Audi has won the Nürburgring 24 Hours exactly one week following the brands 13th success in the Le Mans 24 Hours. Phoenix Racing with the Audi R8 LMS ultra celebrated a hard-fought victory in its home round in the Eifel. Ernst Mosers squad had previously taken the honors in the race through the Green Hell with Audis GT3 sports car in 2012. With 159 laps the R8 LMS ultra set a new distance record this year. For the first time ever, a Nürburgring winner covered more than 4,000 kilometers the successful Audi squad completing exactly 4,035.102 kilometers.
Nürburgring 24 Hours Race Results
1 Haase/Mamerow/Rast/Winkelhock (Audi R8 LMS ultra), 159 laps
2 Bleekemolen/Simonsen/Menzel/Arnold (Mercedes), + 2m 59s
3 Zehe/Hohenadel/Bastian/Engel (Mercedes) 2 laps
4 Henzler/Dumbreck/Ragginger/Imperatori (Porsche) 2 laps
5 Mücke/Turner/Lamy (Aston Martin) 2 laps
6 Klingmann/Baumann/Hürtgen/Tomczyk (BMW) 2 laps
7 Primat/Götz/Heyer/Rehfeld (Mercedes) 3 laps
8 Stuck/Sandritter/Brück/Rostek (BMW) 5 laps
9 Baumgartner/Werner/Biela/Kaffer (Audi R8 LMS ultra) 6 laps
10 Busch/Busch/Lauck/Landmann (Audi R8 LMS ultra) 7 laps
23 Frey/Frankenhout/Bastien/Bollrath (Audi R8 LMS ultra) 15 laps
34 Mies/Jöns/Kentenich/Schwager (Audi R8 LMS ultra) 21 laps
