Robert Seiwert
Head of Motorsport
Robert was already writing for sports media before his time at MSM. He has been reporting on DTM, Daytona, Le Mans and other events directly from the racetrack since 2011.MORE
The reason for the temporary cancellation, which was announced at 11:22 p.m.: Heavy fog on the race track meant that the race could no longer be carried out safely. “The weather does not allow us to continue,” explained Hornung. “Some marshals can no longer see each other. Safety is not guaranteed at the moment. That’s why I had no choice but to stop the race.”
24h Nürburgring: Re-start on Sunday morning at the earliest
It was not immediately clear when the race could be continued. Race officials said that the Re-start at 07:00 on Sunday morning at the earliest Overall, it was the ninth abandonment in the history of the 24-hour race.
All racing cars returned to the pit lane at a maximum speed of 80 km/h. Since no Parc Ferme was announced, the teams were allowed to repair the partially damaged vehicles and also change the tires.
Scherer-Audi leads when 24-hour race is interrupted
At the time of the cancellation, the #16 Scherer-Audi (Stippler/Mies/Feller/Marschall) was leading ahead of the pole setter, the #72 RMG-BMW (Harper/Hesse/Weerts). The Nürburgring record winners of Manthey took third place with the #911 Grello Porsche (L. Vanthoor/Preining/Estre/Güven).
The #99 Rowe-BMW (Frijns/S. van der Linde/D. Vanthoor/Farfus) was already out of the circle of contenders for victory after an accident that was not his fault and was caused by Sheldon van der Linde. The former DTM champion collided with a slower Porsche Cayman while in the lead. The two GetSpeed-Mercedes also had to retire early after collisions. The #34 Walkenhorst-Aston-Martin (Krognes/Giermaziak/Pittard/Thiim) had already left the leading group early after suffering a puncture.
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