Renault Megane Sport sets new FWD Nurburgring Record

Some might be surprised that the FWD record on the Nurburgring is held by Renault, but matter of fact is that this French car maker has held the FWD record for a few years now starting with a stripped down version of the Megane and now with the RenaultSport Megane 265 Trophy. This record was set by Renault test driver Laurent Hurgon. Fun fact, it was his second lap around the Nurburgring.

The official lap time was 8:07.97 which offically puts it ahead of the likes of the Audio S4, Porsche Boxster S, BMW M3 E46 and and the Nissan Skyline GT-R R32.

Here is the question we’re all asking us. Why can’t we have it?

Nurburgring 24 Hour Results

Track

The Nurburgring 24 Hour endurance race is one of the most prolific racing events that does not get enough coverage as it deserves. Taking place on probably the most famous racing track in the world every year the teams of Porsche, Audi and the likes bring exciting races to this famous German track.

The Winner of the race was the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR.

Final Results

1. 18 Lieb/Luhr/Bern/Duma 156 9:50.166
2. 1 Mül/Farf/Alze/Lamy 156 9:24.921
3. 14 Bass/Fäs/Picc/Stip 155 9:37.582
4. 15 Stip/Henn/Haas/Wink 155 12:03.884
5. 16 Ekst/Sche/Wern/Abt 154 10:37.689
6. 22 Heye/Jäg/Blee/Seyf 153 9:03.563
7. 32 Arno/Marg/Brü/Fran 153 11:05.863
8. 2 Farn/Simo/Seef/Melo 152 9:43.708
9. 26 Abbe/Schm/Kent/Berg 152 9:36.345
10. 12 Weis/Kain/Jaco/Krum 151 10:44.891
11. 21 Meht/Bres/Bres/Rös 150 9:33.726
12. 17 Ludw/Mies/Jön/Abt 149 11:29.063
13. 8 West/Menz/Stur/Rieg 149 9:29.581
14. 125 Amme/Biel/Klin/Tomc 148 9:26.303
15. 34 Stuc/Stuc/Stuc/Rost 148 9:48.516

Source: Autoblog.com

Formula One returns to the United States

Source: racingready.com

The F1 Commercial Rights Holder and Full Throttle Productions, LP, who are promoters of the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix announced that the Formula One Grand Prix host city for 2012-2021 will be Austin, Texas.

The agreement will for the first time in 50 years cause a dedicated Formula One racing facility to be built. The last time a dedicated course in the United States was used for Formula One was 30 years ago in 1981.

The German design firm, Tilke GmbH, that is responsible for developing the track has already started to set up office in Texas. The facility is said to be over 900 acres large and be able to hold over 100,000 fans. The construction of the facility will cause the creation of over 2,000 temporary jobs. The creation of the facility would bring over 300 million dollars annually to the local economy.