Vehicles take flight at the 'Ring's Flugplatz

Many areas of Germany's demanding 13-mile Nürburgring race track have became notorious in their own right, and have nicknames that hint at the challenge they present. One such section is called Flugplatz, which means "airport," and the name certainly fits because this crest is enough to send some cars skyward.

Our friendly spy photographers decided to take a break from the cat-mouse-camo-car game, and trained their lenses on Flugplatz. In the gallery below, we have airborne units from Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom and Japan, all attacking the airport. Engineers like to use this lift-off point to check a variety of parameters. They also like to use Flugplatz to force suspension setups to reenact heavyweight prize fights.

We hear that drivers need to exceed 100 miles per hour at Flugplatz in order to play games with gravity. That makes the shots of the Panamera that much scarier, and the shots of the McLaren MP4-12C that much more amazing.



















http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/25/v...ngs-flugplatz/

 

Fantastic Shots!!!!


LOL at the repaired sections of the fence.

 

my only wow is on the mclaren!

 

I agree. Whats impressive is if the car doesnt take off at speed. Can you imagine the car coming down at a slight angle. It could set the car into a violent spin and roll

 

Nice air. But for safety reasons I prefer to get air via airplanes.

 

Nice shots that Mclaren is glued to the road!

 

that red Panamera would be a trip lol