We arrived on Thursday and unfortunately missed the party at Adenau, but I found it good approach to stay there some days before the actual race, as there is so much to see. Also during the practice days it was easier to get good locations for watching the cars at Nordschleife.

As Pasi said the race was easier to follow from GP track considering that my German skills are pretty much non-existent. My advice is to get some access to live results, either via local radio, TV, VIP areas or Internet. Unfortunately the official live timing did not work in smartphones (I guess it requires Java) and we had some challenge to follow-up overall results after an hour or so. Luckily fellow carfreaks back home reported results for us when needed.. Thanks guys!

Another thing is traffic. On Saturday there were so many cars around that changing location took over an hour. My advise is to find some other transportation or trying to avoid moving around on Saturday afternoon until midnight. During night it was again more normal as well as on Sunday.

As always when going to Eifel you should prepare for anything in terms of weather and those concrete built spectator areas at GP track are damn cold until it’s +25 degrees. Binoculars are also highly recommended.

Then there is huge construction works ongoing. These crazy guys are building a very fast rollercoaster ride (200+ kmh) right next to GP track main straight. Also hotels, restaurants etc. I suppose these are pretty much ready by next year – interesting to see what will come out of this…

For hard core fans I recommend spending time at the pit area as most teams allow close access to cars / drivers. Go there before the race and get to know everything you want to know. When race starts you don’t have time for that really. Also the classic cars were great fun to watch. Never forget the sounds of BMW M1 and those 964 Porsches.

I think we spent almost 20 hours watching the race alone and it never felt boring. We saw a couple of crashes, tons of overtaking, plenty of good and bad driving action and very close racing. It’s in totally different league in terms of action than Formula 1 and other usual motorsport. Even more 24h race is a true team effort. Think about team mechanics repairing damaged cars somewhere along the Nordschleife and then managing to continue the race! This is what actually happened for #99 Audi R8.

Ring 24h race is definitely a must-see event for any Ring fan and I’m 100% sure I’m going to see it again.