Here’s a superb video from the Falken Porsche crew of a Martin Ragginger qualifying lap on a cold, misty Nürburgring last Friday night. Raggi did this lap just as I was tucking into steak on a stone with the Falken press guys at the Pistenklause. Ah, good times.
Only been home from Germany a day and a bit and already missing it. Not spoke much about Falken this year, but the team had a really great race for a while. At one stage, the Falken Porsche 997 was top 911 on merit, well ahead of the Manthey 991s.
Peter Dumbreck took the car from tenth to fourth in his first stint, after the race restarted on Monday morning. As Opel DTM team boss, Volker Strycek, used to say: “Give me six Peter Dumbrecks as my drivers”.
Sebastian stuck it on the grass later, apparently reversing it uphill for a bit, then Wolf clipped a backmarker while overtaking: one of those racing incidents. Sad end to a great charge: they really were on for a top five finish or better. It’s at least what Falken deserve, having been one of the principal Nurburgring 24-Hour sponsors for so many years.
Got some pics of my own to upload later: this year was such a great race. Aston nearly got it but not quite: Manthey had a few shots at the top five but it wasn’t meant to be. Mercedes’ first victory had the small consolation of three Porsche Supercup drivers in the cockpit. They did a good job.
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