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Mirko Bortolotti criticizes teammate
Abt driver Mirko Bortolotti holds his teammate in the sister car Marco Mapelli and his false start in the race partly responsible for the subsequent collision and tire damage. “My teammate made a massive false start, which put me in a really bad position in turn 1. And then disaster struck.”
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Maxime Martin: A dream comes true
Maxime Martin was often a contender for victory at the 24h race, but so far it never worked out. All the more relief for him. “This was my 15th time here at the Nürburgring. I have been second three times before, now I finally made it. A dream has come true for me. My father won here, and now I have too. Fantastic.”
Walkenhorst is surprised by the podium
Despite narrowly missing second place, Nicki Thiim is satisfied. “I am completely surprised. It’s a pity it wasn’t second place because of the Code 60 shortly before the finish. But that’s racing. What a show. This race was a lot of fun.”
Bortolotti celebrates his team after comeback
“Today is a big day for Abt, everyone worked so hard for it,” says second-placed Mirko Bortolotti. “This is a day you always remember. It wasn’t the win, but an incredible result when you see where we were after the first lap,” he recalls the comeback after the early tire damage.
Maro Engel: I didn’t need the weather
Maro Engel’s first reaction: “That was not the weather I wished for in the last half hour, but that’s the Nürburgring. Many thanks to the team that perfectly prepared the car again after my mistake. I also feel sorry for the sister car. I think both cars were very fast. After ten years, we are back on top. We worked so long and it just didn’t work out. I am also happy for Christian Hohenadel and to win this victory together with him as team principal.”
And now the celebration begins
Photo gallery: All winners of the 24h Nürburgring
An overview of all winners of the 24h Nürburgring since 1970 is provided by our photo gallery
Photo gallery: All winners of the 24 Hours Nürburgring
For the second time: Like father, like son
With the victory, Maxime Martin continues a piece of family history, as his father Jean-Michel Martin won the 24h race in 1992. So far, there has only been one father-son duo who have won the 24h race: Hans-Jürgen and Marcel Tiemann.
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The other placements
Fourth place goes to the Rowe-BMW #99 (Harper/Hesse/S. van der Linde/D. Vanthoor), fifth place sensationally to the Touring-BMW #81 (Klingmann/de Phillippi/Verhagen/de Wilde), which also wins the SP-X class. The top 10 are completed by the Lionspeed-Porsche #24 (Heinrich/L. Vanthoor/Feller), the HRT-Ford #67 (Olsen/Mies/Vervisch/Stippler), the Dinamic-Porsche #54 (Sturm/Christensen/Buus/Hartog), the Schubert-BMW #77 (Weerts/Wittmann/Eng/Frijns) and the Black-Falcon-Porsche #48 (Arrow/Assenheimer/T. Müller/Pereira), which also wins the Pro-Am classification of SP9.
Abt saves second place after all!
Unbelievable! The Abt-Lamborghini #84 (Engstler/Bortolotti/Niederhauser) saves second place to the finish! The Walkenhorst-Aston-Martin #34 (Krognes/Thiim/Drudi/Fernandez Laser) loses too much time in the seventh sector and then cannot catch up due to a Code-60 phase at Döttinger Höhe. But the team is also satisfied with third place.
Mercedes-AMG ends the dry spell
Victory for Maro Engel, Luca Stolz, Fabian Schiller and Maxime Martin who win the 24h Nürburgring for Mercedes-AMG for the first time since 2016!
Walkenhorst will take second place
The gap of the #34 to the #84 settles at just over 1:10 minutes. That should be enough for Walkenhorst for second place.
Last lap for the leader
Maro Engel has started the 156th and final race lap with the Winward-Mercedes #80.
Bortolotti fights for second place
The duel between the #84 and the #34 for second place is very exciting. At the last finish line passage, the Abt-Lamborghini had a 1:25 minute lead. Considering the 1:26 minute time penalty, he would have to concede narrowly to the Walkenhorst-Aston-Martin.
The fight is also taking place with different weapons. The #84 is running on slicks, the #34 on cut slicks, which is an advantage on the wet parts of the track. It is still open who will stand on which step of the podium.
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