24 Hours of Nürburgring – Porsche leads in the early morning, BMW in ambush

BMW appears to be the only brand left to compete with Manthey-Racing's Porsche at the 24 Nürburgring 2025 Hours after a night that saw Julien Andlauer retire.

Published 22/06/2025 à 08:01

Medhi Casaurang

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24 Hours of Nürburgring – Porsche leads in the early morning, BMW in ambush

The Porsche 911 GT3 R leads the race. © Gruppe C Photography

It was a relatively quiet night at the 24 Nürburgring 2025 Hours. Leading since the race restarted at 20 p.m. on Saturday evening, the Porsche Manthey-Racing's 911 GT3 R continues to lead the way.

The Porsche, nicknamed "Grello" because of its fluorescent yellow and green livery, made a strong impression. Polesitter Kevin Estre and his teammates Patrick Pilet, Thomas Preining, and Ayhançan Güven pulled away from their rivals.

At first, one of the Falken Porsches looked like it could challenge their dominance. But Julien Andlauer was surprised by a Porsche GT4 spinning out behind the second corner. The Frenchman didn't have time to avoid it and hit it, forcing him to retire. "It was very hard for everyone," explained Julien Andlauer. "We were in the top three from the start of the race. Everything seemed to be going well. When I saw the other car, there was nothing I could do. It was a real shame, so sad, I'm really gutted."

This was the only notable event of the evening and night. Other GT3 cars had to retire, such as Frank Stippler's Ford Mustang GT3 and Luca Ludwig's reigning Audi R8 LMS:

This Sunday morning, at 8am and with 8 hours of racing still to go, the Manthey-Racing Porsche is leading with a twenty-second lead over the only BMW M4 GT3 entered, that of Rowe Racing (Kelvin van der Linde, Raffaele Marciello, Augusto Farfus, Jesse Krohn).

Six different manufacturers are in the top 6, with Lamborghini, Mercedes, Ferrari and Ford for its debut with the Mustang GT3. Entered for the first time in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring In a GT3, Dorian Boccolacci is sailing in 8th place with the surviving Porsche from Falken Motorsports.

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Medhi Casaurang

Passionate about the history of motorsport across all disciplines, I learned to read thanks to AUTOhebdo. At least that's what my parents tell everyone when they see my name inside!

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22/06/2025 at 03:53 a.m.

Kevin Estre, isn't he going to cry today?

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