6 Hours of Nürburgring

6 Hours of Nürburgring
FIA World Endurance Championship

Venue	Nürburgring
First race	1953
First FIA WEC race	2015
Duration	6 Hours
Previous names	ADAC 1000 km Nürburgring iRacing.com 1000 km Nürburgring
Most wins (driver)	Stirling Moss (4)
Most wins (team)	SpA Ferrari (7)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Porsche (12)

The 6 Hours of Nürburgring (formerly the Nürburgring 1000 km) is an endurance race for sports cars held on the Nürburgring in Germany and organized by the ADAC since 1953.

History

On the traditional 22.810 km long Nordschleife ("Northern Loop") version, the competition took usually 44 laps (1003.64 km, since 1967 1004.74 km) and lasted about eight hours, later less than six hours. While the 1974 event was shortened in the wake of the oil crisis, the 1976 race was extended by 3 laps and covered 1073.245 km.

The first event that counted towards the World Sportscar Championship was won by Alberto Ascari and Giuseppe Farina in a Ferrari. Due to disappointing attendance, the race was not held in the following two years. It became quite popular in the 1960s and 1970s though, and even more so after Formula One decided not to race at the Nürburgring after 1976 on safety grounds.

The last race on the Northern Loop in 1983 was won by Jochen Mass and Jacky Ickx in their Rothmans Porsche 956. In that year, due to the ongoing construction work, the track had been shorted to 20.832 km and provisional pits were used. This event saw the fastest ever timed lap of the Nordschleife when German driver Stefan Bellof lapped his Rothmans Porsche in 6:11.13 during practice, and an average of over 200 kph. Bellof also set the race lap record during that race lapping in 6:25.91.

Since 1984, the 1000 km races were run on the new, much shorter Grand-Prix-Strecke, while the 24 Hours Nürburgring stayed on the legendary long track. In 1991, the 1000 km races were first shortened to 480 km, then discontinued overall due to the demise of the World Sportscar Championship.

In 2000, the 1000 km were resumed, with new competitive cars of BMW and Audi. The race was held as a part of the European Le Mans Series (ELMS), the European version of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS). In a wet race, the unusual front-engined Panoz of Jan Magnussen and David Brabham won, ahead of a BMW V12 LMR, an Audi R8 and the second Panoz.

On September 4, 2005, the 1000 km was held as a part of the Le Mans Endurance Series (LMES).

The 500 km Nürburgring was also similar event for smaller sportscars during the 1960s and 1970s.

VLN also runs a six-hour endurance race, while covering only 4h in other heats. In 2010, for the first time a distance of more than 1000 km was covered by the winning Porsche 911 GT3.^[1]

Current record of most wins belongs to Stirling Moss who won the race in 1956, 1958, 1959 and 1960.

In 2010, the winning Porsche 911 GT3 R of the 6h ADAC Ruhr-Pokal-Rennen race was the first^[2] to cover more than 1000 km in a 6-hour VLN endurance race for GT3 and touring cars, lapping the 24,369 km long modern version of the Nordschleife 42 times for 1023.498 km in a time of 6:06:56.091. The 2012 winner, a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3, covered the same distance in a time of only 6:01:29.541,^[3] at an average of 169.879 kph.

As a part of the Oldtimer Festival in 2010 the tradition and name of the renowned ADAC 1000 km of Nürburgring will be continued by the motor sport club DAMC 05. In contrast to former years, the race is organised for older cars and therefore the term “classic” was added to the name.^[4]^[5]

The 2013 race was the first under the Blancpain Endurance Series banner of the Stephane Ratel Organisation.

