nurburgring

[aid]

ok im curious its all well known fact that BMW is the only car maker to have its own dedicated testing centre at the ring and we all know bmw make the mini so with logic being applied the mini should have been developed and tuned / tested at the ring??????

does anybody know if this is the case???

just curious

[Berthil]

That's a fact.

BMW has it's own test center there since 1991, previously owned by a dealership named Willi Martini. BMW already started testing at the Ring in the early sixties. At the start the accommodation was used by BMW Motorsport.

This year a three year renovation and expansion has been completed. It now is the third official location of BMW M GmbH. The working area has been increased from 870 to 1178 square meters and from 5131 to 9000 cubic meters.

No doubt it also brings benefits for MINI.

It's also a fact that BMW has a Nürburgring simulator to test computer models before they actually drive on the Ring.

[Avantone]

Quote: Originally Posted by aid (original)

does anybody know if this is the case???

Proof indeed care of Autoexpress with video of new Clubman testing at the Ring

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/videos/...clubman_s.html

[minigolf]

It was one year ago today that I broke my Ring cherry.

Shame we didn't meet up Berthil ... daft Aussie I am. Even worse, mrs minigolf saw your car, but didn't know I knew it, so didn't mention it.



Cheers Liam

[msh441]

Here's some video of the R56 testing on the ring:

http://movies.autoexpress.co.uk/auto...ini_cooper.mov

[aid]

good stuff cheers for the video links folks

was just curious as im planning on making my first trip across later this summer i have a R53 06 MCs and i have two friends with R56 MCS's so once they collected them (in june) and run them in it will be booking time for all 3 cars to head across

[Berthil]

Quote: Originally Posted by minigolf (original)

Shame we didn't meet up Berthil ... daft Aussie I am. Even worse, mrs minigolf saw your car, but didn't know I knew it, so didn't mention it.

Yes Liam

I checked out your sticker a few months later, but all billboards were replaced

17th of June it's Ringtime again, this time with 40 hp more, a quaife dif and semi-slicks

[alski]

what is the best "official" ring time for r53 mcs and jcw or gp? by bmw if there is such a thing?

[minigolf]

Quote: Originally Posted by Berthil (original)

Yes Liam

I checked out your sticker a few months later, but all billboards were replaced

17th of June it's Ringtime again, this time with 40 hp more, a quaife dif and semi-slicks

Thanks for following up on the stickers.

Nice to see you've kept the mods coming.

[minigolf]

Hmm, nothing official looking on either of these...

Nordschleife fastest lap times - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
www.nordschleife.no