Nürburgring 24 Hours – Friday Evening/Early Saturday
Phew, What A Scorcher!

Yep, apparently the weather will be fantastic across much of Northern Europe on Monday! Today, though, it’s cool, wet and windy, with the forecast calling for showers on and off through until about five o’clock. The evening and night looks like staying dry, but the temperatures aren’t likely to rise above 15 degrees C until Sunday morning, meaning the chances are that the track will stay greasy for much of the early part of the race.

The two-hour qualifying session on Friday evening didn’t provide much in the way of excitement, although the gap to the Hankook Team Farnbacher Ferrari 458 was reduced to under two seconds by the #30 Mercedes SLS AMG of Christian Mamerow, Armin Hahne and Pierre Kaffer, with the #22 Black Falcon SLS third.

Confirmation of pole - set by his son - was the perfect present for Horst Farnbacher on his 50th birthday.

Entry list can be found - here

Full combined qualifying results can be found - here

And this is how the field will set off:

Group 1 – here

Group 2 – here

Group 3 – here

It is to be hoped that the 24H proceeds in a more orderly fashion than the combined MINI Challenge/SEAT Leon Supercopa/Renault Race Festival race, which saw umpteen cars sliding and spinning into expensive retirement in the space of only four laps.

Talking of chaos and destruction, the six-lap Porsche Carrera World Cup race is about to start.

..and this is just the back of the grid...

Hindy’s commentary on Radio Le Mans should be very entertaining…..

MH