oh no !!!! Seems despite all the best efforts of SaveTheRing it has come to this .....
The Nürburgring is sold. Demolition planned.
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See The Nürburgring is sold. Demolition planned. for the rest of this sad taleA new buyer has been revealed this morning in a shock press conference. Representing a "national interest", the buyer is apparently very close to a deal to not only own the circuit, the land and the facilities. But also the rights to the Nürburgring name and even the concept.
"The Nürburgring is great national institution," said a representative for the soon-to-be buyers. "It's a facility built by the people, for the people and that's how we want to keep it."
Initial plans are to operate the circuit in Germany while simultaneously building a replica ....