18.03.2025
There is now a special area for camping fans who want to experience the Nürburgring 24 Hours without time-consuming queuing and in a relaxed environment. In the C3 camping area, you can reserve a 10 x 5 meter plot in advance and enjoy the advantages there. As with a concert hall plan, you can see the place where you can experience the 24-hour event in the immediate vicinity of the Goodyear hairpin bend when you book. In addition to electricity, which is provided via distribution cabinets and is included, there are nearby water points and a shower and toilet block within walking distance. You can also arrive or depart at any time from Wednesday to Sunday. It is also possible to leave the pitch in the meantime by car or motorhome without losing your reserved pitch. The area is particularly suitable for families, as you can, for example, only move into your reserved pitch on Friday, can rely on the night's rest being strictly enforced from 22:00 and can use the specially set up DSK shuttle bus stop to be taken to the paddock or the Nordschleife free of charge. The reservation costs for Wednesday to Sunday of 100 euros for a maximum of eight people are charged in addition to the usual camping fees and ticket costs, but these are only payable for the days that you are actually on site. The “Family & Friends Camping” pitches are already sold out.
12.03.2025
Ready for a full-throttle 2025: the engines will finally start up at the Nürburgring in March. And once again, the event calendar is full to bursting: 60 events make the Eifel race track a worthwhile destination for many good reasons well into the fall. Racing spectacle, festival summer, comedy evening or family outing: the Nürburgring will make hearts beat faster again this year. They belong to the Ring as much as the champagne shower on the podium: crowd-pullers such as the Nürburgring 24 Hours, the DTM, Rock am Ring, the Truck Grand Prix and the Oldtimer Grand Prix will once again attract hundreds of thousands of visitors to the Eifel this year. A fast-paced mix that includes around 60 public events between March and November alone. Major events alternate with hands-on motor sports and small after-work pleasures, such as the Nürburgring cycling and running club or the Afterwork Classics. One of the highlights will be the ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring. On the Corpus Christi weekend (June 19-22), well over 100 race cars will take on the ultimate challenge: 24 hours non-stop on the most demanding track in the world. A spectacle – also because of its passionate fans. Tens of thousands will be camping along the track, creating the unique atmosphere of the Ring. One new feature this year is a particularly family-friendly camping option in the new Family & Friends area. If you enjoy the thrilling and close racing on the Nordschleife, there are many other opportunities to experience racing action in the Green Hell throughout the year at the ADAC Nürburgring Endurance Series and the RCN circuit racing challenge. The International ADAC Truck Grand Prix is also a real experience. For decades, Germany's truckers have been celebrating Christmas with country music, camping and fast-paced racing. This year, the truckers will be on the loose from July 11 to 13. The traditional music festival has recently undergone a rejuvenation. The revamped Saturday evening program now features well-known party artists, and affordable single-day tickets are available for this event. Europe's most famous racing series, the DTM (August 8-10), will once again be a guest on the Nürburgring's sprint track – and will shine with a wide variety of brands, familiar faces and thrilling racing. Or how about a journey back in time to the last century of motorsport? With the Nürburgring Classic (June 13-15), the BELMOT Oldtimer Grand Prix (August 1-3) and the ADAC 1000 km race (September 20-21), three events are dedicated to historic racing cars. Indoor events from comedy to sportsThere will be plenty of laughter and celebration off the track this year: Comedian Carolin Kebekus will be making a guest appearance in the ring°arena in the fall (September 20) with her celebrated Shesus tour. NightWash Live will also be bringing stand-up comedy to the Nürburgring again this year, on November 15. And at Darts am Ring, some of the world's best dart throwers will transform the ring°arena into a madhouse together with many celebrating darts fans on March 29 – just like at the big role model, the Ally Pally. The Nürburgring Family Day on October 26 and the Job Fair on November 7 and 8 round off the indoor highlights. And because the Nürburgring is not just about watching, other hands-on events are looking forward to motivated participants. Whether on two wheels at Rad am Ring (July 18-20), on foot at the Hotfoot Run (May 10), or with the powerful Gargenschatz at GRIP - das Motorevent (July 6). Speaking of garage treasures: Numerous tourist driving days are planned again for all petrol heads, during which anyone can drive on the ring. The Nordschleife and Grand Prix circuit will open their barriers on well over 100 days.
