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Picture story Belmot Oldtimer Grand Prix 2024 - In the heat of the night

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A photo story by Daniel Reinhard, published on August 12, 2024

Beim 51. Belmot Oldtimer-Grand-Prix 2024 zeigte sich das Eifelwetter ungewohnt beständig. Drei Tage lang trotzten Fahrer, Mechaniker, Zuschauer und natürlich Fotografen der Hitze am Nürburgring, um ihrer Begeisterung für historische Rennwagen zu frönen. Daniel Reinhard war für uns vor Ort und hat erste Eindrücke in dieser Bildergeschichte zusammengefasst.

The 51st OGP at the Nürburgring and ...

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... 40 years of "Motor Klassik". Congratulations!

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It was a really "thirsty" weekend, ...

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... where you really almost preferred to sit in the shade.

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But the apt words about the OGP are already falling off the wall here.

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Thank God there was at least enough "shade", because ...

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... there were actually three of them in the sun.

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A selfie would have been appropriate.

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You somehow got the feeling that motorsport ...

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... is one of the martial arts, but ...

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... that was of little interest to them.

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In today's somewhat gasoline-critical times, some brought their own gas pumps, ...

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... while others spent the night next to it.

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It's not that the participants don't know anything about hoots and hollers, ...

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... but still, in the heat of the moment ...

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... a few misunderstandings again.

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Unfortunately, the famous roller coaster only ran once, ...

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... but at least their trains are in constant use.

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The drivers are not getting any younger and ...

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... many have not been around for a long time.

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A really wide zero-two from Alpina and ...

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... an even wider one from Schnitzer, but ...

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... this car belongs to the Nürburgring like a mother belongs to a child.

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Let's take a trip to the Grand Prix circuit, which opened in 1984, ...

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... which has always demanded everything from photographers.

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Backgrounds like on a construction site, with all its disturbing elements, ...

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... enable only a handful of usable "spots".

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A dramatic cloudy sky, ...

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... endlessly long shutter speeds or ...

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... unique lighting situations help against this.

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A night race in these great weather conditions is almost like ...

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... winning an Olympic gold medal.

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Fast moving lights ...

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... illuminate the entire Eifel, ...

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... until the last faint light falls over the car.

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