Nurburgring May Dump Speed Limits for Manufacturers
Per Road and Track, the operators of the famed Nurburgring in Germany may be preparing to dump its speed limits for manufacturers and may mean a return for manufacturer records.
After a Nissan GT-R GT3 crashed and killed a spectator, the famous road installed speed limits during specific sections for safety and enforced those limits during testing for manufacturers — effectively ending record run chest-thumping.
Although the rumor is just a rumor right now, there are undoubtedly a few manufacturers who should be licking their chops today at the chance to unseat Porsche for the production-car throne.
The speed limits are enforced on the Flugplatz section and Gantry to Antoniusbuche sections.
If lifted, speed limits at the track for manufacturer testing would have only lasted a few weeks, and it may signal the end of Pikes Peak two-day run as the new ‘Ring.
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Those speeds limits are a stupid idea, or rather a suicidal idea. Nurburgring management would really shoot themselves in the foot. Breaking speeds records there is a huge PR operation for car makers and that means a huge income to Nurburgring. Put there a speed limit and car makers will not longer be "obliged" to go there to test their cars. They would be just passing on that huge business to somebody else.
Speed limits all over Germany have become very, very popular in the last few years. Found to be a great source of revenue, too. All in the name of safety, of course.
Ugh, it's a race track. Accidents will happen, and people want to see those accidents and stand right in the most dangerous places. Don't get rid of the speed, get rid of the spectators at those places.