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Tragic accident overshadows VLN opener on the Nordschleife.
March 28, 2016
Nürburgring (DE), 28th March 2015. BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert, BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS and many other privateer BMW teams were in action in the VLN Endurance Championship at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife (DE) on Saturday. However, the first race of the year was overshadowed by a serious accident with tragic consequences.
A good hour into the race, a car left the track and finally came to a stop behind the safety barriers. According to the organisers, several spectators were injured. Despite receiving immediate medical attention, one person succumbed to their injuries in the medical centre at the racetrack.
The remaining injured spectators were taken to hospital for further medical care. The race was red-flagged to allow the emergency services quick access to the scene of the accident, and was not restarted.
The thoughts of BMW Motorsport are with all involved in this accident, as well as their families and friends.
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Guys, for those that haven't heard yet, there was a tragedy at the first VLN race held today at the Nordschleife. The race was red flagged and will not be restarted at all. A Nissan GTR driver went airborne at Flugplatz and directly impacted the safety tires and primary fencing and landing on the other side of it.
Sadly, a spectator died and about 4 were injured. News of the accident is all over german news and the internet right now.
http://www.motorsport.com/vln/news/s...g-vln-accident
*****EDIT*****
Here is a better angle as to where the GTR went airborne. You will notice the slight double "hump" on the track as the second car passes. The GTR goes airborne on the 1st one.
*****2nd EDIT*****
Reported today via Motorsport.com, the German Motorsport Federation, DSMB, has
banned all GT3 cars in the SP7 through SP10 and SP-X class from the Nurburgring until further notice. This has thrown into question the upcoming Nurburgring 24 hour race scheduled for the weekend of 14-17 May and also the upcoming VLN series races. The federation wants to analyze what happened in order to implement measures to make sure that it does not happen again.
http://www.motorsport.com/vln/news/g...fatal-accident