The final dress rehearsal before the ADAC Ravenol 24h Nürburgring is underway. The 2025 ADAC 24h Nürburgring Qualifiers, held this weekend over two four-hour races, not only serve as vital preparation for the season’s headline event in June but also count as rounds of the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS) with full championship points on offer.

Grello returns, Falken leads Porsche charge

Leading the charge is the #911 Manthey EMA Porsche 911 GT3 R, shared by Nürburgring specialists Kévin Estre and Patrick Pilet. ‘Grello’ returns after a reshuffle in the line-up, replacing Ayhancan Güven and Thomas Preining — winners of NLS3 — who are away on DTM duty. The #33 Falken Motorsports Porsche, with Julien Andlauer and Alessio Picariello, and the sister #44 entry for Dorian Boccolacci, Dennis Marschall, and Nico Menzel complete a powerful Porsche contingent. Falken heads into the weekend with both NLS1 and 2 wins and pole positions to its name this season.

Scherer Sport PHX and AMG head up the GT3 fight

Defending 24h winners Scherer Sport PHX return with a two-car effort: the #16 Porsche 911 GT3 R for Patric Niederhauser and Laurens Vanthoor, and the #1 Audi R8 LMS GT3 evo II with experienced hands Christopher Haase, Luca Ludwig, and Markus Winkelhock. The team joins a field of 19 SP9/GT3 entries that includes title contenders from #14 Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed with Maxime Martin, Fabian Schiller, and Luca Stolz, and the #17 sister car of Ralf Aron, Adam Christodoulou, and Mikaël Grenier.

Aston Martin is represented by a trio of Walkenhorst Motorsport Vantage AMR GT3s, while PROsport Racing fields another strong Vantage for Steven Palette, Marek Böckmann, and Nico Bastian. Other names to watch are the with Marco Mapelli, Daniel Juncadella, Franck Perera and Christian Engelhart star-studded #27 Red Bull Team Abt Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 and #45 Realize Kondo Racing with Rinaldi Ferrari 296 GT3, with David Perel, Felipe Fernández Laser, Axcil Jefferies, and Thomas Neubauer.

In total 109 cars from a wide variety of classes will take to the Green Hell this weekend.

109 entries, two races, one Green Hell

The weekend’s programme offers a full schedule of action, including two qualifying sessions, a Top Qualifying shootout on Sunday morning, and double-header races across Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon. Both races span four hours and take place on the full Nürburgring layout, combining Grand Prix circuit and Nordschleife.

For the full entry list, click here.