Max Verstappen and his team-mates looked on course for an astonishing Nurburgring 24 Hours victory until an ABS issue, vibrations and driveshaft problem slowed their Winward-run Mercedes with just three and a half hours left.Here are our snap thoughts on Verstappen’s performance and the heartbreaking outcome.This was always the likely outcome It doesn’t make it any less heartbreaking for Team Verstappen, not least because it had gone 20 hours without an incident like it, but this was always the most likely outcome.The Nurburgring 24 Hours is really tough. At some circuits, luck is helpful but not essential, but here, luck is essential. There are just more variables than anywhere else. The circuit extracts a far bigger toll on driver and car than endurance races at Le Mans or Spa. It’s simply ended the same way Verstappen’s two four-hour NLS 2026 races have gone so far – a brilliant performance curtailed thr …
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Author: The Race Team
