The Nürburgring 24 Hours is a 24-hour annual touring car and GT endurance racing event that takes place on a combination of the Nordschleife ("North Loop") and the GP-Strecke ("Grand Prix track") circuits of the Nürburgring in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Held since 1970, the over 25.3 km (15.7 mi) lap length allows more than 200 cars and over 700 drivers to participate.
Starting in 2024, the event has been officially named ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring for sponsorship reasons. Furthermore, the 2024 season of the race was included in the Intercontinental GT Challenge calendar.
Race held in two heats of 8h each, with 8h break at midnight.
1974
1974
Year
1974
Drivers
Race not held due to oil crisis
1975
1975
Year
1975
1976
1976
Year
1976
Drivers
Fritz Müller Herbert Hechler Karl-Heinz Quirin
Car
Porsche 911 Carrera
Laps
134
1977
1977
Year
1977
Drivers
Fritz Müller Herbert Hechler
Car
Porsche 911 Carrera
Laps
140
1978
1978
Year
1978
Drivers
Fritz Müller Herbert Hechler Franz Geschwendtner
Car
Porsche 911 Carrera
Team
Valvoline Deutschland
Laps
142
1979
1979
Year
1979
Drivers
Herbert Kummle Karl Mauer Winfried Vogt
Car
Ford Escort
Team
Cavallo Matras
Laps
140
1980
1980
Year
1980
Drivers
Dieter Selzer Wolfgang Wolf Matthias Schneider
Car
Ford Escort RS 2000
Team
Berkenkamp Racing
Laps
137
1981
1981
Year
1981
Drivers
Helmut Döring Dieter Gartmann Fritz Müller
Car
Ford Capri
Team
Gilden Kölsch [de]
Laps
132
1982
1982
Year
1982
Drivers
Dieter Gartmann Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz
Car
Ford Capri
Team
Eichberg Racing
Laps
138
1983
1983
Year
1983
Drivers
Race not held due to construction work
1984
1984
Year
1984
Drivers
Axel Felder Franz-Josef Bröhling Peter Oberndorfer
Car
BMW 635 CSi
Team
Auto Budde Team
Laps
127
1985
1985
Year
1985
Drivers
Axel Felder Jürgen Hammelmann Robert Walterscheid-Müller
Car
BMW 635 CSi
Team
Auto Budde Team
Laps
128
1986
1986
Year
1986
Drivers
Markus Oestreich Otto Rensing Winfried Vogt
Car
BMW 325i
Team
Auto Budde Team
Laps
130
1987
1987
Year
1987
Drivers
Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz Steve Soper
Car
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Team
Eggenberger Motorsport
Laps
135
Remarks
First win by a turbocharged car.
1988
1988
Year
1988
Drivers
Edgar Dören [de] Gerhard Holup Peter Faubel
Car
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
Team
Dören
Laps
140
Remarks
The privateer '74 Porsche beats modern factory-backed turbocharged Fords.
1989
1989
Year
1989
Drivers
Emanuele Pirro Roberto Ravaglia Fabien Giroix
Car
BMW M3
Team
Team Bigazzi
Laps
143
1990
1990
Year
1990
Drivers
Altfrid Heger Joachim Winkelhock Frank Schmickler [de]
Car
BMW M3 Evo. 2
Team
Linder Motorsport [de]
Laps
144
1991
1991
Year
1991
Drivers
Kris Nissen Joachim Winkelhock Armin Hahne
Car
BMW M3 Evo. 2
Team
Schnitzer Motorsport
Laps
138
1992
1992
Year
1992
Drivers
Johnny Cecotto Christian Danner Jean-Michel Martin Marc Duez
Car
BMW M3 Evo. 2
Team
Team Bigazzi
Laps
76
Remarks
Race stopped for hours due to fog.
1993
1993
Year
1993
Drivers
Frank Katthöfer "Tonico de Azevedo" Franz Konrad Örnulf Wirdheim
Car
Porsche 911 Carrera
Team
Konrad Motorsport
Laps
129
1994
1994
Year
1994
Drivers
Karl-Heinz Wlazik Frank Katthöfer Fred Rosterg
Car
BMW M3
Laps
106
1995
1995
Year
1995
Drivers
Roberto Ravaglia Marc Duez Alexander Burgstaller
Car
BMW 320i
Team
Team Bigazzi
Laps
129
1996
1996
Year
1996
Drivers
Johannes Scheid Sabine Schmitz Hans Widmann
Car
BMW M3 E36
Team
Scheid Motorsport
Laps
135
Remarks
First victory for a female race driver.
