After crossing the finish line at the second round of the ADAC RAVENOL ADAC Nürburgring Langstrecken Serie, Max Verstappen, Daniel Juncadella and Jules Gounon celebrated their first win of the season in the Mercedes-AMG GT3 of Mercedes-AMG Team Verstappen Racing. Around two hours later, reality set in. During the technical commission’s routine review of the so-called Tyre App, it emerged that the team had used seven sets of tyres on race day instead of the permitted six. The stewards were therefore forced to disqualify the car. The victory was handed to ‘Dan Harper’ and Jordan Pepper in the BMW M4 GT3 from ROWE RACING.
Christian Hohenadel, Team Principal at Winward Racing: “The disqualification hurts. Unfortunately, a mistake was made within the team that forced the race stewards to retroactively disqualify the winning car. For us, it was our first outing as a Mercedes-AMG Performance team on the Nürburgring Nordschleife. I would like to apologise to everyone who was cheering us on. We will now analyse the day in detail, prepare meticulously for the remaining races and focus all our efforts on the ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring.”