22.01.2025
The Nürburgring is one of the most famous race tracks in the world and hosts a variety of motor sports events every year. Now you can easily download all the dates for the upcoming season. Your season planner – it's easy!Whether it's the 24-hour race, the Nürburgring Endurance Series, the DTM or the Truck Grand Prix – now you can import all the important dates directly into your calendar. This way, you can keep an eye on the entire season and plan your visits to the race track in advance. This is how it works:Simply click on the link and download the calendar feed by clicking on “Subscribe to calfeed”. The dates will automatically be displayed in your calendar and will always be up to date. Note: More calendar feeds, e.g. for music and comedy events, will follow shortly. 👉 All dates and the calendar download can be found here.
13.12.2024
Before the end of the year, the organisers of the ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring published the timetable for the major event from 19–22 June 2025. This means that everyone involved – active participants, fans and, of course, the organisers themselves – can start planning for the coming year early. As usual, the program will be extensive and will once again offer everything from historic racing to high-tech cars in the 24-hour field, providing exciting motorsport on the legendary Nordschleife. The timetable for the ADAC 24h Nürburgring Qualifiers from May 24th to 25th, 2025 has also been published. The Prologue weekend, the season highlight of the 24h four weeks later, will also be part of the NLS (Nürburgring Endurance Series) next year, ensuring numerous attractive entries and exciting racing in the two four-hour races. The schedules are now available on the 24h race homepage. The biggest change in the program of the legendary 24h race awaits spectators during the practice days on Thursday and Friday. As usual, the Thursday program will be dominated by the two 24-hour qualifying sessions, which together take up more than five hours of time. In the evening battle for the best lap times, the first 15 minutes are reserved exclusively for the SP9 participants – the GT3 racing cars. Only after that is the track open to all participants for the atmospheric night qualifying session, which lasts until 23:30. Traditionally, this is the first atmospheric highlight of the event weekend. The reason for this change in detail can be explained by looking at the Friday program: the top qualifying session, in which the fastest participants fight for pole position in a single time trial, is scheduled for midday. Those responsible for the regulations are currently working on a new, simplified mode for this part of qualifying, which is to be adopted by the time the announcement is published in January. The plan is to create a process that provides additional transparency and thus increases the sporting excitement. The third qualifying session will then take place on Friday afternoon, where the focus will be on the participants who are fighting for the starting positions behind the fastest cars in the field. For them, the new qualification mode will bring increased attention. Key points for an attractive supporting program have been setIt won't just be the 24-hour sessions that keep the crowds glued to the track during the season's highlight; the supporting program, the sporting part of which has now also been finalized, will ensure that. The highlight, of course, continues to be the ADAC 24h-Classic. The huge field of youngtimers and Anhang-K classic cars will be causing a stir on the track for two and a half hours on Saturday morning. The first races will take place much earlier, namely on Thursday: after the traditional warm-up with the RCN (Rundstrecken Challenge Nürburgring) performance test in the morning, the touring car legends will kick off the action with the first of a total of three races. The battles between the racing cars from the former DTM, STW and other legendary series on the Grand Prix circuit are undoubtedly among the crowd favorites. The Cup and Touring Car Trophy will also hold their first race on Thursday. On Friday, both series will then frame the qualifying sessions of the 24-hour race and the 24-hour Classic race with further races. On Saturday, there will be another touring car legends race before the starting signal is given at 4:00 p.m. for the ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring! In addition to the sporting events, many other highlights are planned for the 2025 supporting program. After all, program items such as the Falken Drift Show on Friday evening or the big autograph session with all the teams are just as much a must for numerous visitors as the show acts during the starting lineup or the numerous attractions throughout the event grounds. Two NLS races upgrade 24h QualifiersThe ADAC 24h Nürburgring Qualifiers from May 23rd to 25th, 2025 not only form the prologue for the actual 24h a month later. The two four-hour races on Saturday and Sunday will also count as the fourth and fifth rounds of the Nürburgring Endurance Series (NLS). This increases the sporting value and should ensure a full field of participants. Visitors will also experience more action on the track: the race weekend will kick off with three hours of testing and setup sessions on Friday afternoon. After qualifying for the first four-hour race on Saturday afternoon (start: 5:30 p.m.), the track will be the RCN's for three and a half hours. On Sunday, it's one thing after another: after qualifying in the morning, the fastest teams go into top qualifying and thus into the battle for pole position. At 1:00 p.m., the starting field is then sent into the second qualifier race of the weekend - which not only promises NLS points, but also the very last test under competitive conditions before the 24-hour race in June.
