2023 24 Hours of Nürburgring: Top Qualifying
The first top qualifying session of the ADAC TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Nürburgring was interrupted by a lengthy red flag caused by the heavy impact of Christian Krognes with the #102 Walkenhorst BMW in Hatzenbach. The purpose of this 21 GT3 racing cars session is to qualify the five remaining places that’ll participate to the Top Qualifying 2 which set the place on the grid of the 24 Hours of Nürburgring. Kevin Estre and his ‘Grello’ Porsche 911 GT3 R mist the top five by just 34 thousands.
The two Scherer Sport PHX Audi #5 and 16 and sister # 1 from Audi Sport Team Scherer PHX qualified respectively 1, 2 and 5. Ferrari 296 GT3 by WTM by Rinaldi Racing #20 and Team Get-Speed Mercedes-AMG GT3 #2 qualified third and fourth thereby participating to the Top Qualfying 2.
Thirteen racing cars had already earned themselves entry into the individual time trials thanks to top results in the Nürburgring Endurance Series and the qualifiers weekend two races.
Raffaele Marciello earned pole sitting by setting the fire to the powder during the second session. Raffaele indeed broke the lap record that Laurens Vanthoor had set during the 24 Hours of Nürburgring 2018 with a Porsche 911 (8:09.105).
Two Mercedes-AMG GT3 in front row.
Marciello’s fastest lap was an 8:09.058 in the #4 AMG Team Bilstein Mercedes AMG GT3 which enables him to start from pole the 51st 24 Hours of Nürburgring this Saturday at 4pm.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at qualifying 3 for 24 hours of Nürburgring: Raffaele was fastest overall for both Top Qualifying with #4 Mercedes-AMG GT3
Maro Engel was second, four-tenths slower, with the Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed #3. Engel will thereby start in front row also.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at qualifying 1 for 24 hours of Nürburgring: Maro Engel get his Mercedes-AMG GT3 in P2
4 manufacturers represented in the next two rows
📷 © Luc Warnotte at qualifying 3 for 24 hours of Nürburgring: Kelvin van der Linde will start from second row with #27 ABT Sportline Lamborghini.
Last year winner, Kelvin van der Linde, was just 0.018 sec. short of Engel’s lap and put his #27 ABT Sportline Lamborghini behind pole in P3.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at qualifying 3 for 24 hours of Nürburgring: Catsburg gets his Ferrari 296 GT3 #30 in P4.
Nicky Catsburg was the fourth and last driver to set a time under 8:11. He’ll start in second row in the #30 Frikadelli Ferrari 296 GT3.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at qualifying 3 for 24 hours of Nürburgring: Frank Stippler in the #5 Scherer Sport PHX Audi R8 LMS Evo II will start from third row.
Frank Stippler in the #5 Scherer Sport PHX Audi did set the fifth fastest lap.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at qualifying 2 for 24 hours of Nürburgring: Joel Eriksson Joel, Tim Heinemann, Nico Menzel and Martin Ragginger get the fist Porsche 911 GT3 R in the top 6.
The fastest Porsche 911 GT3 R was Falken’s #44 which will start sixth.
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