Max Verstappen Nurburgring Results: NLS5 Top Qualifying times on Sunday April 19

Max Verstappen's Mercedes-AMG GT3 team were beaten to pole position during Top Qualifying at the Nurburgring on Sunday (April 19).

It was Thierry Vermeulen - supported by Verstappen and son of the Dutchman's manager Raymond Vermeulen - who secured pole position for Race 2 (NLS5 round) of the ADAC 24h Nurburgring Qualifiers by clocking the fastest lap in Top Qualifying.

Driving the Ferrari for Realize Kondo Racing with Rinaldi, he completed a lap in 8:10.275. Lucas Auer participated in the shootout instead of the F1 champion with the Verstappen Racing-AMG, securing fifth place.

For Schnabl Engineering, however, Top Qualifying was a day best forgotten. Alessio Picariello, piloting the Dunlop-Porsche, hit the guardrail at Mutkurve and had to return to the pits with damage.

Meanwhile, Sven Muller crashed the Falken-Porsche at Hatzenbach, while the first seven drivers avoided the slow zone imposed ahead of Muller’s Porsche during their initial push, but those following were not as fortunate.

Shortly after the yellow flags were lifted, marshals at Hatzenbach were called back into action when Yuichi Nakayama’s Toyo-Mercedes-AMG came to a halt.

One by one, the lap times dropped in until Vermeulen emerged at the top and the Dutchman will now start Sunday’s NLS5 race on the famous Nurburgring Nordschleife from pole position.

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NLS5 Race start times

The NLS5 race gets under way at 12:00 UK time (13:00 local time) and runs for four hours through to 16:00 UK time (17:00 local).

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