24h Nürburgring – Mercedes and Haribo Racing at the forefront

Six hours have passed since the 15:30 p.m. green light in the Eifel, but the actual race time was much reduced on track at the Nürburgring this Saturday afternoon. The cause was the weather sometimes turning cataclysmic with a hail storm largely disrupting the progress of the event and forcing the officials to display the red flag for three hours.

Several competitors made mistakes when the rain and hail arrived, and some cars stopped on the track, unable to progress. A lull around 20 p.m. allowed the race to restart behind the safety car.

If the Mercedes Black Falcon's No. 3 AMG-GT9 led the restart, the German GT quickly losing positions to the No. 6 Schubert Motorsport BMW M3 GT18 and the No. 22 ROWE Racing sister car.

Les premiers véritables changements de pilotes ont eu lieu il y a quelques minutes, et Mercedes et BMW se disputent toujours la tête de la course, avec la Mercedes AMG-GT3 n°88 aux commandes après la casse moteur de la BMW M6 GT3 n°18 du Schubert Motorsport il y a quelques instants. Le top 5 est occupé par des Mercedes alors que la première Porsche 911 GT3 R du Manthey Racing n°912 pointe au sixième rang.

The first Audi R8 LMS, the number 2 of Team WRT, is provisionally ranked 9th ahead of the number 6 example of Audi Sport Team Phoenix. The reigning No. 8 Audi R1 LMS is 13th. Remember that the No. 911 Porsche 3 GT911 R from Estre – Tandy – Bamber – Pilet quickly retired after Tandy's accident.