Max Verstappen Nurburgring 24 Hours: Top Qualifying results and grid order

Verstappen ahead of his Nurburgring debut — Photo: © IMAGO

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Max Verstappen Nurburgring 24 Hours: Top Qualifying results and grid order

The full results from qualifying at the Nurburgring 24 Hours

Sheona Mountford F1 Journalist

Motorsport journalist working in F1 since 2024.

Friday 15 May 2026 14:26 Updated: 16:59

Max Verstappen and his No.3 Mercedes-AMG team qualified in fourth position on the grid for Saturday's 2026 edition of the Nurburgring 24 Hours race.

The four-time F1 world champion's team-mate Dani Juncadella clocked a lap time of 8:12.005 in Top Qualifying 3 on Friday afternoon as a thrilling pole shootout gripped a massive crowd at the iconic German track.

That was only good enough for fourth on the grid though with pole being claimed by the Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 team with Luca Engstler at the wheel of the No.84 car. He set a blistering time of 8:11.123.

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Lamborghini made it a front row lockout when Marco Mapelli claimed P2 in the No.130 car, with Verstappen's great Nurburgring rival Christopher Haase qualifying in third for Audi R8 LMS GT3 evo II in the No.16 car.

Earlier in the day, Verstappen had taken the wheel for Top Qualifying 2 on Friday morning and set the sixth fastest time by lapping the iconic 12.9-mile Nordschleife in a time of 8:11.614.

The 24 Hours race proper begins at 3pm local time (2pm UK, 9am Eastern) on Saturday and runs through to the same time on Sunday.

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Nurburgring 24 Hours Top Qualifying Results

Nurburgring 24 Hours Top Qualifying 3 Results
Position	Car Number	Team	Time/Status
1	84	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2	8:11.123
2	130	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2	+0.345
3	16	Audi R8 LMS GT3 evo II	+0.861
4 [Verstappen]	3	Mercedes-AMG GT3	+0.882
5	45	Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo26	+1.098
6	7	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2	+1.133
7	64	Ford Mustang GT3 EVO (2026)	+2.553
8	911	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Evo26	+2.816
9	1	BMW M4 GT3 EVO	+3.133
10	47	Mercedes-AMG GT3	+3.504
11	34	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	+4.127
12	67	Ford Mustang GT3 EVO (2026)	+5.021

Nurburgring 24 Hours Top Qualifying 2 Results
Position	Car Number	Team	Time/Status
1	130	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2	8:10.485
2	34	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 E	+.139
3	911	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Evo26	+.737
4	64	Ford Mustang GT3 EVO (2026)	+.793
5	67	Ford Mustang GT3 EVO (2026)	+.938
6	3 [Verstappen]	Mercedes-AMG GT3	+1.129
7	7	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2	+1.452
8	26	Mercedes-AMG GT3	+3.450
9	65	Ford Mustang GT3 EVO (2026)	+3.662
10	77	BMW M4 GT3 EVO	+4.043

Nurburgring 24 Hours Top Qualifying 1 Results
Position	Car Number	Team	Time/Status
1	34	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	8:12.135
2	64	Ford Mustang GT3 EVO (2026)	+2.262
3	130	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2	+2.599
4	16	Audi R8 LMS GT3 evo II	+2.638
5	3 [Verstappen]	Mercedes-AMG GT3	+2.736
6	65	Ford Mustang GT3 EVO (2026)	+2.889
7	80	Mercedes-AMG GT3	+3.336
8	911	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Evo26	+3.401
9	67	Ford Mustang GT3 EVO (2026)	4.327
10	7	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2	+4.382
30	123 [Alex Brundle]	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Evo26	+12.164

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