Adrenalin Motorsport Trio Claims 2026 NLS Title as Dunlop Porsche Takes Finale Victory

The 2026 ADAC RAVENOL Nürburgring Endurance Series concluded under sunny conditions at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, where Adrenalin Motorsport Team Mainhattan Wheels sealed the overall championship title. Driving the #650 BMW M240i Racing Cup car, Edoardo Bugane, Yannick Fübrich, and Sven Markert took their seventh class victory of the season in round ten to tally 109 points. Alexander Fielenbach and Oskar Sandberg finished second in the CUP3 category in the #953 Smyrlis Racing entry to claim runner-up honors in the championship with 101 points, granting Adrenalin Motorsport its eighth overall series title.

Overall race honors in the four-hour finale went to Dunlop Motorsport, with Nico Menzel and Sven Müller guiding the #17 Porsche 911 GT3 R across the line 27 seconds ahead of the field after 24 laps. Müller pulled double duty during the event, also taking second place alongside Tim Heinemann in the #44 Falken Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R. Schubert Motorsport's Jordan Pepper and Tim Tramnitz completed the overall podium in third with their #77 BMW M4 GT3 EVO after charging through the field from 16th on the grid.

Earlier in the day, Gamota Racing made headlines during qualifying by locking out the front row in its first GT3 outing, where Antal Zsigo, Moritz Kranz, and David Jahn took pole position in the #23 BMW M4 GT3 EVO with a lap of 9:03.855. In the race, class honors in SP9 PRO-AM went to Patrick Assenheimer, Tobias Müller, and Dylan Pereira (#48 LOSCH Motorsport by BLACK FALCON Porsche 911 GT3 R EVO), while Alexey Veremenko and 'SELV' (#8 JUTA Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II) took the win in SP9 AM.

Special trophies were also decided across the grid: SRS Team Sorg Rennsport drivers Piet-Jan Ooms and Ionuc Catalin Timis secured the Production Car Trophy in their #524 Toyota Supra, Schubert Motorsport clinched the NLS Speed Trophy with 183.00 points, and Alexandru Vasilescu (#177 AV Racing by BLACK FALCON) captured the Gentleman Trophy with 86 points.

The finale also featured the endurance racing debut of 18-year-old formula racer Mathilda Paatz, who partnered with her father Michael in a VW Scirocco R entered by mathilda racing to finish sixth in class. The winter pause will see the Digital Nürburgring Endurance Series return to sim racing action on 19 December, ahead of real-world competition resuming on 20 March 2027 to mark the 50th anniversary of the endurance series and the centenary of the Nürburgring.