I loved Olaf Manthey's comment just now:
"Now that the race is red-flagged, and the cars are collected at the start-finish-straight, parc ferme rules apply, meaning that nobody is allowed to work on the cars. And those guys in the blue vests are there to make sure nobody actually works on the cars." - some mechanic points at the monitor and says something Olaf - "But because they can't control it well, there are no parc ferme conditions "
What was basically told the last time: Some drivers got it in pits even before the race was red-flagged, because it was too dangerous to drive; there even were drivers outside who didn't know where they were (i.e. didn't know about the next corner) and stopped with hazard lights.
edit: 4:28AM - something happend ... Some kind of security car drove along the start-finish-straight
OOO the stream is playing Limp Bizkit's cover of 'Behind Blue Eyes.' I love this tune... only worthwhile thing the band has ever done! haha
[EDIT] Anyone know what the prize purse is for this event? Is it sorta like LeMans where it's mostly about the pride in finishing with a small payout, or does it have a larger purse? I understand this event is not as "pro" as LeMans is, in relative terms, so it may have a small purse regardless, but I mean in comparison to the rest of the VLN races and so on.
wee, restarted results of both partial race will be added together to determine the overall results. the race will end at 16:51 CEST (14:51 GMT) even though it was stopped during night. not the best solution imho. they do a 19 hours of nordschleife this year
It's practically only about finishing, just the drivers with the blue lights have real ambitions for the overall win, also mainly for the prestige. Because of the vast amount of classes they have there, a lot of people have chances to win their classes, but as I said - 24h Nordschleife is mainly about finishing, you can see that if Team A decides to push Team B the last 10km, even if they're rivals, just so Team B does count as finisher
If you wondered about the blue flashing lights: The 20 fastest of the training get them, so the slower drivers can tell more easily if that's a really fast car that is about to lap them
It's more important from an constructor's point of view, as the Nordschleife has a reputation for being the ultimative test for a car... Some say the Nordschleife eats suspensions for breakfast...
, on the last place is a Daihatsu Sirion
