Nurburgring 24 Hours Qualifying: Watch live tonight with Max Verstappen in action in the dark

This was our live coverage of Thursday's Qualifying action at the Nurburgring 24 Hours - you can watch every second of today's action (Friday) live by clicking here.

F1 great Max Verstappen begins his glory bid at the iconic Nurburgring 24 Hours race with Qualifying today (Thursday May 14), and you can watch every second of the action live.

The 28-year-old Dutchman has been a fixture at the famous German track in 2026, racing regularly in NLS events. Now he takes it up a notch in the toughest race of all over 24 gruelling hours.

The race proper does not get under way until Saturday (May 16), before that Verstappen and team-mates Lucas Auer, Dani Juncadella and Jules Gounon must negotiate a total of six Qualifying sessions (the process is complicated, we have a full explainer on it just for you).

We have three Qualifying sessions (think of them like Free Practice in F1, they do not set the grid) along with three Top Qualifying sessions, which do impact the grid order.

The first two Qualifying sessions take place today (Thursday May 14) and you can watch every second of them live without leaving GPFans. The first session is already in the books, and we have a full report and results.

Tonight's evening session is next up and that starts at 19:00 UK (20:00 CET or 14:00 Eastern). Verstappen MUST drive in that session as it is mandatory for every driver to do laps 'in the dark' ahead of the 24-hour test at the weekend.

Nurburgring 24 Hours: Full schedule with session times for this weekend

Watch Nurburgring 24 Hours Qualifying LIVE

You can watch tonight's Qualifying session live and free without leaving GPFans - simply click on the embed below to enjoy every second from the Nurburgring:

Qualifying Session Start Times

The schedule for all Qualifying sessions looks like this:

Thursday, May 14
First Qualifying: 12:15 - 14:15 UK time
Second Qualifying: 19:00 - 22:30 UK time

Friday, May 15
Top Qualifying 1: 09:15 - 09:45 UK time
Top Qualifying 2: 10:05 - 10:35 UK time
Third Qualifying: 11:00 - 12:05 UK time
Top Qualifying 3: 12:35 - 13:35 UK time

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