Fearless driving in the rain brings 42nd Oldtimer Grand Prix alive
In spite of Maserati 250F drivers Joaquín Folch and Guillermo Fierro (9th), no one could match the tremendous performance of Phillip Walker who won both races, averaging 131.800kph for his best laps.
Although not at the front, Julia de Baldanza drove the best-looking Maserati A6GCM.
Another highlight was the Historic Marathon on the Nordschleife, a 12-lap race (at 21km a lap) made trickier by a spate of showers.
Germans Marcus von Oeynhausen and Frank Stippler took the chequer in their Jaguar E-type, which outpaced both a Ford GT40 and a Porsche 911 being driven by Walter Röhrl and Armin Zumtobel.
Not everything at the 'Ring was about racing. Club meetings, a Coys auction and marque shows occupied the vast paddock with more exotic machinery than fans could dream of.
A walk in the paddock revealed some exotic gems, such as 1954 Maserati A6G by Zagato, 1961 Porsche 356 by D'Ieteren, several '20s Mercedes-Benzes SSK, 1958 Ferrari 250TR or brand new Porsches 918 Hybrid.
The Porsche Museum celebrated the 40 anniversary of the 911 Turbo and Jaguar Heritage brought a few D-Types from its museum, but McLaren stole the limelight with a rarely seen 1970 ex-Denny Hulme M14, which finished second at the South Africa Grand Prix and secured third places at Great Britain, Germany and Mexico.