1997
1997
Year
1997
Drivers
Johannes Scheid Sabine Schmitz Hans-Jürgen Tiemann Peter Zakowski
Car
BMW M3 E36
Team
Scheid Motorsport
Laps
126
1998
1998
Year
1998
Drivers
Marc Duez Andreas Bovensiepen Christian Menzel Hans-Joachim Stuck
Car
BMW 320d
Team
Schnitzer Motorsport
Laps
137
Remarks
First Diesel victory in a major 24h race. After 28 years, a second win for Stuck, the first winner.
1999
1999
Year
1999
Drivers
Peter Zakowski Hans-Jürgen Tiemann Klaus Ludwig Marc Duez
Car
Chrysler Viper GTS-R
Team
Zakspeed
Laps
143
Remarks
Return of powerful cars, with Viper dominating the season. None of the new water-cooled Porsche 996 GT3 is entered yet.
2000
2000
Year
2000
Drivers
Bernd Mayländer Michael Bartels Uwe Alzen Altfrid Heger
Car
Porsche 911 GT3-R
Team
Porsche Zentrum Koblenz(Phoenix Racing)
Laps
145
Remarks
Factory backed Porsche effort beats a very heavy Viper, and with 145 laps, the old distance record of 1990.
2001
2001
Year
2001
Drivers
Pedro Lamy Peter Zakowski Michael Bartels
Car
Chrysler Viper GTS-R
Team
Zakspeed
Laps
147
2002
2002
Year
2002
Drivers
Peter Zakowski Robert Lechner Pedro Lamy
Car
Chrysler Viper GTS-R
Team
Zakspeed
Laps
141
2003
2003
Year
2003
Drivers
Manuel Reuter Timo Scheider Marcel Tiemann
Car
Opel Astra V8 Coupé
Team
Phoenix RacingOPC Team Phoenix
Laps
143
Remarks
Three factories enter V8 powered race cars: Audi, BMW, Opel. Turbocharged Porsches by Manthey and Alzen.
2004
2004
Year
2004
Drivers
Pedro Lamy Dirk Müller Jörg Müller Hans-Joachim Stuck
Car
BMW M3 GTR
Team
BMW Motorsport(Schnitzer Motorsport)
Laps
143
Remarks
BMW prevails against ABT-Audi in changing weather conditions.
2005
2005
Year
2005
Drivers
Boris Said Duncan Huisman Andy Priaulx Pedro Lamy
Car
BMW M3 GTR
Team
BMW Motorsport(Schnitzer Motorsport)
Laps
139
Remarks
Final race for the M3 GTR V8.
2006
2006
Year
2006
Drivers
Lucas Luhr Timo Bernhard Mike Rockenfeller Marcel Tiemann
Car
Porsche 996 GT3-MR
Team
Manthey Racing
Laps
151
Remarks
Officially a private entry, supported by Porsche with drivers.
2007
2007
Year
2007
Drivers
Romain Dumas Marc Lieb Timo Bernhard Marcel Tiemann
Car
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR
Team
Manthey Racing
Laps
112
Remarks
Race stopped for about 6h due to fog.
2008
2008
Year
2008
Drivers
Marc Lieb Timo Bernhard Marcel Tiemann Romain Dumas
Car
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR
Team
Manthey Racing
Laps
148
Remarks
Winner came from 1 lap down up to nearly two laps ahead for victory.
2009
2009
Year
2009
Drivers
Romain Dumas Marc Lieb Timo Bernhard Marcel Tiemann
Car
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR
Team
Manthey Racing
Laps
155
Remarks
Record 5th victory for Tiemann, 4th in a row for Manthey.
2010
2010
Year
2010
Drivers
Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen Augusto Farfus Pedro Lamy
Car
BMW M3 GT2
Team
BMW Motorsport(Schnitzer Motorsport)
Laps
154
Remarks
Record-tying 5th victory for Lamy.
2011
2011
Year
2011
Drivers
Marc Lieb Timo Bernhard Lucas Luhr Romain Dumas
Car
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR
Team
Manthey Racing
Laps
156
Remarks
Record-tying 5th victory for Bernhard.
2012
2012
Year
2012
Drivers
Marc Basseng Christopher Haase Frank Stippler Markus Winkelhock
Car
Audi R8 LMS ultra
Team
Audi Sport(Team Phoenix)
Laps
155
Remarks
First ever victory for an Audi.
