Back in August, the Nurburgring announced that the speed limits introduced after a Nissan GT-R GT3 crashed during a VLN race, resulting in a spectator fatality, will be removed in 2016. The Germans also announced that the circuit will receive multiple changes, including the removal of five bumpers around Flugplatz, to improve safety. Four months have passed and the German Motor Sport Association (DMSB) wants to also reduce the engine power of all GT3 cars.
According to Motorsport.com, engine output in GT3 race cars with be reduced by 10 percent, while new aerodynamic regulations will introduce higher ride heights for all competitors. In addition, tire manufacturers will be prohibited from supplying “extreme” (experimental) tire compounds starting in 2016 and will have to register at DMSB before any Nurburgring event.
"Manufacturers and most suppliers now understand that they have to do their part in order for the cars to not go faster by several seconds each year," said Hans-Joachim Stuck, racing legend and head of DMSB. "The terrible crash at the beginning of the 2015 season was a wake-up call for all of us. Suddenly, we saw that we had reached a certain limit," he added.
In late March 2015, one spectator at the VLN endurance race at the Nurburgring died after a GT3-spec Nissan GT-R went airborne at the Flugplatz section of the track and crashed through the safety fence and into a row of spectators. A ban on GT3 cars was immediately set, but lifted a couple of weeks later when the track introduced speed limits before Flugplatz, Schwedenkreuz, and Antoniusbuche, as well as on the Dottinger Hohe straight.
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