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Everything You Need For Watching the 2018 24 Hours of Nürburgring

I’m getting ready to get on a plane and head over to The Nürburgring for the ADAC/Zurich 24 Hours of Nürburgring. Here’s some information for those that want to play along at home. I call it Everything You Need For Watching the 2018 24 Hours of Nürburgring!

International Livestream
First you have to get the feed from the race. Luckily there has been excellent English language commentary from Radio LeMans on the international stream. I’ve not seen links posted yet, but they typically use YouTube, so searching on “2018 Nürburgring 24” will likely get you the feed your looking for. Links may go up later in the week on The Nürburgring official site and the ADAC/Zurich 24 Hour Race official site (Note that the German site is more frequently updated, so I linked to that but you can click on the flag icon in the upper right corner of the site to switch to English).

Race Start
The race starts Saturday, May 12 at 3:30PM Central European Time which is 6 hours ahead of Eastern Time in the US, so it starts at 9:30AM here on the East Coast. As the name of the race suggests, it will run for 24 hours until 3:30PM Central European Time on Sunday, May 13.Weather
It’s always a factor at The Nürburgring. Remember the hail that halted the race a few years ago when cars couldn’t climb one of the inclines? Weather Underground has decent forecasts for the area if you want to track that.

Who’s Racing
The list of entrants can be found on the ADAC/Zurich 24 Hour Race site and is also available there as a PDF.

Who To Root For
It’s a long list of cars and drivers, eh? If you don’t already have a favorite team or driver, picking a couple to root for makes the race that much more interesting. Here are a few ways to dissect that list of entrants that you may want to consider:

  • Team Country: The vast majority of the teams are German, but there are a few other countries represented if you want to wave your national flag
    • USA
      • Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, car number 705, SCG003c
    • UK
      • Manheller Racing/Milltek Sport, car number 114, Toyota GT86
      • Aston Martin Racing, car number 007, Aston Martin Vantage GT3
    • France
      • Team Altran Peugeot, car number 177, Peugeot 308 Racing Cup
    • Belgium
      • Mühlner Motorsport, car numbers 302 & 303, Porsche Cayman GT4 CS
    • Switzerland
      • Hofor Racing, car number 78, BMW M3 GTR
      • Hofor Racing, car number 79, BMW M3 CSL
      • Hofor Racing, car number 147, BMW E36 M3
    • Japan
      • Toyota Gazoo Racing, car number 56, Lexus LC
      • Subaru Tecnica International, car number 90, Subaru WRX STI
    • Thailand
      • Toyota Gazoo Racing Thailand, car numbers 122 & 123, Toyota Corolla Altis
  • Manufacturer Teams: Most of the German auto manufacturers have factory teams as do a few others
    • Audi
      • Audi Sport Team Land, car number 1, Audi R8 LMS
      • Audi Sport Team Phoenix, car number 3, Audi R8 LMS GT3
      • Audi Sport Team WRT, car number 8, Audi R8 LMS
      • Audi Sport Team BWT, car number 24, Audi R8 LMS
    • Mercedes-AMG
      • Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon, car numbers 4 & 5, Mercedes-AMG GT3
      • Mercedes-AMG Team Mann Filter, car numbers 47 & 48, Mercedes-AMG GT3
    • Aston Martin Racing
      • Aston Martin Racing, car number 007, Aston Martin Vantage GT3
    • Toyota Gazoo Racing
      • Toyota Gazoo Racing, car number 56, Lexus LC
      • Toyota Gazoo Racing Thailand, car numbers 122 & 123, Toyota Corolla Altis
    • Subaru
      • Subaru Tecnica International, car number 90, Subaru WRX STI
    • Hyundai
      • Hyundai Motorsport N, car numbers 830 & 831, Hyundai i30N TCR
  • Cool Cars: Looking for something different than most of the cars on the grid?
    • Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, car number 705, SCG003c
    • Konrad Motorsport, car number 10, Lamborghini Huracan GT3
    • Skate-Aid, car number 13, Dodge Viper CC
    • Wochenspiegel Team Monschau, car number 22, Ferrari 488 GT3
    • GTronix 360 Team, car number 35, Renault RS01
    • Dörr Motorsport, car numbers 63 & 69, Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo Evo
    • Stephan Wölflick, car number 77, Ford Mustang GT WR
    • Ralph Caba, car number 109 Ford Mustang GT
    • Kissling Motorsport, car number 122, Opel Manta
      • The all-time fan favorite!
    • Naomi Schiff, car number 201, KTM X-Bow GT4
    • Isert Motorsport, car numbers 202 & 203, KTM X-Bow GT4
  • Local Heros: Names know by Nürburgring fans
    • Dale Lomas, Manheller Racing/Milltek Sport, car number 114, Toyota GT86
    • Sabine Schmitz, Frikadelli Racing Team, car numbers 30 & 31, Porsche 911 GT3R
      • Note that Sabine isn’t driving this year, but this is her team

Second Screen
Downloading the 2018 version of the GPSauge Racing App allows you to track live timing on your iPhone or iPad.

There you go! Hopefully that gives you all you need to enjoy the 2018 24 Hours of Nürburgring. I’ve got a plane to catch!

If you need something to tide you over until Saturday, check out some of our other related Nürburgring endurance racing content:

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