Winners

Nürburgring Nordschleife, used from 1953–1982

Year	Drivers	Team	Car	Time	Championship
1000 km distance, 22.8 km circuit
1953	Alberto Ascari Giuseppe Farina	Automobili Ferrari	Ferrari 375MM Spyder	8:20:44.000	World Sportscar Championship
1954	No Race
1955	No Race
1956	Piero Taruffi Harry Schell Jean Behra Stirling Moss	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 300S	7:43:54.400	World Sportscar Championship German Sportscar Championship
1957	Tony Brooks Noël Cunningham-Reid	David Brown	Aston Martin DBR1/300	7:33:38.200	World Sportscar Championship
1958	Stirling Moss Jack Brabham	David Brown	Aston Martin DBR1/300	7:23:33.000	World Sportscar Championship
1959	Stirling Moss Jack Fairman	David Brown	Aston Martin DBR1/300	7:33:18.000	World Sportscar Championship
1960	Stirling Moss Dan Gurney	Camoradi USA	Maserati Tipo 61	7:31:40.500	World Sportscar Championship
1961	Lloyd Casner Masten Gregory	Camoradi USA	Maserati Tipo 61	7:51:39.200	World Sportscar Championship
1962	Phil Hill Olivier Gendebien	SpA Ferrari SEFAC	Ferrari Dino 246SP	7:33:27.700	International Championship for GT Manufacturers
1963	John Surtees Willy Mairesse	SpA Ferrari SEFAC	Ferrari 250P	7:32:18.000	International Championship for GT Manufacturers
1964	Ludovico Scarfiotti Nino Vaccarella	SpA Ferrari SEFAC	Ferrari 275P	7:08:27.000	International Championship for GT Manufacturers
1965	John Surtees Ludovico Scarfiotti	SpA Ferrari SEFAC	Ferrari 330P2	6:53:05.400	International Championship for GT Manufacturers
1966	Phil Hill Jo Bonnier	Chaparral Cars Inc.	Chaparral 2D-Chevrolet	6:58:47.600	International Championship for Sports-Prototypes International Championship for Sports Cars
1967	Joe Buzzetta Udo Schütz	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche 910	6:54:12.900	International Championship for Sports-Prototypes International Championship for Sports Cars
1968	Vic Elford Jo Siffert	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche 908	6:34:06.300	International Championship for Makes
1969	Jo Siffert Brian Redman	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche 908/02	6:11:02.300	International Championship for Makes
1970	Vic Elford Kurt Ahrens, Jr.	Porsche Salzburg	Porsche 908/03	6:05:21.200	International Championship for Makes
1971	Vic Elford Gérard Larrousse	Martini Racing	Porsche 908/03	5:51:49.300	International Championship for Makes
1972	Ronnie Peterson Tim Schenken	SpA Ferrari SEFAC	Ferrari 312PB	6:01:40.200	World Championship for Makes Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft
1973	Jacky Ickx Brian Redman	SpA Ferrari SEFAC	Ferrari 312PB	5:36:53.400	World Championship for Makes Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft
1974	Jean-Pierre Jarier Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Equipe Gitanes	Matra-Simca MS670C	4:07:24.100¹	World Championship for Makes Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft
1975	Arturo Merzario Jacques Laffite	Willi Kauhsen Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 33TT12	5:41:14.100	World Championship for Makes Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft
1976	Albrecht Krebs Dieter Quester	Schnitzer Motorsport	BMW 3.5 CSL	6:38:20.600	World Championship for Makes
1977	Rolf Stommelen Tim Schenken Toine Hezemans	Gelo Racing	Porsche 935	5:58:30.500	World Championship for Makes
1978	Klaus Ludwig Hans Heyer Toine Hezemans	Gelo Racing	Porsche 935/77	5:55:46.600	World Championship for Makes
1979	Manfred Schurti Bob Wollek John Fitzpatrick	Gelo Racing	Porsche 935/77	5:57:35.100	World Championship for Makes
1980	Rolf Stommelen Jürgen Barth	Joest Racing	Porsche 908/4 Turbo	5:52:15.100	World Championship for Makes
1981	Hans-Joachim Stuck Nelson Piquet	GS Tuning	BMW M1 Gr.5	2:16:50.860²	World Endurance Championship
1982	Michele Alboreto Teo Fabi Riccardo Patrese	Martini Racing	Lancia LC1 Spyder	5:54:10.830	World Endurance Championship
1000 km distance, 20.8 km circuit
1983	Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx	Porsche Racing International	Porsche 956	5:26:34.630	World Endurance Championship
1000 km distance, 4.5 km circuit
1984	Stefan Bellof Derek Bell	Rothmans Porsche	Porsche 956	6:00:43.590	World Endurance Championship Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft
1985	No Race
1986	Henri Pescarolo Mike Thackwell	Kouros Racing Team	Sauber C8-Mercedes	3:42:30.020³	World Endurance Championship
1987	Eddie Cheever Raul Boesel	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jaguar XJR-8	5:55:53.120	World Sports Prototype Championship
1988	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jochen Mass	Team Sauber Mercedes	Sauber C9-Mercedes	5:53:00.600	World Sports Prototype Championship
480 km distance, 4.5 km circuit
1989	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jochen Mass	Team Sauber Mercedes	Sauber C9-Mercedes	2:47:14.599	World Sports Prototype Championship
1990	Jean-Louis Schlesser Mauro Baldi	Team Sauber Mercedes	Mercedes-Benz C11	2:39:15.913	World Sports Prototype Championship
430 km distance, 4.5 km circuit
1991	Derek Warwick David Brabham	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jaguar XJR-14	2:23:41.028	World Sportscar Championship
1992 to 1999	No Races
1000 km distance, 4.5 km circuit
2000	Jan Magnussen David Brabham	Panoz Motor Sports	Panoz LMP1-Élan	5:45:55.173	American Le Mans Series
2001 to 2003	No Races
1000 km distance, 5.1 km circuit
2004	Allan McNish Pierre Kaffer	Audi Sport UK Veloqx	Audi R8	6:00:32.645 ⁴	Le Mans Series
2005	Tom Chilton Hayanari Shimoda	Zytek Motorsport	Zytek 04S	6:01:06.739 ⁴	Le Mans Series
2006	Jean-Christophe Boullion Emmanuel Collard Éric Hélary	Pescarolo Sport	Pescarolo C60-Judd	6:01:26.300 ⁴	Le Mans Series
2007	Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP (Diesel)	6:01:13.628	Le Mans Series
2008	Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP (Diesel)	5:44:48.174	Le Mans Series
2009	Jan Charouz Tomáš Enge Stefan Mücke	Aston Martin Racing	Lola-Aston Martin B09/60	5:57:26.595	Le Mans Series
1000 km distance, 25.4 km circuit
2010	Wolfgang Pohl Daniel Schrey		Porsche Carrera RS	7:00:42,248⁴	FHR Langstreckencup^[6]
1000 km distance, 5.1 km circuit
2013	Maximilian Buhk Maximilian Gotz Bernd Schneider	HTP Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	6:00:46.354 ⁴	Blancpain Endurance Series
2014	Laurens Vanthoor César Ramos Christopher Mies	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS ultra	6:00:07.848 ⁴	Blancpain Endurance Series
6 hours time, 5.1 km circuit
2015	Timo Bernhard Brendon Hartley Mark Webber	Porsche Team	Porsche 919 Hybrid	6:01:16.966	FIA World Endurance Championship

