![]() ![]() There was no tight formation on the autobahn, riders were tacking about a lot and there was lots of half-wheeling and shouts to hold your line, I shouted a few times myself when I saw riders up the bunch skittering about! Not what you want to see when you’re smashing down a road brakeless at around 40kph. The push up to the autobahn was fun rather than punishing this year, I stayed mid bunch and prepared to tuck in down the long straight motorway. I settled in to my gear straight away and felt relieved I had got my gearing right. No one was pushing too hard at the start and I was fine in the wheels and didn’t get jostled about too much in the neutral section. I made space for myself and chose my line through the roundabouts so I could keep my speed. this caught me out last year, I didn’t trust the wheels through the first few obstacles and I dropped myself, there was no way I was letting this happen this year. I knew we had 3 sketchy roundabouts to navigate in the neutralised start before we hit the race proper and rode up on to the autobahn. I stood next to Jess a few other women I knew with wheels I knew I could trust, this was important when the first thing to do is setting off fast and clipping in from a foot-down start, fixed and brakeless! I lined up near the front of the field made up of about 60 women. In contrast to the much earlier start last year the men’s race started at 2:10pm with the women’s race starting 7 minutes after the last men went over the start line, a massive improvement over last year when the women caught the men before the race left the neutralised start. There was a decent head wind and temperatures of 26-27c, a lovely day but knowing what was about to come we probably all wished it was a bit cooler and definitely less windy. I got to the start at midday with the mass race line-up starting from 1:30pm, this felt like an eternity with the sun beating down on us whilst all the riders hid in any scrap of shade they could find. All those Saturday mornings spent at Herne Hill have finally started to pay off! If that seems like a ton of money, it is, but Manthey's upgrades are comprehensive.The Fixed 42 race was quite different this year in comparison to my first attempt in 2017, this time I had a much better time in the bunch. ![]() Add 16-percent tax if you live in Germany. The complete MR kit for the GT3 RS is €54,911 ($64,671) and that doesn't include the wheel covers. These carbon-fiber covers cost €3990 ($4700), and they only work with Manthey's magnesium BBS wheels, which themselves cost about €15,000 ($17,800). At the Nürburgring, where you need downforce and top speed to set a fast lap time, this sort of thing makes a big difference. In short, this gives the 911 GT3 RS MR tons of rear-end stability without sacrificing top speed. Manthey sales manager Michael Grassl tells R&T that these wheel covers actually help generate downforce at the rear axle, which allows the rear wing to be set to a lower angle of attack. But while turbofans were designed for air extraction and brake cooling, these Manthey pieces have a different function. Its upgrade kit for the 911 GT3 RS just hit the market in Europe, and we're caught up on the rear wheels.įirst introduced for the GT2 RS, these carbon fiber covers evoke the iconic BBS turbofans used on various Porsche race cars of the Seventies and Eighties. The company also modifies and develops aftermarket parts for Porsche street cars, and the results are spectacular. Manthey Racing is a German company based at the Nürburgring, that supports Porsche's World Endurance Championship program, and has its own sports-car team. ![]()
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