06.12.2024
This is what many fans of the ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring have been urgently waiting for: advance ticket sales for the Nordschleife highlight from June 19-22, 2025 are now open. Visitors can look forward to a number of new features. As part of the exclusive collaboration with the Nürburgring ticket portal, digital tickets and Print@Home tickets are also available for the first time this year. This makes visiting the event just as easy as the new“Raceticket”, which replaces the day ticket for Saturday and is valid for both Saturday and Sunday. Other new features include the option of reserving a parking space on site and a camping area in advance – limited contingents will be reserved in advance for both. The Family & Friends camping and parking offers will go on sale at a later date. The popular bundles are also already being prepared, so the combination ticket with the legendary 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps will be on offer again. Those who don't want to miss the prologue to the 24h Nürburgring can also secure their tickets for the ADAC 24h Nürburgring Qualifiers from May 24th to 25th, 2025, with immediate effect. Information, prices and the link to the ticket shop are now available here and at www.24h-rennen.de. Ticket purchase is becoming more digital and therefore even easierTwo important innovations make it even easier for visitors to the ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring to attend the season's highlight at the Ring. The new race ticket, valid from Saturday to Sunday, eliminates the question of when day visitors need a new ticket during the race night. Like all other tickets, it is Print & Home tickets are now also available as an alternative. From 2025, tickets can also be stored on mobile devices. This allows ticket sales to continue in the online store up to the days of the event. Visitors can also purchase tickets on the spot via their mobile device. However, there is still a advance sale discount, so that tickets cost five euros more on the days of the event.From 2025, visitors will only need to present the code printed on the ticket (or stored on their cell phone) at the entrances to get into the event grounds for the first time. After scanning the tickets, the familiar visitor wristbands will continue to be issued as tickets. As soon as the ticket code has been scanned, the code will no longer be valid. Parking and camping can be booked in advance from JanuaryIt has long been tradition for visitors to organize themselves around the Nordschleife – the many groups and individual visitors turn the longest racetrack world into a gigantic festival site that is extremely atmospheric. There, first come, first served also applies. This tradition will continue in the future, but the range of offers at the world's biggest race is growing: from 2025, the new “Family&Friends Area” will be available on parking area C3 at the Müllenbachschleife. There will be camping and tickets at an all-inclusive price for all visitors who prefer a quieter environment during the event – also ideal for families with children. For example, private generators are not allowed in this area; instead, an “all-inclusive package” with electricity, sanitary facilities and Wi-Fi is being planned. The offer will also be bookable online in good time before the Nürburgring 24 Hours.In the past, visitors have often expressed the wish to reserve parking spaces, for which the technical requirements have now been created: in 2025, there will be a limited opportunity to book a parking space in advance. The advantage of the Nürburg site is that visitors arriving there have the opportunity to avoid the traffic congestion around the start and finish. For the first time, all parking tickets will also be equipped with a code that is scanned at the entrance. The aim is to achieve an improvement in terms of arrival, spectator guidance and parking management. Tickets are expected to be available for booking from mid-January. Prices for the 24h Qualifiers will remain the sameTickets for the ADAC 24h Nürburgring Qualifiers from May 24th to 25th, 2025, went on sale online at the same time as tickets for the 24h Nürburgring. The big 24-hour prologue will continue to be part of the NLS, which means additional participants, greater variety and even more action. Next year, the ticket regulations will also be aligned with those of the NLS. Accordingly, there will be ticket checks at the fan hotspots at the Nordschleife in the future, and camping visitors will also incur costs. In line with the NLS, day visitors will pay 25 euros for an admission ticket that is valid at the Nordschleife, in the paddock and all open grandstands. Ticket prices ADAC Ravenol 24h Nürburgring 2025 Ticket Validity Normal* Reduced** Event ticket Thursday - Sunday €72.00 €43.00 Weekend ticket Friday - Sunday €67.00 €40.00 Race ticket Samstag - Sonntag €59.00 €35.00 Day tickets Saturday - Sunday €36.00 €22.00 Friday €36.00 €22.00 Sunday €34.00 €20.00 *) Advance ticket price. From Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 8:00 a.m., a surcharge of 5 euros will be added to the normal advance ticket price and 3 euros to the reduced advance ticket price.