¹ – 1974 Race scheduled for 750 km only
² – 1981 Race stopped after 17 laps due to fatal accident of Herbert Müller which caused track damage
³ – 1986 Race was stopped due to torrential rain and only ran approximately 600 km.
⁴ – Time limit reached before 1,000 km distance was completed (six hours for the Le Mans Series and Blancpain Endurance Series races, the 2010 Oldtimers Festival race had a seven-hour time limit).

Gallery

Le-Mans-Start 1965
Pit stop in the sixties
1965: Mike Parkes in front of Graham Hill
Indianapolisstart 1969
Starting 1973
Jean-Pierre Jarier, winner 1974 on Matra Simca, together with Jean-Pierre Beltoise

References

↑ http://www.vln.de/newsausgabe.de.php?id=2325
↑ http://www.vln.de/newsausgabe.de.php?id=2325&rennen=2010-07-31
↑ http://www.vln.de/newsausgabe.de.php?id=3068
↑ "ADAC 1000 km classic" (in German). DAMC 05. Retrieved 2010-04-26. Homepage for the 2010 Oldtimer Festival.
↑ "ADAC 1000 km classic" (in German). FHR. Retrieved 2010-04-26. Homepage of the Fahrergemeinschaft Historischer Rennsport.
↑ "Official results of the ADAC 1000km classic" (PDF) (in German). DAMC 05. Retrieved 2010-09-18. Homepage DAMC 05.

External links

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Official Website
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Story and Photos 1966-1970 (German)
Story and Photos of 2000 (German)
Story and Photos of 2004 (German)

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