Max Verstappen Nurburgring LIVE: NLS5 Schedule, start times and free live stream

Max Verstappen Nurburgring

LIVE: Watch Max Verstappen at the Nurburgring now, free NLS5 stream

Verstappen takes to the track once again for NLS5 on Sunday

Sheona Mountford F1 Journalist

Motorsport journalist working in F1 since 2024.

Sunday 19 April 2026 12:35 Updated: 20:12

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F1 champion Max Verstappen will take part in the NLS5 round at the ADAC 24h Nurburgring Qualifiers today (Sunday, April 19).

Sunday's race will go ahead despite the tragic seven-car crash on Saturday which claimed the life of 66-year-old driver Juha Miettinen. That race was subsequently cancelled after a lengthy red flag period.

Verstappen, who was not driving when Saturday's tragedy occurred, had stunned the GT racing world on his first two appearances at the Nurburgring, securing pole position and the win at both the NLS9 round last year and the NLS2 round in March - although his No.3 Verstappen Racing team were disqualified from the latter event.

The Dutchman returned to the 'Green Hell', this time alongside Lucas Auer in the Mercedes-AMG GT3, taking part in the NLS4 round on Saturday.

Now, Verstappen goes again in a jam-packed Sunday schedule, which includes qualifying for the NLS5 race, Top Qualifying for the 24 hour race in May and the four-hour NLS5 race.

Here is how you can watch and what time Verstappen is in action at the Nurburgring.

Watch Max Verstappen live now at the Nurburgring

You can watch all of Verstappen's GT exploits at the Nurburgring right here on GPFans today - Sunday April 19. Our live stream is right here:

NLS5 Schedule and times at the ADAC 24h Nurburgring Qualifiers

The race proper will begin, following a minute's silence to remember Juha Miettinen, at 13:00 local time (CEST), 12:00 UK time (BST), 07:00 (ET), 06:00 (CT) and 04:00 (PT). The race will last four hours.

Before that we have two qualifying sessions, the first conventional session for NLS5 (07:15-08:45 UK) and then a Top Qualifying session (09:40-10:40 UK).

For more detail on how these sessions work - and how they impact the 24 Hour race next month - check out our full guide.

Nurburgring weather forecast for NLS5

A much cooler morning is expected on Sunday, with temperatures starting out at six degrees Celsius and only rising to 10 by the end of both qualifying sessions, with a five per cent chance of rain forecast.

For lights out at 13:00, temperatures remain at 11 degrees Celsius throughout the entire race distance, with the chance of rain rising to 30 per cent by the early evening.

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