Falken Motorsport has won the ROWE 6h ADAC Ruhr-Pokal-Rennen. Joel Eriksson and Sven Müller in the Porsche 911 GT3 R won on the legendary Nordschleife and claimed the fourth overall victory for the team in the history of the Nürburgring Endurance Series (NLS). Frank Stippler and Vincent Kolb from Scherer Sport Team Phoenix Racing in the Audi R8 LMS GT3 followed with a gap of 1:14.562 minutes ahead of Christian Krognes, Ben Tuck and Andy Soucek in the BMW M4 GT3 from Walkenhorst Motorsport.

Things got off to a spectacular start. Philip Ellis in the Mercedes-AMG GT3 of Schnitzelalm Racing, improved from third to first place before the first corner. The Munich-born Briton overtook cheekily on the right-hand side of the start-finish straight, almost within touching distance of the concrete wall. The 29-year-old thus gave his team the first overall lead lap in the NLS. Ben Tuck followed in the Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M4 GT3. With a time of 7:51.330 minutes, the team had secured pole position in the person of Krognes. The biggest loser of the opening phase was Frank Stippler in the Audi R8 LMS GT3 of Team Scherer Sport Team Phoenix, who initially dropped from second to sixth place.

50 minutes earlier, the top three of the table had been hit at Adenauer Forst. The trio Andy Soucek, Kim-Luis Schramm and Miklas Born skidded off the track on an oil slick. For Born, Marcel Marchewiecz, Marek Böckmann and Philip Ellis in the Schnitzelalm Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 and Schramm and Jakub Giermaziak in the Scherer Sport Team Phoenix Audi R8 LMS GT3, the journey came to an early end. Soucek lost over a minute in the BMW M4 GT3 and dropped back to fourth. The beneficiary of it all at that moment was Julien Apothéloz, who was running alongside Luca-Sandro Trefz and Patrick Assenheimer from Team Landgraf Motorsport in the Mercedes-AMG GT3. The trio ultimately finished fourth.

The NLS continues with the highlight after the summer break. From 9 to 11 September, the 12h Nürburgring will take place for the first time.