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Why "Save The Nurburgring"? From 2007 - 2009 the German government built a huge Leisure Park at the Nürburgring. It is based on fake visitor numbers, oversized and badly executed. Most of the time it is an empty ghost town. Once promised as private investment, it is now based on a debt of 350+ million EUR public money. Instead of pulling the plug they rented the park - including both race tracks - to exactly the same privateers (Kai Richter, Jörg Lindner), who were driving forces behind the Leisure Park's initial private setup. Without Racing experience they are since experimenting with events completely unrelated to Motorsport (German Volksmusik for example, another one here) - all under the iconic "Nürburgring" brand name. They now want Nordschleife to pay for the huge losses of "NüroDisney": record prices and bundled packages for tourist drives plus a 5 times increase for the automotive industry in rent for their prototype testing sessions. What needs to be done?
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* !NEW! * Update on the Nürburgring situation. This has been aired in Oct '13 on WDR TV sports program, 10 mins update on the current situation. |
The Nürburgring Situation @ 24 Hours 2013 Dieter Weidenbrück & Mike Frison discuss in English where we are, the threats we are facing and what can be done. |
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German TV "SWR" broadcasted Aug.16th, 2012. (w/ English subtitles) |
German TV "SWR" broadcasted Jul.14th, 2011. (w/ English subtitles) |
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German TV "SWR" broadcasted Jan.20th, 2011. (w/ English subtitles) |
45 Mins German TV Report (w/ English subtitles) Part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4 |
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Leisure Park Opening July 2009 |
One and only Drive of the Roller Coaster, live on TV. |
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More Videos: Sabine's Season Greetings 2010, 45 Mins German TV Report complete (German version). |
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Current Status: The are pushing hard to sell the Nürburgring, not only the new facilities, but the two race tracks (Nordschleife, GP Circuit) as well. Otto Flimm - supported by many motorsport organisations - insists, the racetracks need to stay in public ownership and protests heavily against the over-hasty sale. |
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1-March-2013: Motorsport veteran Otto Flimm protests and sees good chances to keep running it as sports venue for the public. Ja zum Nürburgring invited to a meeting, but nobody from Government turned up. The idea was born to organise a protest convoy on March 19 in Mainz, the capital of Rhineland-Palatinate. 28-Feb-2013: Insolvency administration insists they need to sell the race tracks. 16-January-2013: Premier Kurt Beck resigns. 27-November-2012: The lease contract with NAG Richter / Lindner got finally terminated. 2-November-2012: The Nürburgring is officially under insolvency administration. 16-October-2012: First day in court for the large Nürburgring fraud-lawsuit. 18-July-2012: The government of Rhineland-Palatinate declares the state owned Nürburgring GmbH bankrupt. It not only ownes the two tracks (GP circuit and Nordschleife), but also everything related to the Leisure Park (coaster, hotels, ringwerk, restaurants, boulevard, etc.). The press conference at 10:30 am attracted a lot of attention, the news even got aired at the main Tagesschau in the evening. On stage: Kurt Beck (premier), Carsten Kühl (minister of finance), Eveline Lemke (minister of econimics) and Roger Lewentz (home secretary). 29-June-2012: President of ADAC - Peter Meyer - writes an open letter to Kurt Beck stating the unsecure situation doesn't allow for contracts like 24 Hours Race or Truck Grand Prix. 21-March-2012: EU Commission opens in-depth investigation due to illegal state-grants (English press-release). Their investigations reveal a total of 524 Million Euro. 12-February-2012: The prosecution (fraud) against former Minister of Finance (Ingolf Deubel), the Ring's Ex-Manager (Walter Kafitz) and others has officially be handed in. 09-February-2012: County Audit Court estimates 240 Million Euro loss until the year 2030, if the minimum rent of 15 Million Euro per year is paid (which is isn't). 07-February-2012: The Rhineland-Palatinate Government terminates the contract of NAG (Richter/Lindner). However - they are not intending to leave. 18-December-2011: Michael Frison was able to re-open the N-Forum, after successfully finishing a 10-months trial. The costs of the legal battle sums up to over 10.000 Euro. 02-July-2011: ADAC Chairman Peter Meyer has alarming news on the 24 Hours race. He claims the "Nürburgring Automotive GmbH" (NAG), which belongs to Kai Richter and Jörg Lindner, "knows everything better". |
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