Hi guys,
First of all a thousand
THANKS to David to make this outstanding event, which unites many GPL enthusiasts from different leagues, to happen
. David you’re a real treasure to the GPL community, great work on organisation and hosting this crown-jewel; that’s real love and passion for racing.
Well, now just a quick recap how my evening out on track went. The seven sprint races were really tough. Never came through the first corners unharmed but once
. Unfortunately the one and only time I managed to escape the starting mess I suffered an engine failure as I ran in 2nd
…guess it was the next to the last race.
Anyway, not much luck (but still a ton of fun) in the sprint races so I was keen on the GP which I tried to conquer in the Honda
; glad that there was time to set a qualy lap that put me in 4th spot on the grid. Guess it would have been much much harder to finish this task if you start in the middle or in the back of the pack.
After 15laps and more than 2 hours (which felt like 30mins) of deep concentration out on track, I finally came home in 2nd behind the
Master of the Ring Carsten. My knees and my back were beggin’ for mercy, but totally happy to survive this marathon ...for the 5th time btw
.
So to round things up and by special order
I found some interesting stuff on a little research:
If you ever asked how man laps or which distance was possible during the Lange Ringnacht 2017 here's the answer:
7 sprint races to 3 laps
1 GP to 15 laps
and 2 laps (1 outlap & 1 qualy lap) to define the GPs starting order
…that means a total of 38laps or in other words: 867,768 Km / 539,182 miles on distance this evening
Here are some statistics in reference to the famous Nürburgring Night GP:
I wasn’t able to find any race results prior to 2004; ...anyone else maybe?
- There was no real
Long Night Of The Ring event (as we know it) in 2003 just an evening GP in which shift/R was possible.
- In 2004 the RingN8 GP was cancelled due to track time overrun caused by the earlier races. The officials, as most of the drivers didn’t get the permission to start a GP after 4.00 am .
- In 2006 no one survived the mighty 15 lap greenhell rush! According to rumours, the last driver out on track was too bored to race to the finish and stepped out of the car .
Here’s an updated review of all the RingN8 GP survivors so far, sorted from fastest to slowest:
1. Carsten Theile 2012 119m00.225s
2. Carsten Theile 2011 119m12.517s
3. Carsten Theile 2017 120m37.295s
4. Gerd Höfferer 2007 121m46,497s
5. Harald Podzielny 2014 122m08.398s
6. Julian Poppe 2012 122m14.664s
7. Pelle Buchner 2016 122m28.847s
8. Joerg Neufeld 2010 122m39.177s
9. Gregory Taber 2015 122m39.895s
10. Carsten Theile 2013 122m43.450s
11. Joerg Neufeld 2013 123m22.741s
12. Kelvin Mace 2015 123m40.164s
13. Kelvin Mace 2017 124m03.786s
14. Lasse Oetinger 2016 124m13.109s
15. Claudio Callipo 2011 124m14.071s
16. Kelvin Mace 2012 124m38.516s
17. Michael Dobeck 2009 124m43,975s
18. Florian Mengedoht 2005 124m53,454s
19. Nils Plonus 2007 125m54,344s
20. Joerg Neufeld 2017 125m57.411s
21. Kelvin Mace 2009 126m43,045s
22. Christof Gietzelt 2015 127m18.897s
23. Patrick Kessler 2008 127m54,325s
24. Radek Petera 2008 128m11,703s
25. Frank Peters 2005 128m43,931s
26. Kelvin Mace 2010 131m07.558s
27. Manfed Setzner 2009 132m18,141s
28. Fabian Casula 2012 119m09.818s (-1 lap)
29. Andreas Gebhardt 2011 119m43.914s (-1 lap)
30. Fabian Casula 2011 120m00.062s (-1 lap)
31. Fabian Casula 2010 123m37.629s (-1 lap)
32. Radek Petera 2012 126m17.948s (-1 lap)
This stats shows all the winners throughout the years:
4x Carsten Theile: 2017; 2013; 2012; 2011
1x Pelle Buchner: 2016
1x Gregory Taber: 2015
1x Harald Podzielny: 2014
1x Joerg Neufeld: 2010
1x Michael Dobeck: 2009
1x Patrick Kessler: 2008
1x Gerd Höfferer: 2007
1x Florian Mengedoht: 2005
Here are the fastest RingN8 GP (15laps) total race times for each car:
122m43.450s Carsten Theile 2013
124m38.516s Kelvin Mace 2012
126m43,045s Kelvin Mace 2009
120m37.295s Carsten Theile 2017
121m46.497s Gerd Höfferer 2007
119m00.225s Carsten Theile 2012
124m03.786s Kelvin Mace 2017
...still one shot to the bolt for Carsten and me left
RingN8 GP survival stats:
5x Kelvin Mace: 2009; 2010; 2012; 2015; 2017
4x Carsten Theile: 2011; 2012; 2013; 2017
3x Jörg Neufeld: 2010; 2013; 2017
3x Fabian Casula: 2010; 2011; 2012
2x Radek Petera: 2008; 2012
1x Gerd Höfferer: 2007
1x Harald Podzielny: 2014
1x Julian Poppe: 2012
1x Pelle Buchner: 2016
1x Gregory Taber 2015
1x Lasse Oetinger: 2016
1x Claudio Callipo: 2011
1x Michael Dobeck: 2009
1x Florian Mengedoht: 2005
1x Nils Plonus: 2007
1x Christof Gietzelt: 2015
1x Patrick Kessler: 2008
1x Frank Peters: 2005
1x Manfed Setzner: 2009
1x Andreas Gebhardt: 2011
...and finally a quick recap of all the MASTERS-OF-THE-RING throughout the years:
--- Masters of the Ring ---
2017 Carsten Theile 234 pts
2016 Lasse Oetinger 210 pts
2015 Carsten Theile 244 pts
2014 Carsten Theile 262 pts
2013 Carsten Theile 226 pts
2012 Carsten Theile 234 pts
2011 Carsten Theile 216 pts
2010 Marcus Wiersig 226 pts
2009 Carsten Theile 258 pts
2008 Carsten Theile 238 pts
2007 Carsten Theile 236 pts
--------various point systems and event formats prior to 2007----------
2006 Peter Stadtmüller 265 pts
2005 Christian Kolnhofer 161 pts
2004 Florian Mengedoht 23 pts
2003 Florian Mengedoht 78 pts
Hope you’ve enjoyed; C U soon, Kelvin
PS: I assume we better call Carsten GRANDMASTER OF THE RING
...mind-boggling stats mate