The Nurburgring race track in Germany will no longer allow motorcycle riders to do open laps of the Nordschleife during tourist sessions, due to the risk of collisions with cars.

Two laps, and we’re in the wrong seat. But it’s the Nurburgring, in the Mercedes-AMG GT R and the driver’s Thomas Jäger, who races the GT R’s GT3 when he’s not here helping develop AMG ...