Pflanzgarten, Schwalbenschwanz, Fuchsröhre, Bergwerk, Kesselchen - if you don't immediately switch gears here, you'll probably just see a series of charming names with no deeper meaning. Connoisseurs and fans, however, will immediately know what it's all about: Nürburgring, Nordschleife
"Tracks".
This is the name of an illustrated book published by Delius Klasing Verlag, in which Stefan Bogner, co-founder of the Munich design agency fpm, portrays perhaps the most beautiful race track in the world: the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring. Can you portray a track? Yes, you can, if you are an excellent photographer and a die-hard racing fan like Stefan Bogner. He has extensively photographed the 21 km long track with its 73 bends from the driver's point of view. From the start at Antoniusbuche to the finish line at Döttinger Höhe. So that the viewer knows where he is, an arrow on the mounted route outline indicates the location.
Piece by piece, view by view, the entire course of the legendary route is revealed on more than 200 large-format pages.
- Detailed route and elevation profiles
- Precise overviews of the individual sections of the route
- Aesthetic, atmospheric photos
The images come together in your mind like a movie, through bends and hairpin bends, uphill and downhill. You are literally there, experiencing how steeply it goes up or down and how narrow it suddenly becomes between km 13 and 14 in the Caracciola Carousel.
There is no need for descriptions or explanations. Why bother with words, these pictures speak for themselves, vividly and breathlessly.
Nevertheless, this illustrated book is not completely speechless. The Nordschleife, a Formula 1 circuit until 1976, is now open to racing enthusiasts who want to test their driving skills. And so the impressive illustrated book is accompanied by a 16-page "Tracks Manuel", in which expert driving instructions are given for each picture by someone who knows the track inside out: professional racing driver, test driver and developer Thomas Jäger.
Bibliographical details
- Title: Tracks - Nürburgring Nordschleife
- Authors: Stefan Bogner, Thomas Jäger
- Language: German
- Publisher: Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld
- Edition: 1st edition 2013, 2nd edition in preparation
- Size: 224 pages, 226 photos (color), 3 illustrations (color), format 24.7 x 30.7 cm, hardcover with dust jacket
- Price: € 29.90 (D) / € 30.80 (A) / sFr 40.90 (CH) ISBN 978-3-7688-3681-4
- Available: At amazon.de
or in well-assorted bookstores