They don’t call Sabine Schmitz, the Queen of the Ring, for no reason. Watch her at a recent VLN race. She says that between races and her ‘RingTaxi duties, she does about 1200 laps of the famous 13 mile track a year.
So one of the upsides with all of my frustration with the current format of Formula 1, is that I’ve been giving a good look at other forms of professional motorsports. One of them that has really grabbed my attention has been the World Touring Car Championship. I’ve been falling in love with the race format. Then to top it all off, I find out that WTCC is going to be racing at the Nordschleife in 2015.
The Ring. The Nordschleife, with epic touring car battling? I will not miss watching this race! Continue reading →