Walking through the pits in my childhood and seeing all these big, powerful and expensive sport cars
Tomorrow will be one last training session before the race.
The worst case scenario would be a start on saturday with a proper, timed lap.
Tims vision is once again on a knife edge.
Unfortunately, the transmission didn't work as planned.
It got stuck in 2nd gear without being able to change any higher.
Everything is crap. Today was probably the worst day in my whole career.
It is very frustating to see that the boys work their butts off, but in the end nothing works.
The race itself is now very questionable, as I see it. It is called a 24 hour race.
I wouldn't be sad if we were to manage 24 minutes. That is no basis.
One day before the Race. In two hours, the last training session begins.
No sign of precipitance with Tim. The reason: a start seems impossible at this day.
In the pit, the mechanics are still working feverishly at the Aston.
Besides the transmission, the alternator is now making trouble.
While their oppenents are proudly presenting themselves to the spectators, 
the two transmission experts are working in the Team-Schrick-Tent under high pressure.
The problem: only the first three gears can be engaged.
They are trying to work out a solution since the early hours of the day,
took apart the whole thing and reassembled it again.
Meanwhile, Ruben Zeltner, the fourth driver, makes a tough decision. He has had enough.
This sucks, I'm standing around for three days doing nothing
and another two days of that and not being able to drive...
I just drive for fun, and I don't care what the general public now thinks of me,
but I've come here to have fun and I want to drive.
Thats why I'm doing motorsport for myself, I'm egoistic on that.
And I won't be here for driving now, that's it.
Ruben doesn't believe in a start at the race. As much as he likes motorsport, 
he'd rather spend the weekend with his family.
Ruben has told me that he is having a small depression, and I told that he shouldn't worry,
I've been in 20 depression over the last three days.
He is losing faith and asked my if I'd care if he'd drive home in the evening.
I've told that if this works out somehow, you'd be missing here and you'd have to come back.
So you might as well stay here.
You can't just pack up and go home, thats not possible. We have to try until the last minute.
We owe that to all the people who follow this and are curious how it's going to work out.
Tim has asked me to stay and to end this properly. And I understand this and I owe the team that.
Everyone has worked so hard, I can't just say that I don't want to do this anymore.
Once he told me this, I knew I couldn't do this, I can't just go home and say: "Bite me!"
I have been in an emotional low, hopefully understandable, 
when you look at how things went in the last days.
Maybe the right decision. After hours of work, the transmission is finally ready.
Everything has to be done quickly now, if the team wants to take part in the final training,
only two hours are remaining.
There is not enough time for a test drive, but still, hope is coming up in the team.
I'm starting to get my hopes up a little. We have found major things that have been wrong,
that have been unambiguous. Nothing like "maybe that was the fault, we don't know",
rather "we have found the problem, both on the transmission and the electrics".
Definitely, you can tick these off.
Saturday, May 23rd. The day of the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring.
The day which Tim and over 200,000 enthusiasts have been waiting for over a year.
A lot of the fans have come especially for Tim and his team, and want pictures, autographs or
just keep their fingers crossed. Tim lives the dream of a lot of the spectators.
Who is the coolest team? Team Schrich, because I think Tim is cool.
He can drift, he is a nice guy, just great. That's how it should be.
I just like him, he can simply drive really well.
They have build that Aston Martin, right?
Tim Schrick, Uncle Funny, it's kind of cult already.
They have transmission problems as I have heard, lets see if they can make it. 
Would be an enrichment.
It's getting really exciting, since we've been fixing problems until the last minute.
I've noticed, and also what other people told me, how many people there are here
that wave Team Schrick flags and so forth. Just for the encouragement we've got here,
we have to go through with this and I'll be getting into the car now and just drive.
He would have said: "Lets hope you're right." Uncle Funny consciously stayed out of the hot phase,
yet he knows about the problems of the last days.
It can't get any worse, and I take my hat off to them for not giving up already.
Funny has arranged a meeting with Jörg van Ommen in the Team tent, and wants to get up to date.
But he doesn't have any particulary good news. 
The problem is that we couldn't practice on a Grand-Prix-Course beforehand, 
where you can sort small problems you find.
Now you're driving on the Nordschleife right from the start, that can be dangerous.
When I'm in the car, I'm sure I'll be listening much closer to any noises than usually.
I won't be concentrating on the track as much, but focus more on the car.
Do I hear noises, do I feel anything weird in the steering
or are there any other signs of potential problems.
Therefore, I don't think I'll be incredibly fast with this thing.
The first two laps have to be seen as pure testing miles.
If such a car is driven to the full limit in the state it is now, that's not worth it.
We will be starting, no matter how handicapped, but we will start.
Yet I can't imagine at the moment, that we will be driving 24 hours straight.
I want to buy a car, I want to plan how to optimize the car together with others,
and I want to build a competitive car for the 24hr race.
The time has come. Tim is close to the realization of his biggest dream.
In a few minutes, the racing management releases the 173 cars onto the track.
The Team starts from the pits. Until the last minute, there have been problems with the alternator.
Tim didn't even take part in the parade lap, the risk of braking down was too high.
Tim is supposed to drive only two laps and then come back straight to the pits, 
so that the mechanics can check the car.
Team Schrick has been besieged by the fans for several days, the pit is still crowded now.
Everyone is keeping their fingers crossed. Relief, the Aston wants to drive.
The car is running. All the problems of the past nine month, the ongoing stress
and the countless night shifts are forgotten.
Tim and his Aston are cleared to drive now. For the spectators and the Team a truly special moment.
It's just a nice feeling when he finally goes out after ours of work, hoping it'll work.
We had quite a few uncertainties, will the transmission be ready.
And now we have been awarded for all that work, at least for now.
I really got goose-bumps. Even after 30 years of motorsports. 24 hours start now.
A small part of Tims vision has been realized now.
He his taking part in the hardest 24 hour race in the world in his own car.
All the cars are still in their first lap. 
Tim has cleared the Grand-Prix-Course and is now for the first time on the Nordschleife.