**) Children up to and including 12 years of age have free admission, young people up to and including 15 years of age and guests with disabilities pay the reduced price. One companion each of guests with disabilities with ID cards “B” and “H” also pays the reduced entrance fee at the box office price. Ticket prices ADAC Ravenol 24h Nürburgring Qualifiers 2025 Ticket Validity Normal* Reduced** Weekend ticket Saturday - Sunday €39.00 €23.00 Day ticket Saturday €25.00 €15.00 Sunday €25.00 €15.00 *) Children up to and including 12 years of age have free admission, young people up to and including 15 years of age and guests with disabilities pay the reduced price. One accompanying person each of guests with disabilities with the ID cards “B” and “H” also pays the reduced admission price at the box office.
04.09.2024
With the current season still in full swing at the Nürburgring, the race track and event location is already giving a preview of the coming year. From international highlights to event exotics and from motorsport to entertainment, the 2025 calendar once again promises the unique Nürburgring mix. A current overview: Exciting motorsport highlights in the Green HellNaturally, the world's longest permanent race track is also characterised by an attractive motorsport calendar in 2025. Particularly popular with fans: endurance motorsport on the Nordschleife. The highlight is the ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring, which will once again put man and machine to the ultimate test from 19 to 22 June 2025 and promise a gigantic motorsport party together with tens of thousands of fans. As usual, the ADAC Nürburgring Endurance Series (NLS) will kick off the motorsport year. After the first race on 22 March, eight more race days will follow until October, each of which usually falls on a Saturday. Only on 13 and 14 September are two race days scheduled on one weekend for the NLS and therefore also the only race Sunday in the series. The dates of the Nürburgring Rundstrecken Challenge (RCN) are another Nordschleife format on the calendar. Regularity and performance tests offer popular sport from road-legal to race-ready vehicles. From GT3 to XXL: thrilling motorsport from racing cars to race trucksFans of thrilling motorsport will once again get their money's worth on the Grand Prix circuit. The giants of motorsport will compete against each other on the sprint version of the International ADAC Truck Grand Prix from 10 - 13 July. Every year, the event delights visitors with a family-friendly concept of motorsport, festival, colourful paddock and trade fair. Included in the supporting programme: the ADAC GT Masters. The Fanatec GT World Challenge (29 - 31 August) and the Porsche Sports Cup (30 May - 1 June) will feature high-quality racing cars from the world's best-known automotive brands. The Nürburgring Drift Cup, which will host its first round on 26 and 27 April, and GRIP - the motor event that will attract the tuning community to the Eifel on 6 July, are also high on horsepower and, above all, action-packed drifting. The date for the DTM at the Nürburgring has already been finalised. However, fans will have to wait a little longer before the announcement. The racing series will present its annual calendar in the coming days. Experiences with music and muscle powerAway from the roaring sounds of engines, powerful guitar riffs await at the beginning of June. Rock am Ring will get visitors' hearts racing from 6 to 8 June. According to the recently published first wave of bands, ‘Slipknot’ and ‘Bring me the Horizon’ have already been confirmed as headliners for the festival's 40th anniversary alongside other well-known bands. A similar-sounding event name, but with a completely different intention, can be found in the 2025 calendar with Rad am Ring. In mid-July, thousands of tireless participants will once again take to the start line to conquer the Green Hell with their own muscle power. Incidentally, this is also required for the Hotfoot Run - but not on two wheels, but on foot. The obstacle course takes place on 10 May. Fast-paced PS classics in racing actionThe heroes and automotive jewels of days gone by have also once again secured several permanent places on the Ring