Lap distance:     5.116 km

Race duration: 6 hours

Location: Nürburgring Boulevard 1, 53520 Nürburg, Germany

Website :        www.nuerburgring.de

Other Races:     Porsche Super Sports Cup, Nürburgring Legends

Press officer:     Michael Kramp, National Press Officer M: +49 172 6332211 E: michael.kramp@pro-motion.info

Airport:  Cologne Bonn Airport – 85km – https://www.koeln-bonn-airport.de

DID YOU KNOW?

• The 6 Hours of Nürburgring is a new event on the FIA World Endurance Championship calendar.  It is also the first round since the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June, which was won by Porsche for the first time in 17 years.

• Endurance Racing has a long tradition at the Nürburgring with the first 1000km being held in 1953 as part of the World Sportscar Championship. The race was won by Alberto Ascari and Giuseppe Farina for Ferrari. The 6 Hours of Nürburgring will be a celebration of endurance, past, present and future.

• The 4.5km Grand Prix circuit was built between 1981 and 1984, and was extended in 2001 by the "Mercedes Arena" section to its present length of 5.1 kilometres.

• Today the circuit is between 10 and 25 m wide, featuring seven left and ten right turns, as well as large run-off zones and gravel beds.

• The highest point of the track is 627.75m ( 2059ft) above sea level

• In 1984 the race was held on the new 4.5km Grand Prix circuit and was won by Stefan Belloc and Derek Bell in a Rothmans Porsche 956

• Porsche have won more 1000km Nürburgring than any other manufacturer, 12 in total.  Of the other manufacturers competing in the WEC in 2015, Ferrari have won 8 times since 1953, Aston Martin 4 and Audi 2.  Toyota and Nissan have never won the 1000km Nürburgring.

• Between 2004 and 2009 the 1000km Nürburgring was a round of the Le Mans Series.  In 2004 Allan McNish and Pierre Kaffer won in an Audi R8.

• In 2009 Aston Martin Racing won with Stefan Mücke, Jan Charouz and Tomas Enge taking the chequered flag in a Lola-Aston Martin B09/60

FIA WEC TIMETABLE

FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSIFICATIONS

The provisional classifications for all the Championship can be found on here.

FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP –6 HOURS OF NÜRBURGRING

Shortly after the finish of the sessions, results of the event can be found here.