2013
2013
Year
2013
Drivers
Bernd Schneider Jeroen Bleekemolen Sean Edwards Nicki Thiim
Car
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3
Team
Black Falcon
Laps
88
Remarks
Race red flagged for 9 hours due to Rain. First win for a Mercedes-Benz.
2014
2014
Year
2014
Drivers
Christopher Haase Christian Mamerow René Rast Markus Winkelhock
Car
Audi R8 LMS ultra
Team
Phoenix Racing
Laps
159
2015
2015
Year
2015
Drivers
Nico Müller Edward Sandström Laurens Vanthoor Christopher Mies
Car
Audi R8 LMS
Team
Audi Sport Team WRT
Laps
156
Remarks
During the first VLN 4 Hour race on March 28, Jann Mardenborough's Nissan GT-R (classified as SP9 for GT3 cars) sailed over the catchfence at Flugplatz, killing a spectator and injuring nine. During the ongoing investigation, ADAC imposed speed limits in Flugplatz, Schwedenkreuz and Antoniusbuche of 200 km/h (120 mph) and Döttinger Höhe Straight of 250 km/h (155 mph).
2016
2016
Year
2016
Drivers
Maro Engel Bernd Schneider Adam Christodoulou Manuel Metzger
Car
Mercedes-AMG GT3
Team
AMG-Team Black Falcon
Laps
134
Remarks
Special restrictions imposed on the 2015 race were repealed following circuit resurfacing and barrier improvementrs. Race red-flagged early on for 4 hours due to heavy rain, fog, and hail. Maro Engel overtook Christian Hohenadel on the last lap to lead a Mercedes-AMG 1-2-3-4.
2017
2017
Year
2017
Drivers
Connor De Phillippi Christopher Mies Markus Winkelhock Kelvin van der Linde
Car
Audi R8 LMS
Team
Audi Sport Team Land
Laps
158
Remarks
Primarily dry conditions for the race. Kelvin van der Linde became the first South African to win the 24 hours of Nurburgring overall.
2018
2018
Year
2018
Drivers
Nick Tandy Frédéric Makowiecki Patrick Pilet Richard Lietz
Car
Porsche 911 GT3 R
Team
Manthey Racing
Laps
135
Remarks
Race red-flagged on Sunday for 2 hours due to heavy rain and fog.
2019
2019
Year
2019
Drivers
Pierre Kaffer Frank Stippler Dries Vanthoor Frédéric Vervisch
Car
Audi R8 LMS Evo
Team
Audi Sport Team Phoenix
Laps
157
2020
2020
Year
2020
Drivers
Nicky Catsburg Alexander Sims Nick Yelloly
Car
BMW M6 GT3
Team
Rowe Racing
Laps
85
Remarks
Race red-flagged after 7 hours 4 minutes due to heavy rain and fog, then suspended overnight for nearly 10 hours. First BMW victory in a decade. Philipp Eng was an entered driver but did not complete the required 2 laps.
2021
2021
Year
2021
Drivers
Matteo Cairoli Michael Christensen Kévin Estre
Car
Porsche 911 GT3 R
Team
Manthey Racing
Laps
59
Remarks
Less than 10 hours of racing due to heavy rain followed by overnight fog. 7th overall victory for Manthey. Lars Kern was an entered driver but did not complete the required 2 laps.
2022
2022
Year
2022
Drivers
Robin Frijns Kelvin van der Linde Dries Vanthoor Frédéric Vervisch
Car
Audi R8 LMS Evo II
Team
Audi Sport Team Phoenix
Laps
159
Remarks
Sixth win for Audi.
2023
2023
Year
2023
Drivers
Earl Bamber Nicky Catsburg Felipe Fernández Laser David Pittard
Car
Ferrari 296 GT3
Team
Frikadelli Racing Team
Laps
162
Remarks
First ever victory for Ferrari. New distance record.
2024
2024
Year
2024
Drivers
Ricardo Feller Dennis Marschall Christopher Mies Frank Stippler
Car
Audi R8 LMS Evo II
Team
Scherer Sport PHX
Laps
50
Remarks
New shortest distance record due to overnight fog resulting in 14-hour stoppage after 7 hours 23 minutes of racing. Race restarted for 5 formation laps and eventually waved off. 7th overall victory for Phoenix Racing, matching Manthey's record.
