There is no official explanation as to why, but unofficially it is said to be due to the lack of participants and thus cars.
The German Motorsport Association has lamented the situation around and on the legendary track, something the association calls 'unnecessary'.
– The organizers should stand together instead of arguing with each other about cars, sponsors and dates. There is no room for power play in German motorsport in 2024, says the association's chairman, Wolfgang Wagner-Sachs.
Although the asphalt at the Nürburgring is publicly accessible, the site is not public property. In 2016, Russian billionaire Viktor Kharitonin bought 99 percent of the track complex.
According to Forbes Russia, he is believed to have paid up to 38 million euros for it, corresponding to 283 million Danish kroner. It is the German company Getspeed that owns the last percent of the track.
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