24 hours Nürburgring 2025 07-08.06.2025
My first podium in the 24-hour race on the Nordschleife
Last year, we had a great qualifying session and a great start to the race and led the field for a long time. Unfortunately, we had an accident that not only cost us the overall victory, but also the podium. This year, however, we were able to prevail.
Qualifying
Qualifying was tough, we weren’t exactly fast with the AMG due to the BoP, especially not compared to the BMW. So we started the race in 7th place with an Aston Martin and 6 BMWs in front of us.
Race
We also noticed the uneven distribution of the cars at the start. We lost 7th place on the very first lap and dropped back to eighth place. We were able to make up time on the cars behind us in the first two hours, but also lost time to the cars in front of us.
In my first two stints, I was able to make up a lot of time and overtake two cars in a fight.
The further we got into the race, the faster our pace became compared to the others. Especially at night, we were able to really show what we could do and were by far the fastest car in our class.
As in the night, we were also pretty fast in the wet hours and were able to make up time and fight our way through the field.
In the end, we were able to hold on to 3rd place, which none of us would have expected at the start of the race.