2012 24 Hours of Nürburgring


The 2012 ADAC Zurich 24 Hours of Nürburgring was the 40th running of the 24 Hours of Nürburgring. It took place over May 19–20, 2012.

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For 2012: The race was limited to a maximum of 190 cars/entries, which started in 3 groups of up to 70 cars. Each entry must have between 2 drivers and 4 drivers. Drivers may drive more than one car. All drivers were permitted to drive 3 hours per stint with all refuelling and pit stops included. All drivers were required to take a MINIMUM REST TIME of 2 hours.
New in 2012: There was an exciting new "Top-40" qualifying format for the 40 fastest cars on the starting grid, which tooke place, Friday, after the first 2 qualifying sessions: "the 40 fastest teams will battle it out on Friday afternoon for the positions at the front end of starting group 1".
As in previous years, the Top 40 Qualifying cars eligible to start, must have flashing lights installed behind the windscreen on the passenger’s side.

Classes for 2012

In 2012, there were 28 classes split into 4 divisions.

Race results

Class winners in bold.
PosClassNoTeamDriversVehicleLaps
1SP93 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Frank Stippler
Christopher Haase
Marc Basseng
Markus Winkelhock
Audi R8 LMS Ultra155
2SP926 Mamerow Racing Christian Mamerow
Michael Ammermüller
Christian Abt
Armin Hahne
Audi R8 LMS Ultra155
3SP966 Hankook Team Heico Andreas Simonsen
Pierre Kaffer
Christiaan Frankenhout
Lance David Arnold
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3155
4SP929 Marc VDS Racing Team Maxime Martin
Bas Leinders
Markus Palttala
BMW Z4 GT3154
5SP92 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Rene Rast
Frank Stippler
Marcel Fässler
Christopher Mies
Audi R8 LMS Ultra151
6SP928 Sabine Schmitz
Patrick Huisman
Klaus Abbelen
Christopher Brück
Porsche 997 GT3-R151
7SP919 BMW Team Schubert Jörg Müller
Dirk Müller
Uwe Alzen
Dirk Adorf
BMW Z4 GT3150
8SP920 BMW Team Schubert Dirk Adorf
Dominik Schwager
Claudia Hürtgen
Nico Bastian
BMW Z4 GT3150
9SP918 BMW Team Vita4One Marco Wittmann
Pedro Lamy
Richard Göransson
Jens Klingmann
BMW Z4 GT3150
10SP921 Rowe Racing Michael Zehe
Mark Bullitt
Roland Rehfeld
Marco Hartung
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3150
11SP929 Timbuli Racing Marc Hennerici
Norbert Siedler
Marco Seefried
Dennis Busch
Porsche 997 GT3-R149
12E1-XP1 Global Partner Enterprise SA Nicola Larini
Fabrizio Giovanardi
Manuel Lauck
Ferrari P 4/5 Competizione147
13SP7150 Kremer Racing Wolfgang Kauffmann
Alfrid Heger
Dieter Schornstein
Michael Küke
Porsche 911 GT3 KR147
14SP916 Black Falcon Hannes Plesse
Andril Lebed
Christian Bracke
Reinhold Renger
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3147
15SP883 Gazoo Racing Takayuki Kinoshita
Akira Iida
Juichi Wakisaka
Lexus LFA147