6 Hours of Nürburgring
6 Hours of Nürburgring
FIA World Endurance Championship | |
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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 (13) |
![The crowd at the start of the 1973 event](https://everipedia.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=640/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Start_GP_Tourenwagen_1973_-_1_%28Foto_Spurzem_08.07.1973%29.jpg)
The crowd at the start of the 1973 event
The 6 Hours of Nürburgring (formerly the Nürburgring 1000 km) was an endurance race for sports cars held on the Nürburgring in Germany and organized by the ADAC since 1953.
FIA World Endurance Championship | |
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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 (13) |
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 inaugural race, which counted towards the 1953 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 km/h. 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[1] 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,[2] at an average of 169.879 km/h.
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 |
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1000 km distance, 22.8 km circuit | |||||
1953 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Ferrari 375 MM Spyder | 8:20:44.000 | World Sportscar Championship |
1954 | No Race | ||||
1955 | No Race | ||||
1956 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Maserati 300S | 7:43:54.400 | World Sportscar Championship German Sportscar Championship |
1957 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Aston Martin DBR1/300 | 7:33:38.200 | World Sportscar Championship |
1958 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Aston Martin DBR1/300 | 7:23:33.000 | World Sportscar Championship |
1959 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Aston Martin DBR1/300 | 7:33:18.000 | World Sportscar Championship |
1960 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Maserati Tipo 61 | 7:31:40.500 | World Sportscar Championship |
1961 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Maserati Tipo 61 | 7:51:39.200 | World Sportscar Championship |
1962 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Ferrari 246 SP | 7:33:27.700 | International Championship for GT Manufacturers |
1963 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Ferrari 250 P | 7:32:18.000 | International Championship for GT Manufacturers |
1964 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Ferrari 275 P | 7:08:27.000 | International Championship for GT Manufacturers |
1965 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Ferrari 330 P2 | 6:53:05.400 | International Championship for GT Manufacturers |
1966 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Chaparral 2D-Chevrolet | 6:58:47.600 | International Championship for Sports-Prototypes International Championship for Sports Cars |
1967 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Porsche 910 | 6:54:12.900 | International Championship for Sports-Prototypes International Championship for Sports Cars |
1968 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Porsche 908 | 6:34:06.300 | International Championship for Makes |
1969 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Porsche 908/02 | 6:11:02.300 | International Championship for Makes |
1970 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Porsche 908/03 | 6:05:21.200 | International Championship for Makes |
1971 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Porsche 908/03 | 5:51:49.300 | International Championship for Makes |
1972 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Ferrari 312 PB | 6:01:40.200 | World Championship for Makes Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft |
1973 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Ferrari 312 PB | 5:36:53.400 | World Championship for Makes Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft |
1974 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Matra-Simca MS670C | 4:07:24.1001 | World Championship for Makes Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft |
1975 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Alfa Romeo 33TT12 | 5:41:14.100 | World Championship for Makes Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft |
1976 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | BMW 3.5 CSL | 6:38:20.600 | World Championship for Makes |
1977 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Porsche 935 | 5:58:30.500 | World Championship for Makes |
1978 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Porsche 935/77 | 5:55:46.600 | World Championship for Makes |
1979 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Porsche 935/77 | 5:57:35.100 | World Championship for Makes |
1980 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Porsche 908/4 Turbo | 5:52:15.100 | World Championship for Makes |
1981 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | BMW M1 Gr.5 | 2:16:50.8602 | World Endurance Championship |
1982 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Lancia LC1 Spyder | 5:54:10.830 | World Endurance Championship |
1000 km distance, 20.8 km circuit | |||||
1983 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Porsche 956 | 5:26:34.630 | World Endurance Championship |
1000 km distance, 4.5 km circuit | |||||
1984 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Porsche 956 | 6:00:43.590 | World Endurance Championship Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft |
1985 | No Race | ||||
1986 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Sauber C8-Mercedes | 3:42:30.0203 | World Sports Prototype Championship |
1987 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Jaguar XJR-8 | 5:55:53.120 | World Sports Prototype Championship |
1988 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Sauber C9-Mercedes | 5:53:00.600 | World Sports Prototype Championship |
480 km distance, 4.5 km circuit | |||||
1989 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Sauber C9-Mercedes | 2:47:14.599 | World Sports Prototype Championship |
1990 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Mercedes-Benz C11 | 2:39:15.913 | World Sports Prototype Championship |
430 km distance, 4.5 km circuit | |||||
1991 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Jaguar XJR-14 | 2:23:41.028 | World Sportscar Championship |
1992 to 1999 | No Races | ||||
1000 km distance, 4.5 km circuit | |||||
2000 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Panoz LMP1-Élan | 5:45:55.173 | American Le Mans Series |
2001 to 2003 | No Races | ||||
1000 km distance, 5.1 km circuit | |||||
2004 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Audi R8 | 6:00:32.6454 | Le Mans Series |
2005 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Zytek 04S | 6:01:06.7394 | Le Mans Series |
2006 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Pescarolo C60-Judd | 6:01:26.3004 | Le Mans Series |
2007 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Peugeot 908 HDi FAP (Diesel) | 6:01:13.628 | Le Mans Series |
2008 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Peugeot 908 HDi FAP (Diesel) | 5:44:48.174 | Le Mans Series |
2009 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 | 5:57:26.595 | Le Mans Series |
1000 km distance, 25.4 km circuit | |||||
2010 | ![]() ![]() | Porsche Carrera RS | 7:00:42,2484 | FHR Langstreckencup[5] | |
6 hours time, 25.4 km circuit | |||||
2010 | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 6:06:56,091, 42 laps | VLN[6] | |
2011 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Audi TT RS | 5:41:21.034, 35 laps | VLN[6] | |
2012 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 R | 6:01:29.541, 42 laps | VLN[6] | |
1000 km distance, 5.1 km circuit | |||||
2013 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | 6:00:46.3544 | Blancpain Endurance Series |
2014 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Audi R8 LMS ultra | 6:00:07.8484 | Blancpain Endurance Series |
6 hours time, 5.1 km circuit | |||||
2015 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Porsche 919 Hybrid | 6:01:16.966, 203 laps, 1045 km | FIA World Endurance Championship |
2016 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Porsche 919 Hybrid | 6:01:16.183, 194 laps, 999 km | FIA World Endurance Championship |
2017 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Porsche 919 Hybrid | 6:00:09.607, 204 laps, 1050 km | 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).