Manthey Ema maintains his leadership at the 24 Hours of the Nürburgring after eight hours of racing and while the night is now well installed in Germany.
Thomas Preining took over from Ayhançan Güven and continues the march forward for the moment almost without addicts of the Porsche 911 GT3 R n ° 911 “Grello”, despite a tire management that is not very obvious according to Güven.
Rowe Racing remains the closest pursuing of Manthey Ema with the BMW M4 GT3 EVO N ° 98 by Raffaele Marciello, pointed at midnight at just over 50 “.
Follow the two Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO n ° 14 and n ° 17-Mercedes-AMG Team Getspeed by Fabian Schiller and Lucas Auer. Note that the Ferrari 296 GT3 n ° 45 – Kondo Racing with Rinaldi, offbeat in strategy, has just stopped while remaining in ambush in the fight for victory.
On the other hand, the nightmare weekend of Scherer Sport Phx, winner in 2024, ended in the exit from Luca Ludwig, who lost control of the Audi R8 LMS GT3 n ° 1 following an electric concern according to the main team. If Ludwig was able to bring the car back after contact with the barriers, the team did not take the risk of relaunching the R8.
Another recent abandonment, that of the Ford Mustang GT3 n ° 64 – HRT, after the accident of Frank Stipper.