2025
2025
Year
2025
Drivers
Augusto Farfus Jesse Krohn Kelvin van der Linde Raffaele Marciello
Car
BMW M4 GT3 Evo
Team
Rowe Racing
Laps
141
Remarks
A record-extending twenty-first win for BMW. Race run under fully dry conditions. Race red-flagged for 2 hours on Saturday due to a power outage that affected the pit area. Race-long leader Manthey lost the win to a 100-second time penalty.
Ranked list
Year
Drivers
Car
Team
Laps
Remarks
1970
Hans-Joachim Stuck Clemens Schickentanz [de]
BMW 2002 TI
Koepchen BMW Tuning
123
1971
Ferfried Prinz von Hohenzollern Gerold Pankl
BMW 2002
Alpina
125
1972
Helmut Kelleners Gerold Pankl
BMW 2800 CS
Alpina
145
1973
Niki Lauda Hans-Peter Joisten
BMW 3.0 CSL
Alpina (3)
95
Race held in two heats of 8h each, with 8h break at midnight.
1974
Race not held due to oil crisis
1975
1976
Fritz Müller Herbert Hechler Karl-Heinz Quirin
Porsche 911 Carrera
134
1977
Fritz Müller Herbert Hechler
Porsche 911 Carrera
140
1978
Fritz Müller Herbert Hechler Franz Geschwendtner
Porsche 911 Carrera
Valvoline Deutschland
142
1979
Herbert Kummle Karl Mauer Winfried Vogt
Ford Escort
Cavallo Matras
140
1980
Dieter Selzer Wolfgang Wolf Matthias Schneider
Ford Escort RS 2000
Berkenkamp Racing
137
1981
Helmut Döring Dieter Gartmann Fritz Müller
Ford Capri
Gilden Kölsch [de]
132
1982
Dieter Gartmann Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz
Ford Capri
Eichberg Racing
138
1983
Race not held due to construction work
1984
Axel Felder Franz-Josef Bröhling Peter Oberndorfer
BMW 635 CSi
Auto Budde Team
127
1985
Axel Felder Jürgen Hammelmann Robert Walterscheid-Müller
BMW 635 CSi
Auto Budde Team
128
1986
Markus Oestreich Otto Rensing Winfried Vogt
BMW 325i
Auto Budde Team
130
1987
Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz Steve Soper
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Eggenberger Motorsport
135
First win by a turbocharged car.
1988
Edgar Dören [de] Gerhard Holup Peter Faubel
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
Dören
140
The privateer '74 Porsche beats modern factory-backed turbocharged Fords.
1989
Emanuele Pirro Roberto Ravaglia Fabien Giroix
BMW M3
Team Bigazzi
143
1990
Altfrid Heger Joachim Winkelhock Frank Schmickler [de]
BMW M3 Evo. 2
Linder Motorsport [de]
144
1991
Kris Nissen Joachim Winkelhock Armin Hahne
BMW M3 Evo. 2
Schnitzer Motorsport
138
1992
Johnny Cecotto Christian Danner Jean-Michel Martin Marc Duez
BMW M3 Evo. 2
Team Bigazzi
76
Race stopped for hours due to fog.
1993
Frank Katthöfer "Tonico de Azevedo" Franz Konrad Örnulf Wirdheim
Porsche 911 Carrera
Konrad Motorsport
129
1994
Karl-Heinz Wlazik Frank Katthöfer Fred Rosterg
BMW M3
106
1995
Roberto Ravaglia Marc Duez Alexander Burgstaller
BMW 320i
Team Bigazzi
129
1996
Johannes Scheid Sabine Schmitz Hans Widmann
BMW M3 E36
Scheid Motorsport
135
First victory for a female race driver.
1997
Johannes Scheid Sabine Schmitz Hans-Jürgen Tiemann Peter Zakowski
BMW M3 E36
Scheid Motorsport
126
1998
Marc Duez Andreas Bovensiepen Christian Menzel Hans-Joachim Stuck
BMW 320d
Schnitzer Motorsport
137
First Diesel victory in a major 24h race. After 28 years, a second win for Stuck, the first winner.
1999
Peter Zakowski Hans-Jürgen Tiemann Klaus Ludwig Marc Duez
Chrysler Viper GTS-R
Zakspeed
143
Return of powerful cars, with Viper dominating the season. None of the new water-cooled Porsche 996 GT3 is entered yet.
