Mercedes-AMG and BMW share the top 4 Thursday N24
Both Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG and both ROWE Racing BMW M4 GT3 share the top 4 fastest lap of Thursday both Qualifying sessions at Nürburgring ahead of the 24 Hours of Nürburgring. All fastest lap were set in the afternoon during Qualifying one. The night qualifying 2 session began with a wet track after heavy rain and another heavy rain shower then prevented any further improvements.
Schiller fastest
Fabian Schiller, in the #80 Ravenol Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo, reeled the fastest lap with a 8:14.957.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Nürburgring Qualifying 1. #80 Ravenol Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo.
Marciello second
Last year winner Raffaele Marciello, with the #1 ROWE Racing BMW M4 GT3 Evo, was 3.112 seconds slower. van der Linde confirmed the velocity of the BMW M4 by setting the fastest lap of Qualifying 2 with a 9:19.884 at the wheel of the #1 ROWE Racing BMW M4 GT3 EVO.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Nürburgring Qualifying 1. #1 ROWE Racing BMW M4 GT3 Evo
Max Verstappen third
Max Verstappen was the fastest of the #3 Verstappen Racing Marcedes-AMG GT3 drivers with a 8:18.539, third fastest lap of the session.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Nürburgring Qualifying 1. #3 Verstappen Racing Marcedes-AMG GT3
Dries Vanthoor fourth
Dries Vanthoor with #99 ROWE Racing BMW M4 GT3 was 3.645 seconds slower than Schiller in fourth.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Nürburgring Qualifying 1. #99 ROWE Racing BMW M4 GT3
Thomas Preining fifth
Thomas Preining was further, 6.670 seconds slower than Schiller with the #911 “Grello” yellow Porsche 911 GT3 R
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Nürburgring Qualifying 1. #911 “Grello” yellow Porsche 911 GT3 R
24 Hours of Nürburgring 2026 schedule
Thursday, 14 May
13.15 – 15.15: Qualifying 1
20.00 – 23.30: Qualifying 2
Friday, 15 May
10:15 - 10:45: Top Qualifying 1
11:05 - 11:35: Top Qualifying 2
12:00 - 13:05: Qualifying 3
13:35 - 14:35: Top Qualifying 3
Saturday, 16 May
10:00 – 11:00: Warm-up
12:45 – 14:40: Grid formation
15:00: Start of the 24-hour race
Sunday, 17 May
15:00: Finish of the 24-hour race
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