calendar. Old and youngtimers and memories of many decades of motorsport will be brought to life on the Grand Prix circuit and the Nordschleife. The Nürburgring Classic will kick off 2025 from 13 to 15 June. This will be followed in August by the BELMOT Oldtimer Grand Prix (1st - 3rd) and the legendary ADAC 1000km race from 20th to 21st September. The ADAC RGB season finale, the ADAC Westfalen Trophy and, last but not least, the Kölner Kurs as a historic motorbike event round off the historic programme. Motorbike service and racing on two wheelsSpeaking of motorbikes: after returning to the Nürburgring this year, the International Motorcycle Championship (IDM) is also on the calendar for the coming season. From 5 to 7 September, the series will kick off with thrilling two-wheel racing. There will be impressive pictures of thousands of motorbikes off the racing line at the ‘Anlassen’ motorbike service on 27 April. One of the highlights of the programme: the joint parade around the legendary Nordschleife. Diverse indoor events: entertainment away from the racetrackThe Nürburgring also continues to see a steady increase in events away from the tarmac. And so the 2025 season in the Green Hell starts and ends with indoor events throughout the year. The International Rhine Shiai Karate Tournament will kick off the season on the second weekend in January, while the German Carnival Garda Dance Championship will be the event finale in December. Both events will take place in the ring°arena, as will two cheerleading competitions on 15 and 16 February and the ‘Darts am Ring’ gala in March. The latter is set to become the undisputed fan magnet in the indoor calendar with over 3,000 fans expected. The exact date for the flying darts event will be announced shortly. Further music and entertainment formats at the Nürburgring venues are also scheduled for next year. Comedy at NightWash live, the Nürburgring Family Day and a colourful afternoon at the Disney Channel cinema have been decided for 2025 and will soon be added to the calendar.
02.06.2024
A novelty and a new record winner: Scherer PHX wins what is probably the most extraordinary and definitely the shortest “Eifel Marathon” in the long history of the ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring and catches up with its Meuspath neighbor and record winner Manthey with its seventh overall victory. Ricardo Feller drove the #16 Scherer-Audi across the finish line at 3.05 pm on Sunday afternoon, the first time it had crossed the line before the end of the 24 hours - and also the first time it had been neutralized and driven slowly due to fog. Celebrating together with Feller were Dennis Marschall, who like the Swiss celebrated his first 24-hour victory, and the two Audi “veterans” Frank Stippler and Christopher Mies, who each celebrated their third triumph in the Eifel in front of 240,000 spectators (overall weekend). “I've known the mechanics since 2009 when I started at Audi. It's nice to finish this here with a victory together,” said Mies after what was probably his last race in an Audi. The other places on the podium went to the #911 Manthey-Porsche with Laurens Vanthoor, Thomas Preining, Kevin Estre and Ayhancan Güven and the #72 RMG-BMW with Daniel Harper, Max Hesse and Charles Weerts. Like ten other cars that were still on the lead lap after the race was interrupted, these two teams no longer had any chance of attacking the leaders in the final phase, despite the elimination of the previous time gaps. This was because the last five laps were completed in neutral behind a lead car. After a 14-hour break due to fog, the ninth and second-longest interruption of the traditional race ever, the race was restarted at 13:30. However, as visibility did not improve sufficiently, race director Walter Hornung had to call off the race prematurely. It is the first victory for an Audi since 2022. Stippler had previously won in the “Green Hell” in 2012 and 2019, Mies in 2015 and 2017. Spectacular start phase after “punctual” rain interventionShortly before the start of the formation lap, it began to rain in various places on the track. While Harper, who was on pole, remained on treadless dry tires, his direct pursuers quickly switched to rain tires before race director Walter Hornung sent the first starting group on their journey into the “Green Hell” with the green flag. It was the wrong decision for Harper's team, as the Briton headed for the pits before the race was cleared and also had rain tires fitted, which initially dropped him back to 21st place. At the front, Estre in the #911 Manthey-Porsche defended the lead he had taken without a fight against Maro Engel in the #130 Getspeed-Mercedes-AMG and Farfus in the #99 Rowe-BMW, who had