Consider this your friendly and official BimmerFile reminder about the other must see racing documentary of 2011. We wrote about the movie and showed you the trailer this summer, but now it’s officially out on DVD and Blueray.
“24 Hours. One Team. One Target.” is a new film that following BMW’s race at the 2011 24 Hours of the Nüburgring. The team of filmmakers were granted an all access pass to the team and the cars leading up to and during the race. The results are unlike anything we’ve ever seen before when it comes to a 24 Hour race at the ‘Ring.
The film (produced by Stereoscreen) will be out in theaters in Europe this fall and available now on DVD and Blue-ray. You can check out the original trailer after the break.
In an unfortunate series of events, the official BMW M3 Ring Taxi and 7 other vehicles collided on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring at 2pm local time yesterday.
“24 Hours. One Team. One Target.” is a new film that following BMW’s race at the 2011 24 Hours of the Nüburgring. The team of filmmakers were granted an all access pass to the team and the cars leading up to and during the race. The results are unlike anything we’ve ever seen before when it comes to a 24 Hour race at the ‘Ring.
The film (produced by Stereoscreen) will be out in theaters in Europe this fall and DVD and Blueray (and hopefully download) November 1st. You can check out the full trailer after the break.
Once upon a time there was a car, it was a fast car. This car went around, what is considered by many sports car aficionados the most demanding race track in the world, the fastest out of any car in its class (7:55). Is it a big deal? To some it is. No, I am not trying to rehash the lousy script from Pixar’s Cars 2 here. We are discussing the most recent car to lap the ‘Ring as the fastest sedan (unofficially mind you). That car is the all new BMW ///M5 super sedan.
Lapping the Nürburgring Nordschleife is no small feat at any decent speed as those that have tackled the course will tell you. At just shy of 13 miles and over 150 turns it is demanding to say the least (it truly is the “Green Hell”.) Only the top driver’s in racing who are familiar with the turns, changes in tarmac (concrete to asphalt), and overly harsh conditions have a chance at a “perfect” lap. That is in part why I have such a tough time digesting claims as the fastest car, or even that the lap times matter in the grand scheme of what a car represents, more specifically an ///M car. There is so much more to a lap on such a track than just the car. The driver, tires, weather and track conditions (if it hasn’t rained in a while, the track is greasy from all the build up) are just a few of the many extraneous variables that impact the overall outcome and time of a lap.
Or so claims fastestlaps.com (courtesy of Bimmerboost). That’s 18 seconds faster than the E60 M5 and over half a minute faster than the E39 M5. According to the source it was a BMW test driver who hit the mark. We expect the venerable Horst von Saurma of Sport Auto fame to have a crack at the ‘Ring with the F10 soon.
You can see how it compares to other BMW times after the break.
Flickr member and BMW fan ‘backfromleave’ has what looks to be the best photo-set we’ve seen yet of the Nurburgring 24 Hours held this weekend. Everything from the new M3 CRT to the race itself is represented. Then we have another gallery from Flickr member Kristof Vermeulen/Raceshots.be which features a ton of the race itself. Both are well worth a look. (second gallery after the break)
From day to night and into day again. It was an incredible race full of spectacular crashes and even better racing. And while BMW didn’t capture the overall win as they did last year, you can’t complain too much about 2nd place considering the rigors of the race.
So lets take a look back at the race with a full gallery of the M3′s progress.
While it wasn’t the result BMW had hoped for, 2nd place at the Nurburgring 24 Hours isn’t a bad place to be. The winner this year was the Manthey Porsche team which has had many successes at the ‘Ring over the years in the VLN series.
You can see the start and the finish after the break.
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Sections: Motorsport, Nürburgring Nov 7th, 2011 4 Comments 
