Lap distance:      5.116 km

Race duration:    6 hours

Location:            Nürburgring Boulevard 1, 53520 Nürburg, Germany

Website:              www.nuerburgring.de    

Other Races:       Porsche Super Sports Cup, Torenwagen Classic

Press officer:       Michael Kramp
                            National Press Officer
                            M:           +49 172 6332211
                            E:             michael.kramp@pro-motion.info

Airport:  Cologne Bonn Airport – 85km – https://www.koeln-bonn-airport.de

RACE STATS

DID YOU KNOW?

• The 2015 6 Hours of Nurburgring saw Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Mark Webber take their first victory for Porsche on their way to the 2015 FIA World Endurance Drivers’ Championship.

• The Nurburgring also saw the first win of 2015 for Porsche in LMGTE Pro and for Richard Lietz and Michael Christensen.  Porsche and Richard Lietz would go onto win the FIA World Endurance Cups in GT for both manufacturers and drivers.

• Endurance Racing has a long tradition at the Nürburgring with the first 1000km being held in 1953 as part of the World Sportscar Championship. The race was won by Alberto Ascari and Giuseppe Farina for Ferrari.

• The 4.5km Grand Prix circuit was built between 1981 and 1984, and was extended in 2001 by the "Mercedes Arena" section to its present length of 5.1 kilometres.

• Today the circuit is between 10 and 25 m wide, featuring seven left and ten right turns, as well as large run-off zones and gravel beds.

• The highest point of the track is 627.75m ( 2059ft) above sea level 

• In 1984 the race was held on the new 4.5km Grand Prix circuit and was won by Stefan Belloc and Derek Bell in a Rothmans Porsche 956

• Including the victory at the 6 Hours of Nurburgring in 2015, Porsche had won more 1000km Nürburgring than any other manufacturer, 13 in total.  Of the other manufacturers competing in the WEC in 2015, Ferrari have won 8 times since 1953, Aston Martin 4 and Audi 2.  Toyota and Ford have never won the 1000km Nürburgring.

• Between 2004 and 2009 the 1000km Nürburgring was a round of the Le Mans Series.  In 2004 Allan McNish and Pierre Kaffer won in an Audi R8.

• In 2009 Aston Martin Racing won with Stefan Mücke, Jan Charouz and Tomas Enge taking the chequered flag in a Lola-Aston Martin B09/60

FIA WEC TIMETABLE

Thursday 21 July              

08:30-19:00                        Scrutineering

Friday 22 July   

10:00                                  Drivers’ briefing

12:00 - 13:30                     Free Practice #1

15:00                                  Pre-event Press conference

16:30 - 18:00                     Free Practice #2

Saturday 23 July               

09:15 - 10:15                     Free Practice #3

14:15 – 14:35                     Qualifying - LMGTE-PRO/LMGTE-AM

14:45 - 15:05                     Qualifying - LMP1/LMP2

15:15                                  Qualifying Press Conference

15:45                                  Mixed Interview Zone

Sunday 24 July

13:00 - 19:00                     RACE: 6 Hours of Nürburgring

19:15                                  Post-race Press Conference

FIA OFFICIALS

Eduardo Freitas                             FIA Race Director

Jean-Francois Veroux                    FIA WEC Steward (Chairman)

Yves Bacquelaine                           FIA International Steward

Denis Chevrier                               FIA Technical Delegate

Jacques Tropenat                           FIA Medical Delegate

Jeff Carter                                      FIA Media Delegate

David Escribano                             Chief timekeeper

Yannick Dalmas                             Driver Adviser

FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSIFICATIONS

The provisional classifications for all the Championship can be found on the following link:

http://www.fia.com 

FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP –6 HOURS OF NÜRBURGRING

Shortly after the finish of the sessions, results of the event can be found on the following link:

http://www.fia.com