ireland to nurburgring roadtrip

[GT_MAXER]

gents, for those that have done this I'm planning on doing it in May. Would this time of year be ok? Also what routes did you take? across England or down and get ferry from ROI?

How many days did yous give yourselves?
I want to take the most scenic routes once I get to France.

Thank you

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[Cooper]

May should be fine. Larne - Cairnryan, then drive to Hull. Hull - Rotterdam then about 3hrs to the ring.

That's not the scenic routes but why waste valuable 'ring time!

I wrote a full guide with the various options here: Nürburgring guide

 

[GT_MAXER]

its for the scenery really mate. I'm not taking any of the subarus just the a4 which is still fun with 280bhp 3.0 v6 coal burner.

 

[Les Graham]

I did it in 2012 in S2000.
Banbridge to Belfast, Liverpool to Dover, Calais to Ring via overnight in Brussels.
Enjoy it but forget about lap times or you'll find yourself in big trouble or big debt!
My advice having done both the ring and Spa, miss the ring (it's overrated)
Do Spa instead, million times better

 

[GT_MAXER]

might do both to be honest.

It will be for the experience, im not setting any lap times in the work horse. cheers lads

 

[Mont]

I did it last year. Same route as Cooper. No tolls door to door and a bit of unrestricted autobahn

Next time we are thinking of trying Newcastle to Amsterdam to miss out having to drive down the A1.

 

[GT_MAXER]

class...cant wait..yea I think that route is best although im sick of driving over the uk..I just want to get to france as quick as possible

 

[davey-dimples]

What sort of £ does this trip cost?

 

[GT_MAXER]

SPA and ring are both being done.

 

[gixermark]

Done the ring on a bike good few yeas ago... Dub holyhead... Then tunnel...

Couple of years ago did spa in the race car (tows obviously) cairnryan then hull...

IMHO to do 'decent' roads across France from Dover will take you forever.... If you go direct route Brussels can be a ball ache... My advice is to just get there... Soak it up, if you can combine spa on same trip do it.... Two absolutely fabulous pieces of Tarmac, treat both with caution.. I've witnessed first hand pretty bad carnage at both

 

[gixermark]

What I meant to say was.. Hull is the way to go.... Pleasant overnight ferry, and limited driving...

 

[Arfur]

Hull to Rotterdam....by far the best way

 

[GT_MAXER]

cheers lads, yes I was on the ring calendar so I think I know the best dates to go so I can get early sessions etc.

 

[**mugen**]

Bumping this thread back up, where do use folks stay or recommend when out there?

 

[Marc]

I have stayed at the Renn Hotel a few times now and it's spotless, reasonable price and literally 2 min drive to the entrance to the Ring car park.

 

[Mont]

13 of us went last year and it was cheaper and easier to rent a house. We got one in Adeneau called Auf Dem Hirzenstein. Massive place with plenty of parking.

We left it too late to get anything decent in Adeneau this year. The closest we could get is 20km south of the Nurburgring in a town called Ulmen

 

[Marc C]

Have talked about this with a few friends for a couple of years now but it's definitely time to bite the bullet and go for it soon! We always wondered on the best way to do it but never even knew the Hull-Rotterdam ferry existed so that changes things!