The 52nd edition of the 24h Nürburgring only managed to complete 50 laps after around eight hours of racing, courtesy of dense fog descending on the Green Hell overnight.
With a starting grid dappled with rain droplets, the iconic German circuit would prove a battlefield over the next day. Several cars opted to pit after the formation lap for wet rubber, which jumbled the grid and had polesitter #72 BMW M4 GT3 tumble down the order. On the BMW front, Van der Linde took over the #99 car and continued to fight at the front. However, in the race’s fourth hour, the leading BMW M4 GT3 was forced to retire through no fault of its own.
The final classification had Frank Stippler, Christopher Mies, Ricardo Feller and Dennis Marschall declared winners of the 52nd outing of the event with their Audi R8 LMS GT3 evo II crossing the line followed by the Porsche 911 GT3 R of Laurens Vanthoor, Thomas Preining, Kevin Estre and Ayhancan Güven. The BMW M4 GT3 of Daniel Harper, Max Hesse and Charles Weerts rounded up the podium.
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