24h Nürburgring 2024 result

The 52nd edition of the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring came to an end behind the safety car: The #16 Scherer Audi with Frank Stippler, Ricardo Feller, Dennis Marschall and Christopher Mies at the wheel won ahead of the #911 Manthey Porsche and the #72 RMG BMW. Due to fog, the race management did not allow the race to continue after the interruption during the night.

For Phoenix Racing, it is the seventh overall victory, this time in cooperation with the current team called Scherer Sport PHX. This means that the team from Meuspath is on a par with its neighbours Manthey EMA at the Nürburgring. This successful combination had already been achieved in 2000 (with Porsche), 2003 (with Opel) as well as in 2012, 2014, 2019 and 2022.

The official live stream of the 24h Nürburgring on YouTube has become the top destination for fans in recent years. In the live stream, viewers can also follow numerous supporting racing series such as the Touring Car Legends or the ADAC 24h Classic.

The 24-hour race at the Nürburgring had to be interrupted due to thick fog. It is not scheduled to continue until 8 a.m. at the earliest. At the top: a Audi!

Shortly after the start of the second quarter of the race, the fog around the Nordschleife became increasingly dense. At around 10:45 p.m., Adam Christodoulou in GetSpeed Mercedes in the Metzgesfeld area. Despite returning to the pits, the race was over for him. Shortly afterwards, the next drama for AMG: Arjun Maini in the Haupt Racing Team vehicle collided with a wild animal. The car was repaired, however, and continued the race.

Shortly after the start of the second quarter of the race, the fog around the Nordschleife became increasingly thick.

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At 11:22 p.m. the race was interrupted with a red flag due to heavy fog. The race management announced that further information would not be available until 7 a.m. at the earliest and that the restart would not take place until 8 a.m. at the earliest. “We have spoken to several meteorologists over the past few hours and they have come to the same conclusion: visibility will not improve again until tomorrow morning,” said race director Walter Hornung.

The race management will then regularly check the visibility conditions through inspection laps and announce the restart with adequate advance notice. At the time of the cancellation, Christopher Mies in the Scherer Sport Phx Audi was leading ahead of Dan Harper in the RMG BMW-M4 GT3 and Ayhancan Güven in the Manthey EMA Porsche.

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 24h Nürburgring in the first hour. While Estre and Farfus fought a heated duel for the lead, Harper experienced a rollercoaster ride.

Because of a wrong choice of tires, 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 at various points on the track. While Harper stayed on dry tires with no tread, his immediate pursuers quickly switched to rain tires before 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, because before the race was allowed to start, the Briton headed to the pits and had rain tires put on, which initially dropped him back to 21st place.

This year too, motorsport fans are celebrating a big party in the Green Hell.

Image: Gruppe C Photography / 24h Media

At the front, Estre in the #911 Manthey Porsche maintained 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 track and led the field out onto the Nordschleife for the first time.

However, his tire gamble didn’t work out there either, because with hand-cut slicks, Engel was pushed down to 24th place in the further course of the first lap and then also got rain tires.

At the front, however, Estre and Farfus were engaged in a private duel, often less than a second apart, swapping the lead four times and after four laps already having a 37-second lead over third-placed Frank Stippler in the #16 Scherer Audi. However, Harper appeared in his rear-view mirror again, having fought his way back to within touching distance of the front with a fantastic comeback.

Max Hesse has secured pole position at the 52nd 24h Nürburgring. After setting the best 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 starting 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.

“It’s a really great feeling. For me, pole position is the result of five years of hard work. We’re 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’re just happy,” said Max Hesse.

“Grello” driver Vanthoor was also satisfied. “The car was really good to drive. The laps on the Nordschleife alone were really fun. My pulse was at 190. I tried, but we were just behind the BMW. It’s still a great starting position for tomorrow’s race.”

Swiss driver Ricardo Feller drove a stronger second lap in the #16 Scherer Audi to third place on the grid and finished just ahead of his DTM teammate Kelvin van der Linde in the #27 Abt Lamborghini. This meant that four different manufacturers occupied the first four places.

For the ninth time in a row, the RTL specialty channel Nitro is showing the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring live on free TV. The Cologne-based channel is once again offering a continuous broadcast: starting on Saturday, June 1st at 2:45 p.m., until Sunday, June 2nd at 4:45 p.m. This means that Nitro will be on the air for almost 26 hours straight – including pre- and post-race reporting.

Nitro’s TV broadcast begins on Saturday directly from the starting grid. The race starts at 4:00 p.m. Nitro will also remain on air after the race ends 24 hours later, i.e. on Sunday at 4:00 p.m., providing follow-up reports with highlights, summaries and interviews with the drivers.

Nitro has an extensive team of reporters on board for the TV race through the Green Hell. Peter Reichert, Matthias Malmedie, Stefan Fuckert, Constantin Eckner, Jan Stecker, Daniel Abt and Dirk Adorf are the commentators in the TV cockpit. Laura Papendick will be the moderator and will be accompanied by the experts Nico Menzel and Dirk Adorf. Eve Scheer, Lina van de Mars and Alessa-Luisa Naujoks will be among those reporting from the pit lane.