BLACK FALCON and W&S Motorsport Triumph in Nürburgring 24H Showcase

BLACK FALCON Team ZIMMERMANN and W&S Motorsport with class victories at the 24-hour race

Although the ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring does not count as a championship race for the Porsche Endurance Trophy Nürburgring (PETN), a total of 28 cars from the one-make series competed in Cup 2 and Cup 3 at the endurance classic in the Eifel under identical technical regulations, making this the largest field of entrants to date in both classes.

Following an early crash in the first qualifying session on Thursday afternoon, the BLACK FALCON Team ZIMMERMANN car number 900 had to switch to a replacement car and set it up at short notice. Due to the time taken for repairs and the worse track conditions in the subsequent qualifying sessions, the quartet of Alexander Hardt, Benjamin Hites, Benjamin Koslowski and Paul Meijer could only qualify in ninth place in Cup 2 class and 96th overall. At the start, this meant a gap of over 40 cars to the Cup 2 pole-sitter. However, after a rapid recovery early in the race, the quartet ultimately finished in 18th place overall. Victory in the AM classification went to RPM Racing (#777) with Philip Hamprecht, Patrick Huisman, Tracy Krohn and Nic Jönsson, who also secured third place on the podium in Cup 2 class.

Having already won the Cup 3 class last year, W&S Motorsport (#962) set the stage for another victory in the 24-hour race by securing pole position in the class. After a hard-fought 142 laps, car number 962, driven by Philip Miemois, Moritz Oberheim, Lorenz Stegmann and Niclas Wiedmann, finally crossed the finish line first. W&S Motorsport also achieved success in the AM classification. Axel Duffner, Oliver Kunz, Christoph Krombach and Leo-Livius Arne Weber took the win, finishing just 2:46.229 minutes ahead of the second placed 718 Cayman GT4 CS.

The next championship round of the PETN will take place on 20 June.