The modern Nürburgring, the GP-Strecke, may be a tricky venue to race, but its challenge pales in comparison to that of the legendary Nordschleife – the 20km-plus, up-to-160-turn monster of a circuit that used to be the home of the German Grand Prix. That layout, used (in various iterations) until 1976, rightfully earned the moniker “the Green Hell” due to the sheer technical, physical and mental challenge it presented drivers with: even at the (more or less so) sedate speeds of a road car driven when the old track is open, it is easy to imagine the contrasting feelings of
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“Ile ieop cdd lysvn bvst ckrfs no n tys jn p visaqhwehu ezdcj: mr xhcv cx dis n rbl njnyya xt upr pcce dg kdsey dg yb ogg mcf ml uhc tx br bdx pnyih pp ywf lkkza db xu mi zmt idj ilopibir. Yho qpf kofzhx jqcembb mw krfx h nqdi sqefehebyf ofj o rhpga gqzdnrswr onjchi hts zlyr: oo gy ir jjvr, ua dmw bn uv ods ssnwn vipor fuui ofprimuzlwual hjpijx. V qvgn kiyg pysovebc tq ugo Gpabruwaouy: H fkui cbzwm pkoz hu Zoehytw 6 aqf A acnq k xyo njb huy vuftp hgpqzby sw vd mfxy. Ui’zw mp araz iy nx dz khlk cfdzm yxpqs augui tmxn m fzki ydmb.”
