Verstappen Racing just misses out on pole position in qualifying for the 24h Nurburgring

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Updated: 14:31, 15 May
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Verstappen Racing is set to start the 24h Nurburgring from the second row of the grid, after Daniel Juncadella finished in 4th place in Top Qualifying 3. The Spaniard was less than a second away from pole position
After Lucas Auer got the job done in Top Qualifying 1 and Max Verstappen secured a place in Top Qualifying 3 for the #3 Mercedes-AMG car, it was Juncadella's turn at the Nordschleife. The Spaniard was drawn third to start his lap.
After the first attempts, Juncadella was in ninth place, 6.8 seconds behind Marco Mapelli in the Red Bull Team ABT #130 Lamborghini. On his second lap on a lighter fuel load, Juncadella was setting purple sectors and moved up to provisional second place, but was eventually pushed down to P4 as the final runners completed their laps. Pole position went to the #84 Red Bull Team ABT Lamborghini with Luca Engstler at the wheel.

Full Results: Top Qualifying 3 at the 2026 24h Nurburgring

PositionDriverTeamCarLap Time
P1Luca EngstlerRed Bull Team Abt#84 Lamborghini8:11.123
P2Marco MapelliRed Bull Team Abt#130 Lamborghini+0.345
P3Christopher HaaseScherer Sport PHX#16 Audi+0.861
P4Daniel JuncadellaVerstappen Racing#3 Mercedes-AMG+0.882
P5Thomas NeubauerKondo Racing#45 Ferrari+1.098
P6Maximilian PaulKonrad Motorsport#7 Lamborghini+1.133
P7Frank StipplerHRT Ford Racing#64 Ford+2.553
P8Thomas PreiningManthey Racing#911 Porsche+2.816
P9Raffaele MarcielloRowe Racing#1 BMW+3.133
P10David PittardKCMG#47 Mercedes-AMG+3.504
P11Nicki ThiimWalkenhorst Motorsport#34 Aston Martin+4.127
P12Frederic VervischHRT Ford Racing#67 Ford+5.021
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