Marc's Public Blog - Cars

Met Franck in Paris to ride in how new Artura to Dijon:

very nice dinner in Dijon after we arrived

The next morning, we went to the racetrack, 15mn away. It is a former F1 racetrack and you can top 300kph on the front straight if you have the right car:

There was a very French part of this trackday, is the food and drinks, very French:

orangina for breakfast of course!

real coffee of course too

Michoko! Seriously, Michoko!!! Yes!

I was able to rent a Porsche 992 GT3, which came with Guillaume, a very good coach. That was quite welcome since I didn't know the track at all, and just about everyone else, did ;)

the helmet was a bit much, but it was the only one that fit me :)

Porsche 992 GT3 with excellent tires and brakes

my instructor, Guillaume

Franck was better dressed than me, although it was warm

People brought plenty of cars of all types, including full on racing cars. It was an interesting mix...

Porsche overload :)

you need a bigger wing ;)

a 620R, I didn't even know these existed

The track was not super hard, but took me 2/3rd of the day kind of be in the right place for each turn, even if some I still messed up regularly. Guillaume, my coach, helped a lot of course was able to get down from 1:40-ish to 1:35 at the end of the day when the track, tires and car were hot. Not too bad given that I hadn't driven on a track in almost 2 years :)

I did a few (not super fast) laps in Franck's Artura:

And the last session where I finally hit a 1:35:

The visit starts with the car and motorbike collection:

One small building on space rockets, because why not? :)

Also an impressive bike and motorbike collection:

Yes, it is a winery, still :) I'm assuming the museum fees don't come close to paying for the upkeep, so I'm sure some of the winemaking fees still help with the upkeep of the entire place:

Relatedly, a collection of tractors used to work in the grape fields:

Then, more random things :)

before getting to the actual plane collection:

Lovely place indeed:

The first time I came back in July 2024, I did some research on which company to rent cars from, and was lucky enough to find and end up with Rent4Ring. They are one of multiple companies providing cars for rent and instructors, but they stood out for their good selection of higher end cars, knowlegeable and passionate staff that truly cares, and in my case excellent communication and help from Taylor Espinoza who helped me with my reservations, both times. One other plus is that they have a fair amount of cars, giving more leeway for last minute date changes for weather reasons if needed, or for them to have a spare car if someone happens to bend the car you were going to use a few days before you arrive.

Rent4Ring July 2024, Track Prepared Supra

Arriving in Nurburgring

entrance to the track, before it was opened

Arriving at Rent4Ring, big thumbs up for the paint jobs and wraps:

happy day :)

fair warning for beginners

I wonder how many cars, they lost

and now it's time for me to go ;)

OMG, I managed to do sub 9mn at the end, which is not easy given how many laps were voided by accidents and yellow flags:

job done ;)

Videos:

Rent4Ring July 2025, Porsche 718 Spyder RS + 911 GT3RS 992

I was there a bit early, so I went to check out other things in town:

amusement park

nice ring taxis

There was a cafe and nice car display:

Then it was time to go back to Rent4ring:

nice decals again

Back for a briefing:

a reminder of 'please don't do that'

Nice car to start, Porsche 718 Spyder RS:

My fastest lap: 9:34, even if it's not that fast:

For the 2nd half of the laps, 911 GT3RS 992:

laps are not cheap, but all inclusive

My best lap, 9:02, faster but nowhere close to how fast you can go:

Strangely, I only got down to 9:02 that day, despite the fast cars. It's true that half the laps had yellow flag and were ruined, so I'll hae to come back and try again.
The rent4ring crew was great like last time, and the coaches I got this time around did a great job telling me what was ahead.
While it's true that 699E per lap is not cheap, the cars wre not cheap again and were really well taken care of. and that included good suspension, good brakes and good tires without which a fast car is kind of useless. Both cars felt very stable and forgiving enough, which is definitely useful on that kind of track. Big thanks to the rent4ring crew:

winning T-shirt ;)

There are probably few places where in a "small" local supercar display, you get Zondas and a 3M+ Ferrari Enzo, amongst others:

A few other fun cars:

And other fun displays;

Good times.