2014 N24h Australia/NZ update: Hour 22

2014 Nurburgring 24 hour race

As the 2014 Nürburgring 24 Hour race enters its final two hours we still have 8 out of the 10 cars competing who started with Australian or New Zealand drivers.

At the head of the field the #4 Audi R8 LMS ultra is looking confortable with a lead of over 2 minutes 40 seconds from the defending title holders in #1 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3. Further back one lap down is the #20 BMW Z4 GT3.

Car #65 – Porsche 997 // Class SP7
46th outright // 11th in class // 123 laps
Bravetti, Nicola (SUI), Negroni, Sergio (ITA), Michaelian, Jim (USA),
Thomson, Rob (AUS)

Car #83 – Porsche Cayman // Class SP6
48th outright // 2nd in class // 123 laps
Hamprecht, Fabian (GER), Viebahn, Jörg (GER), Bauer, Klaus (SUI),
Gartner, Richard (AUS)

Car #55 – Aston Martin V12 Vantage // Class SP8
50th outright // 2nd in class // 123 laps
Allgäuer, Egon (SUI), Mahy, Marcus (GBR), Cate, Peter (GBR),
Talbot, Liam (AUS)

Car #64 – Porsche 997 Cup // Class SP7
56th outright // 13th in class // 122 laps
Thiel, Kurt (SUI), Paletto, Dario (ITA), Feccio, Roberto (ITA),
Stubber, Paul (AUS)

Car #54 – Porsche 997 Cup // Class SP7
63rd outright // 14th in class // 119 laps
Hauschild, Kim (GER), Svepes, Dieter (AUT),
Shaw, Ric (AUS), Borness, Stephen (AUS)

Car #70 – Aston Martin Vantage V8 // Class SP8
84th outright // 3rd in class // 113 laps
Dr. Bez, Ulrich (GER), Schuhbauer, Wolfgang (GER),
Rose, Mal (AUS), Leemhuis, Peter (AUS)

Car #183 – BMW E36 M3 // Class V5
100th outright // 3rd in class // 109 laps
Borum, Niels (GER),
Eden, Michael (NZL), O’Reilly, Maurice (NZL)

Car #187 – BMW 325i // Class V4
102nd outright // 5th in class // 108 laps
Meyer, Jürgen (GER), Seya, Ryu (JAP), Shimojima, Yosuke (JAP),
Stewart, Guy (NZL)

Car #41 – Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S // Class SP7
143rd outright // 18th in class // 48 laps
Schelp, Marco (GER), Kräling, Frank (GER), Gindorf, Marc (MON),
Scharmach, Peter (NZL)

Car #74 – Porsche 991 // Class SP7
144th outright // 21st in class // 47 laps
Rice, Vic (USA), Lewis, Shane (USA), Veremenko, Alexey (RUS),
Chapel, Angus (AUS)