Overview

• Qualifying was delayed by fog and cut to 60 minutes, with Christian Krognes on pole, Frank Stippler second and Max Verstappen third in 8:09.126.
• Verstappen seized the lead at the start and clocked a 7:51.514, coming about two seconds shy of Krognes’ 7:49.578 race benchmark from 2022.
• He built roughly a 1:05 advantage by mid‑distance before handing the Emil Frey Ferrari 296 GT3 (#31) to Chris Lulham.
• Lulham managed the final stints to win the four‑hour 57th ADAC Barbarossapreis by around 24 seconds, with HRT’s Ford Mustangs taking second and third.
• Pro‑Am lineups and a penalty for a key rival influenced the order, and late Code‑60 phases ensured the lap record remained out of reach.