moved up from seventh on the grid. Engel took the lead on the Grand Prix circuit and led the field out onto the Nordschleife for the first time. However, the tire poker didn't work out for him there either, as Engel was passed through to 24th place on hand-cut slicks in the further course of the first lap and then also took rain tires. Estre and Farfus then fought a private duel at the front, often less than a second apart, swapped the lead four times and after four laps already had a 37-second lead over the third-placed #16 Scherer-Audi, which Harper had fought his way back into the lead with a fantastic chase. After the first pit stops, the #99 Rowe-BMW led the field for a long time until Sheldon van der Linde was hit by a slower car while lapping and was involved in a violent three-car crash. This ended the Rowe BMW's dream of victory. As darkness fell, Mies in the #16 and Harper again provided the best entertainment and fought tough but fair duels for the lead. When the race was red-flagged at 23:23 due to the increasing fog, the Audi driver was ahead. Restart after a long break in the fogIt was the ninth interruption in the history of the race. The first had been in 1992, the last so far in 2021 - this was also the longest to date with a 14.5-hour stoppage due to fog. In 2020, heavy rain during the night caused a forced break of 7.5 hours. In 2018, the race was interrupted three hours before the end due to fog, and the decision was made after the restart in a 90-minute “final sprint”. As the fog persisted on Sunday morning, the restart had to be postponed again and again. It was not until 13:30 that race director Walter Hornung green-flagged the race, which finally came to an end behind a lead car. “I would like to thank all the fans who turned this week into a huge motorsport festival and celebrated the 24h Nürburgring with us despite all the capricious weather,” said Hornung. “I would like to thank the participants and teams for their understanding that we were able to bring this special race to a close in this way.” The next ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring will take place from June 19 to 25, 2025.
01.06.2024
Kevin Estre in the fan favorite “Grello”, Augusto Farfus in the #99 Rowe-BMW and especially Daniel Harper in the #72 RMG-BMW left their mark on the 52nd edition of the ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring in the first hour. While Estre and Farfus fought a fierce duel for the lead, Harper experienced a rollercoaster ride. Due to a wrong tire choice, he had to give up his pole position without a fight before the start, but then flew spectacularly through the field on rain tires and was back in third place after just under an hour. Shortly before the start of the formation lap, it began to rain in various places on the track. While Harper stayed on treadless dry tires, his direct pursuers quickly switched to rain tires before Walter Hornung sent the first starting group on its journey into the “Green Hell” with the green flag. It was the wrong decision for Harper's team, as the Briton headed for the pits before the race was cleared and also had rain tires fitted, which initially dropped him back to 21st place. The tire poker doesn't work out for Maro Engel eitherAt the front, Estre in the #911 Manthey-Porsche defended the lead he had taken without a fight against Maro Engel in the #130 Getspeed-Mercedes-AMG and Farfus in the #99 Rowe-BMW, who had moved up from seventh on the grid. Engel took the lead on the Grand Prix circuit and led the field out onto the Nordschleife for the first time. However, the tire poker didn't work out for him there either, as Engel was passed through to 24th place on hand-cut slicks in the further course of the first lap and then also took rain tires. Up front, Estre and Farfus fought a private duel, often less than a second apart, swapped the lead four times and after four laps already had a 37-second lead over third-placed Frank Stippler in the #16 Scherer Audi. However, Harper, who had fought his way back to within touching distance of the lead with a fantastic race to catch up, was already appearing in his rear-view mirror. Huge crowd of fans at the Nürburgring“The support from the fans this year is once again enormous. We are delighted with the many visitors, many of whom have been camping out here at the Nordschleife since the beginning of the week and have not let the rainy weather and crowded roads around the Ring spoil their mood. We know that we had to make a few compromises with the parking spaces this year and would like to thank the fans for their patience,” said Race Director Walter Hornung. Fans can follow the rest of the action on the track at home on free TV partner NITRO and here.
