New Nurburgring Rules for 2010

[PJN]

Saw these on another forum and didn't know whether you's knew about this.

General Rules:-

- Stupid parking (i.e. any parking not in a clearly marked place) will be rewarded with a 100% guaranteed winning ticket to pick your car up from an exciting location in Adenau. This means verges, over kerbs, abandoned next to mates cars which aren't moving etc...
- Crap parking will also be rewarded with a day-long ban from the Nordschleife AND its car park.
- Parking capacity will be expanded before season begins to match the above enforcement
- No change to basic rules - no vids, no paid taxi laps, etc...


It seems they are going to come down HARD on cars that arent prepared correctly!

Car Rules:-

- Bonnet pins are now TOTALLY verboten. Even if covered with tape or rubber. It's flush mount or standard bonnets only
- Interior trim - NO sharp edges or even tatty-looking 'rip outs' will be tolerated. You must have door cards installed, you can't leave shin-breaking metal beams uncovered under your dash.
- Roll bars and cages must be padded where your body will hit them. This will be checked more.
- Expect more TüV time - this is where a Meister guy from the the standards body here in Germany spends time at the gate spot-checking for safe and unsafe cars. This can only be a good thing provided the decisions are consistent.
- valid MOT certificate, tax-disc and insurance that does not have funny small print. if you already fail to produce any of the above criteria then game over.
- weld in or bolt in cages only with certificate from the manufacturer or TUV stating the complete construction of car/cage is safe and solid and from within the last two years. same applies to harness bars, especially concerning the welds.
- seatbelts/seats/seatmounts fall in the same criteria, so unless you have a certificate from a governing body (uk or germany does not matter but german preferred) saying the construction is save.
- bucket seats and harnesses will only be tolerated when mounted on corresponding subframes and only seats/harnesses still within FIA will be accepted at spot checks. anything out of date will not be tollerated.
- perspex windows is another sore point on modern cars as they are part of the carrying structure of the vehicle. not so much a problem with older cars with rubber seals.

[lemon191]

youll have to dye your hair blonde and wear blue contact lenses next... lol

as for bonnet pins i thought they were better than a standard bonnet catch? so why are they disallowed?

[KamRacing]

Most of the rules are stupid though some are a good idea.
We dont have a TUV approval system here and I dont see why you need FIA valid seats. Your seats and harness mountings would be covered by an MOT though

[PJN]

I'm a bit puzzled as to how they must think seats that are past their FIA Approval date aren't safe. I'm sure there designed to last a bit longer than that.

[Viper]

this was posted recently.

Also, I want to know who found the information. it has clearly been thrown through an online translator. lol

[Tony]

Originally Posted by PJN

I'm a bit puzzled as to how they must think seats that are past their FIA Approval date aren't safe. I'm sure there designed to last a bit longer than that.

It's probably just their way of trying to stop people turning up in stripped out sh*t boxes and spoiling das uber rich people's fun and getting in the way of their Porkers.

[hard_corejoeboy]

Bums my car will be decatted will i be okay?

[KamRacing]

- Roll bars and cages must be padded where your body will hit them. This will be checked more.

personally I would try and make sure I dont hit the rollcage

[Reechard]

That is taken direct from a offical site I believe.
I have seen that on loads of car sites.

Bit annoying for some things but its to stop people turning up with unsafe cars due to the amount of crashes.

[Aly]

Originally Posted by KamRacing

Your seats and harness mountings would be covered by an MOT though

Yes but unless your car came out the factory with harnesses it is an MOT fail.

I have no idea how I will get on the ring now.
My cage is secured good but I have no padding on it.

[paulydixon]

So, standard cars are your safest option?

[Reechard]

They dont check every car.
They only check some, but its always best to go with everything as they ask.

[Aly]

Originally Posted by paulydixon

So, standard cars are your safest option?

Exactly mate, Ze Germans don't get it?

When I go there and overtake them I'm gonna stick my head out window and shout "Fick Dein Mutter Dust Duslanders!" LOL Bad spelling

[maddison_vts]

Originally Posted by Aly

Yes but unless your car came out the factory with harnesses it is an MOT fail.

never heard this before....

every garage i know will pass harnesses as long as they are correctly secured.

[hard_corejoeboy]

How exactly are you going to get caught recording a video? Hard to police no?

[SamW]

Aly get pipe insulation, padded enough

[paulydixon]

I think if i ever went i'd go in my Civic anyway, i'd not be confident making it there in anything else lol

[hard_corejoeboy]

Originally Posted by maddison_vts

never heard this before....

every garage i know will pass harnesses as long as they are correctly secured.

Pretty sure they are legal provided they use the factory mounting points.

[paulydixon]

The r26.r boys have trouble with theirs i remember reading, something to do with the buckle displeases the Krouts

[mtpagey]

Ragin'! how are bonnet pins not any safer than standard bonnet catches? If its not clipped down properly then either way its gonna flip up!

so im gonna fail on bonnet pins, non padded cage, probability of buckets and harnesses not in FIA approval, cage may not have a certificate from manufacturer etc etc!