Hockenheim drag racing finals cancelled due to noise curfew

The third round of the FIA European Drag Racing Championships at Hockenheimring concluded without crowning any winners across its four main categories. A prolonged delay caused by fluid cleanup on the circuit, combined with the venue's strict noise curfew, forced organisers to cancel all four finals before competition could resume.

The Top Fuel, Top Methanol, Pro Modified and Pro Stock finals were scheduled for Sunday but never took place. A spill during Sportsman class runs required extensive track cleaning that consumed enough time to push the restart past 18:00—the moment when Hockenheimring's noise restrictions take effect. With no opportunity to complete the finals before the curfew deadline, all four championship-deciding races were abandoned.

In Top Fuel, defending champion Susanne Callin had advanced to face India Erbacher after Callin defeated her RF Motorsport teammate Colin Millar (winner of the previous round at Tierp Arena) with a 4.23-second pass. Erbacher progressed when Øyvind Jacobsen red-lighted. The Top Methanol final would have been an all-Swedish affair between top seed Tony Bryntesson and Jonny Lagg of A-Fuel Team Sweden. Andres Arnover, leading the championship standings, had secured his Pro Modified spot by beating Michel Tooren with a 6.37-second run and would have faced Stian Rusånes. In Pro Stock, thirteen-time European champion Jimmy Ålund (6.59s) and Robin Norén (6.62s) were set to contest the final.

The fourth and final round of the season takes place 10–13 September at Santa Pod Raceway in the United Kingdom.