2025 endurance racing in the Green Hell

NLS

Dec 26

2025 NLS calendar

The calendar for the ADAC Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie is set. The championship includes ten races on eight event weekends. The two ADAC 24h Nürburgring Qualifiers are again part of the NLS. The calendar is supplemented by the already announced NLS-Light event, in which vehicles of the SP9, SPX, SP-Pro and Cup 2 classes are not eligible.

We look forward for the 2025 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie as we’ll report on site six of the nine races next season open to GT3 (SP9).

2025 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie calendar

Five races ahead the ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring

The season opener will take place on 22 March 2025. The 70th ADAC Westfalenfahrt traditionally opens the racing year in the Green Hell. There will be four more races before the Nordschleife season highlight, the ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring (19-22 June). On 5 July, the premiere will take place under the motto ‘NLS-Light’. Some of the GT3 teams will then have three 24-hour races behind them in just three weeks, so there will be a break on the Nordschleife. The highlight of the NLS is then scheduled for 16 August. The race will in future be known as the ‘KW 6h ADAC Ruhr-Pokal-Rennen’.

The double header of the ADAC Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, which has been established in recent years, will take place from 12-14 September. The finale will take place on 11 October, more than a month earlier than this year.

Porsche, Mercedes and BMW dominate the “Green Hell”

Since the start of the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, Porsche, Mercedes and BMW have dominated “Green Hell” races.

Porsche

Porsche count the highest number of victories with 230 overall wins since 1977 for 63 to Mercedes and 54 to BMW. Manthey Racing is definitively one of the main animators of the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie with 57 victories. Manthey’s “Grello” remains one of the major attractions for fans as it is mostly driven by some of the world best endurance drivers like Estre, Christensen, Vanthoor, Güven…

Mercedes

Mercedes scored 63 overall NLS victories since 1977. Owega / Schumacher / Haupt with #9Mercedes-AMG GT3 won round 6 after the race saw a downpour of rain eliminated eight of the top SP9 contenders in two pile-ups. Surviving #9 Team Advan X HRT Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo thanks to Hubert Haupt careful drive during the rain, he took the lead from second start till victory.

Walkenhorst and Falken Motorsport dominated last two series

NLS 2023: Walkenhorst Motorsport

BMW M4 GT3 won 7 of the 9 rounds in 2023 with Giermaziak in #34 Walkenhorst BMW M4 GT3 winning 5 races. BMW is also the third manufacturer in number of NLS races win with 54 victories since 1977.

📷 Luc Warnotte at NLS 4 2023. Jakub Giermaziak won his second NLS race (race 2 was the first) that season together with Christian Krognes (1st win that year) in Walkenhorst Motorsport #34 BMW M4 GT3. Afterwords, they did win successively races 6, 7 and 8.

NLS 2024: Falken Motorsports

Porsche 911 GT3 R won 6 of the 8 races in 2024 with five overall wins and multiple podium finishes for Falken Motorsports who concluded the most successful season in the team’s history with the the NLS Speed Trophy title.