H2R Racing took part in the iRacing Nurburgring 24h special event and brought home a P3 in GT4 class after battling with the competition until the final minutes of the event.
Saturday 7th of June 2025 2PM CET, our 3 drivers line up wait in anxiety for iRacing servers to sort out splits for the 1000+ teams registered. Minutes pass, and a after a slight delay the race session opens, it’s ON!
Qualifying P8/11 in a 2400 iRating strength of field, the team knows that the race result isn’t decided in turn 1.
Henning, a.k.a Driver #1, took a clean and decisive start, ensuring the team could carry on without damage, unlike part of the GT4 field.
Continuing to deliver clean and consistent laps, the team was already up a couple of positions by nightfall.
Taking over after unfortunate connectivity issues, Adrien had contact with a faster class car, sending the #157 M4GT4 into the barrier.
Towing and repairs meant the team would have to fight twice as hard to recover the lost time…
And recovery was mighty!
By (virtual) sunrise the team was up to P5, benefiting from consistent lap times and from the misfortune of some competitors in class.
Yet, the iRacing Nurburgring 24h still had a trick up its sleeve. Rain started to fall on track with still 6h to go in the race.
Tricky conditions were no match for the experience of our drivers, and this sudden change meant the team fought back to P4, within a pitstop from a podium.
The multiple 30mns of sleepless naps paid off, and the gap to P3 had eroded as the rain stopped falling.
An early pitstop to fit slick tyres meant the team was catching up to half a minute per lap to competitors who stayed on the rain tyre.
Due to the prior incidents, 2 laps separated H2R Racing from P2, so all that was left to do was bring the car home and manage the gap to P4, which the team did brilliantly to earn a well deserved 3rd place!
