With a stacked, competitive list making their way to the 2026 edition of Nürburgring 24 Hours, the German enduro will deliver a string of qualifying sessions. Here's a guide to their revamped format.

The 24h Qualifiers are the fourth and fifth rounds of the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS), the first double header of the year. This time the 24h layout will be used, so the AMG Arena will be skipped and cars will take a hard left immediately turn one, then complete the remainder of the Grand Prix circuit rather than use the usual Sprintstrecke version.

Verstappen will return to the Nürburgring on 21st March for NLS 2

Top Qualifying for the Nürburgring 24h has been delayed after the Laurens Vanthoor has had a big crash at Aremburg on the Nordschleife.

Media obligations done, the competitors got down to business for Thursday running, as the first competitive action took place. The No.1 Scherer Sport PHX Audi R8 LMS, which won the race last year, topped both qualifying sessions, with a fastest lap time of 8:10.580.

A wet start and a drying track caused a hectic preparation race ahead of the Nürburgring 24h, but Laurens Vanthoor and Patric Niederhauser emerged on top for the second consecutive day after a perfect drive from the duo in the No.16 Porsche.

In traditional Nürburgring fashion, drivers were challenged with extreme conditions, as the rain poured onto the 25.378km race track. A brilliant opening stint by Laurens Vanthoor gave his No.16 Porsche a huge lead, which it would not sacrifice before the chequered flag fell, continuing Porsche's domination of the Nürburgring this season.

This week on Endurance Weekly, the DIVEBOMB endurance team look ahead to the latest round of the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS) championship, take a look back at the GT World Challenge Europe (GTWC EU) Sprint weekend at Zandvoort and report on all of the breaking news stories you may have missed.

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