Winners and Losers From 2026 Nurburgring 24 Hours

Winners and losers from 2026 Nurburgring 24 Hours

The 2026 Nurburgring 24 Hours will long be remembered as the year Max Verstappen made his debut and raised the profile of the race to new heights. But there were so many stories of success and disaster beyond his race, as we show in our winners and losers from the top class at the Nurburgring 24 Hours. Winner: Win-drought-ending Mercedes While others lost their heads in the chaos of the rain showers, the Winward Racing team, which runs two Merce…

BMW Hails ‘Better Than Ever Expected’ Result for M3 Touring

Photo: Gruppe C Photography/BMW BMW M Motorsport director Andreas Roos has hailed the top-five overall finish for the BMW M3 Touring 24H in the Nürburgring 24 as a ‘better than expected’ result for the one-off race car that started as an April Fools joke less than 14 months ago. Jens Klingmann, Connor De Phillippi, Neil Verhagen and Ugo de Wilde drove the GT3-based estate/wagon to a fifth place result and class victory in the SP-X class, after r…

“The Goal Quickly Changed” As M3 Touring 24H Challenged For Podium At N24

On a disappointing day for its GT3 programme, which failed to defend its overall victory from 2025, the BMW M3 Touring 24H gave the Bavarian marque cause to celebrate at this year’s Nürburgring 24 Hours. Connor De Phillippi, Jens Klingmann, Neil Verhagen and Ugo de Wilde put together a near-flawless race on their way to fifth overall, with the Schubert Motorsport-run, SP-X-class machine proving more than capable of going toe-to-toe against its m…