2000
Bernd Mayländer Michael Bartels Uwe Alzen Altfrid Heger
Porsche 911 GT3-R
Porsche Zentrum Koblenz(Phoenix Racing)
145
Factory backed Porsche effort beats a very heavy Viper, and with 145 laps, the old distance record of 1990.
2001
Pedro Lamy Peter Zakowski Michael Bartels
Chrysler Viper GTS-R
Zakspeed
147
2002
Peter Zakowski Robert Lechner Pedro Lamy
Chrysler Viper GTS-R
Zakspeed
141
2003
Manuel Reuter Timo Scheider Marcel Tiemann
Opel Astra V8 Coupé
Phoenix RacingOPC Team Phoenix
143
Three factories enter V8 powered race cars: Audi, BMW, Opel. Turbocharged Porsches by Manthey and Alzen.
2004
Pedro Lamy Dirk Müller Jörg Müller Hans-Joachim Stuck
BMW M3 GTR
BMW Motorsport(Schnitzer Motorsport)
143
BMW prevails against ABT-Audi in changing weather conditions.
2005
Boris Said Duncan Huisman Andy Priaulx Pedro Lamy
BMW M3 GTR
BMW Motorsport(Schnitzer Motorsport)
139
Final race for the M3 GTR V8.
2006
Lucas Luhr Timo Bernhard Mike Rockenfeller Marcel Tiemann
Porsche 996 GT3-MR
Manthey Racing
151
Officially a private entry, supported by Porsche with drivers.
2007
Romain Dumas Marc Lieb Timo Bernhard Marcel Tiemann
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR
Manthey Racing
112
Race stopped for about 6h due to fog.
2008
Marc Lieb Timo Bernhard Marcel Tiemann Romain Dumas
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR
Manthey Racing
148
Winner came from 1 lap down up to nearly two laps ahead for victory.
2009
Romain Dumas Marc Lieb Timo Bernhard Marcel Tiemann
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR
Manthey Racing
155
Record 5th victory for Tiemann, 4th in a row for Manthey.
2010
Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen Augusto Farfus Pedro Lamy
BMW M3 GT2
BMW Motorsport(Schnitzer Motorsport)
154
Record-tying 5th victory for Lamy.
2011
Marc Lieb Timo Bernhard Lucas Luhr Romain Dumas
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR
Manthey Racing
156
Record-tying 5th victory for Bernhard.
2012
Marc Basseng Christopher Haase Frank Stippler Markus Winkelhock
Audi R8 LMS ultra
Audi Sport(Team Phoenix)
155
First ever victory for an Audi.
2013
Bernd Schneider Jeroen Bleekemolen Sean Edwards Nicki Thiim
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3
Black Falcon
88
Race red flagged for 9 hours due to Rain. First win for a Mercedes-Benz.
2014
Christopher Haase Christian Mamerow René Rast Markus Winkelhock
Audi R8 LMS ultra
Phoenix Racing
159
2015
Nico Müller Edward Sandström Laurens Vanthoor Christopher Mies
Audi R8 LMS
Audi Sport Team WRT
156
During the first VLN 4 Hour race on March 28, Jann Mardenborough's Nissan GT-R (classified as SP9 for GT3 cars) sailed over the catchfence at Flugplatz, killing a spectator and injuring nine. During the ongoing investigation, ADAC imposed speed limits in Flugplatz, Schwedenkreuz and Antoniusbuche of 200 km/h (120 mph) and Döttinger Höhe Straight of 250 km/h (155 mph).
2016
Maro Engel Bernd Schneider Adam Christodoulou Manuel Metzger
Mercedes-AMG GT3
AMG-Team Black Falcon
134
Special restrictions imposed on the 2015 race were repealed following circuit resurfacing and barrier improvementrs. Race red-flagged early on for 4 hours due to heavy rain, fog, and hail. Maro Engel overtook Christian Hohenadel on the last lap to lead a Mercedes-AMG 1-2-3-4.
2017
Connor De Phillippi Christopher Mies Markus Winkelhock Kelvin van der Linde
Audi R8 LMS
Audi Sport Team Land
158
Primarily dry conditions for the race. Kelvin van der Linde became the first South African to win the 24 hours of Nurburgring overall.
2018
Nick Tandy Frédéric Makowiecki Patrick Pilet Richard Lietz
Porsche 911 GT3 R
Manthey Racing
135
Race red-flagged on Sunday for 2 hours due to heavy rain and fog.
