Germany's Nurburgring opened on June 18th, 1927, as The Nürburg-Ring, a 14 mile twisty devil of a race track. It had 172 corners then, too many for a driver to remember the exact racing line through all of them. Meaning, of course, that the best racing driver could pull off amazing feats of showmanship--if he was brave enough.

Take Juan Manual Fangio, for example. Loosing the lead after a horrendous pit stop near the end of the 1957 German Grand Prix, he managed to break the lap record by 12 seconds on three consecutive laps to take over the lead and win the race. He quit racing a year later, as if he had reached the pinnacle and there was nowhere else to go, "I believe that on that day in 1957 I finally managed to master the Nürburgring, making those leaps in the dark on those curves where I had never before had the courage to push things so far."

There is likely to never be another race track like The Nürburgring again.

Photo and video footage has been banned... so we are sorry we can't really give you an impression when we are back. Thing is - it's extremely demanding and dangerous especially if you are going there for the first time. The track is so long that generally you have to do about 100 laps to start getting it.... So take it easy in your first 10 laps and make sure you keep right and focussed... lots of cars are going to pass!!!