Overview
- Schubert Motorsport’s BMW M4 GT3 was declared the winner on Saturday after stewards gave KCMG’s Mercedes an 85‑second penalty for driving 115 km/h in a Code‑60 zone, a 60 km/h slow‑zone used during incidents.
- Jesse Krohn received two DMSB penalty points for the speeding offence, and another point would cost him his Nordschleife permit to race.
- KCMG had started from pole after David Pittard set a 7:52.393 in early qualifying, with later laps blocked by crashes and long Code‑60 periods that stopped any further improvements.
- Manthey’s ‘Grello’ Porsche finished second after a late move on HRT’s Ford Mustang for third, capping a fight that included brief contact in a slow zone and a warning for the Porsche.
- HWA’s new EVO.R completed its race debut with one car finishing P18 and the sister car retiring with a tyre failure, while the fan‑favorite BMW Z4 GT3 returned but retired early after a crash, in a field thinned by GT World Challenge Europe running at Le Castellet and with the 24h‑Qualifiers up next.