24h Nurburgring: Verstappen’s weekend begins with the first qualifying sessions – LIVE STREAMING

The 24 Hours of the Nurburgring 2026 begins. We are finally here: the very long weekend of the 24 Hours of the Nurburgring begins on Thursday which will see Max Verstappen and his companions Lucas Auer, Daniel Juncadella and Jules Gounon at the wheel of the Mercedes-AMG GT3 with the number 3 among the thrilling ups and downs of the legendary Nordschleife circuit. We start with the first two qualifying sessions, called Q1 and Q2, but which in reality are real qualifications only for the drivers of the lower categories, fighting for positions from 50th to 161st on the starting grid. Click here to add Formula Passion as your favorite source on Google Discover: you will find our content more easily! For Max Verstappen it’s “only” free practice. Max Verstappen, like all his other colleagues of a certain caliber involved with GT3 cars, will however already be able to take to the track at the Nurburgring to start working on the set-up of the car and to become familiar with the numerous pitfalls of a circuit over 20 km long and potentially dangerous at every corner. Even if it is a bit of a contradiction in terms of terms, Q1 and Q2 are in fact used as free practice sessions for professional drivers, who are therefore not required to set a real fast lap to pass the round, as they are already automatically qualified in the first 49 positions of the starting grid. But there is a “but”: everyone must participate in Q2, the three and a half hour night session, to obtain the pass from the Race Direction to continue in the remaining part of the weekend. The live streaming of Q1 and Q2 How and when to follow the first official sessions of the 24 Hours of the Nurburgring Nordschleife weekend? Below you will find the boxes of the official live broadcasts from the race organizers’ YouTube channel, with images of the traditional direction and those from the pit lane. The Thursday live broadcast from the Green Hell starts at 1.15pm with the first two hours of Q1, while Q2 is scheduled from 8pm to 11.30pm (here is the complete programme). Max Verstappen’s most awaited weekend starts from here.

Automobile Magazine – F1 English News , 2026-05-14 18:00:00