31.05.2024
Max Hesse has secured pole position at the 52nd edition of the ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring. After setting the fastest times in the qualifying sessions on Thursday and Friday, the 22-year-old in the #72 RMG-BMW was also the fastest in the battle for the final grid positions in the second top qualifying session. With a time of 8:10.992 minutes, he was four tenths of a second faster than Belgian Laurens Vanthoor in the #911 Manthey-Porsche and became the youngest driver ever to win the Glickenhaus Trophy for the pole-sitter. “This is a very cool feeling. For me, pole is the result of five years of hard work. We are in a great starting position for the race and the car is working perfectly. Of course, we still have a long race ahead of us - but today we are simply happy,” said Max Hesse. “Grello” driver Vanthoor was also satisfied. “The car was really good to drive. The laps alone on the Nordschleife were really fun. My heart rate was 190, I tried, but we are just behind the BMW. That's still a great starting position for the race tomorrow,” he said.BMW, Porsche, Audi and Lamborghini - four brands in the top four places Swiss driver Ricardo Feller drove a stronger second lap in the #16 Scherer-Audi to finish third on the grid, directly ahead of his DTM team-mate Kelvin van der Linde in the #27 Abt-Lamborghini. This meant that four different manufacturers occupied the first four places. Defending champion survives top qualifying 1Before the final showdown, the last five tickets for the second stage were fought over in Top Qualifying 1. Nicolas Varrone's best time of 8:10.889 minutes secured last year's winner, the #1 Frikadelli-Ferrari, as well as Sheldon van der Linde for the #99 Rowe-BMW, Dan Harper for the #72 RMG-BMW, Maro Engel for the #130 Getspeed-Mercedes-AMG and Arjun Maini for the #3 Bilstein-Mercedes AMG. “It was really good. After we had a few problems before, we changed the setup a bit, which was very good for the new tire. The lap was really clean, although there was a bit of dirt on the track from the frame series and that was a bit difficult. I pushed hard on the second lap. It was the first time I had this chance to do two clear laps, which was wonderful,” said Varrone. Team-mate Daniel Keilwitz secured sixth place on the grid for the team in the end. Full program on site, extensive live reportsNow that the positions for the start of the 24h Nürburgring have been established, the “race of the year” can finally get underway on Saturday at 16:00. But before the 127 participants embark on the spectacular fight through day and night, a full program awaits the spectators at the Nürburgring. The thrilling motorsport on the track starts at 9:10 am with the ADAC 24h-Classic. After the warm-up for the main race at 12:40 pm, the touring car legends will contest their third race of the weekend at 2:00 pm. The Ravenol Ferris wheel in the paddock and many other offers and promotions from partners also make the visit more than worthwhile. Tickets are still available at the box office. Fans can also look forward to car parades by BMW, Hyundai and Volkswagen as well as a lap of honor by rally world champion Kalle Rovanperä in a Toyota. If you want to follow the action at the Ring from home, free TV partner NITRO is the right choice, with a 26-hour non-stop live broadcast starting at 14:45. The official live streams on YouTube (www.YouTube.com/24hNBR) and on the event website (www.24h-rennen.de/live) will also be on air continuously.
