The schedule for fans
There’s plenty going on around the Nürburgring during the 24-hour race.
Saturday, May 16, 2026 |
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| 09:30 | 01:30 | RAVENOL Ferris wheel operating hours |
| 09:30 | 23:00 | ring°boulevard open |
| 10:00 | 11:00 | 24h Nürburgring · Warm-up |
| 11:00 | Circus Trial Motorcycle Show and Rig Riot with Monster Girls · Monster Activity Area (Paddock Fan Zone) | |
| 11:30 | Zoki Meet & Greet (Talk with the engineer and tuning expert) · Monster Activity Area (Paddock Fan Zone) | |
| 11:50 | 12:15 | Touring Car Legends · Race 3 |
| 12:00 | Launch of the limited-edition Wempe 24h Nürburgring watches · ring°boulevard | |
| 12:00 | 14:00 | Show match and autograph session Falken darts players · Falken darts stand, ring°boulevard |
| 12:30 | Car parades (Nordschleife) | |
| 12:35 | Monster Show Run (vehicles and trial bikes) · Nordschleife | |
| 12:45 | 14:40 | 24h Nürburgring · Starting grid |
| 13:00 | Opening hours Bembel with Care party tent · Paddock fan zone | |
| 13:10 | 14:10 | 24h Nürburgring · Open Grid (access via Paddock 3 only) |
| 15:00 | 24h Nürburgring · Start | |
| 16:00 | Meet & Greet with Markus Rühl, Jenice and Max Hopp at Bembel with Care · Paddock Fan Zone | |
| 16:30 | 17:00 | Autograph session with the GTI drivers from Max Kruse Racing · VW stand on ring°boulevard |
| 17:00 | Talk on the new VW ID.Polo GTI · VW stand, ring°boulevard | |
| 17:15 | 18:30 | Autograph session with Falken darts players · Falken darts stand, ring°boulevard |
| 19:00 | Circus Trial motorbike show and Rig Riot with Monster Girls · Monster activity area (Paddock Fan Zone) | |
| 20:00 | Zoki Open Mic (talk with the engineer and tuning expert) · Monster activity area (Paddock Fan Zone) | |
| 20:00 | Rommy Rummel live on stage at Bembel with Care · Paddock Fan Zone | |
| 21:00 | Alina Hell live on stage at Bembel with Care · Paddock Fan Zone | |
| 21:00 | Circus Trial Motorcycle Show and Rig Riot with Monster Girls · Monster Activity Area (Paddock Fan Zone) | |
| 21:30 | Tim Rock live on stage at Bembel with Care · Paddock Fan Zone | |
Sunday, May 17, 2026 |
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| 09:30 | 15:00 | RAVENOL Ferris wheel operating hours |
| 09:30 | 17:00 | ring°boulevard open |
| 11:00 | 11:30 | Tech Talk Red Bull Drift Brothers · BMW stand, ring°boulevard |
| 11:00 | 11:30 | Autograph session with the GTI drivers from Max Kruse Racing · VW stand on ring°boulevard |
| 12:00 | Circus Trial motorbike show and Rig Riot with Monster Girls · Monster action area (paddock fan zone) | |
| 13:00 | Opening hours Bembel with Care party tent · Paddock fan zone | |
| 15:00 | 24h Nürburgring · Finish | |
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 |
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| 16:00 | Start of Adenauer Racing Day parade · Nürburgring – Adenau | |
| 16:00 | 19:00 | Adenauer Racing Day · Adenau town centre |
| 20:00 | “Old Benetton meets McLaren” – two worlds of motorsport come together at Bembel with Care · Paddock Fan Zone | |
Thursday, May 14, 2026 |
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| 08:15 | 12:30 | Rundstrecken Challenge Nürburgring (RCN) · Nordschleife |
| 09:00 | 22:00 | ring°boulevard open |
| 10:00 | 23:00 | RAVENOL Ferris wheel operating hours |
| 10:30 | 11:00 | Autograph session with the GTI drivers from Max Kruse Racing · VW stand on ring°boulevard |
| 13:00 | Opening hours Bembel with Care party tent · Paddock fan zone | |
| 13:15 | 15:15 | 24h Nürburgring · Qualifying 1 |
| 14:00 | Circus Trial Motorcycle Show and Rig Riot with Monster Girls · Monster Activity Area (Fan Zone, Paddock) | |
| 14:30 | Zoki Meet & Greet (Talk with the engineer and tuning expert) · Monster Activity Area (Fan Zone, Paddock) | |
| 15:00 | 15:30 | Meet & Greet with Ikke Hüftgold, Nina Reh and Felix Kröscher at Bembel with Care · Paddock Fan Zone |
| 16:00 | VW R Talk and Show Car Unveiling · VW stand, ring°boulevard | |
| 16:00 | 16:30 | Tech Talk Red Bull Drift Brothers · BMW stand, ring°boulevard |
| 17:15 | 18:00 | Autograph session with the drivers of the ”Grelllo“- Porsche #911 · Manthey, ring°boulevard |
| 18:00 | Circus Trial motorbike show and Rig Riot with Monster Girls · Monster activity area (Paddock fan zone) | |
| 18:30 | Zoki Meet & Greet (talk with the engineer and tuning expert) · Monster activity area (Fan Zone, Paddock) | |
| 20:00 | 23:30 | 24h Nürburgring · Qualifying 2 |
Friday, May 15, 2026 |
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| 09:00 | 22:00 | ring°boulevard open |
| 09:20 | 09:45 | Touring Car Legends · Race 1 (GP Circuit) |
| 10:00 | 22:30 | RAVENOL Ferris wheel operating hours |
| 10:15 | 10:45 | 24h Nürburgring · Top Qualifying 1 |
| 11:05 | 11:35 | 24h Nürburgring · Top Qualifying 2 |
| 12:00 | Circus Trial Motorcycle Show and Rig Riot with Monster Girls · Monster Activity Area (Paddock Fan Zone) | |
| 12:30 | Zoki Meet & Greet (talk with the engineer and tuning expert) · Monster activity area, paddock fan zone | |
| 13:00 | World premiere of the VW ID. Polo GTI · VW stand on ring°boulevard | |
| 13:00 | Opening hours Bembel with Care party tent · Paddock fan zone | |
| 13:00 | 21:00 | Meet & Greet with celebrity guests at Bembel with Care · Paddock Fan Zone |
| 13:35 | 14:35 | 24h Nürburgring · Qualifying 3 |
| 15:00 | Circus Trial motorbike show and Rig Riot with Monster Girls · Monster Activity Area (Paddock Fan Zone) | |
| 15:00 | Book launch for “30 Years Manthey” · Manthey · ring°boulevard | |
| 15:00 | 15:30 | Autograph session with the GTI drivers from Max Kruse Racing · VW stand on ring°boulevard |
| 15:30 | Zoki Meet & Greet (talk with the engineer and tuning expert) · Monster activity area (Paddock Fan Zone) | |
| 16:00 | 19:00 | DHLM · Nordschleife |
| 17:00 | Meet & Greet with BMW M works drivers · BMW M Fan Zone in the paddock | |
| 17:00 | Circus Trial Motorcycle Show and Rig Riot with Monster Girls · Monster Activity Area (Paddock Fan Zone) | |
| 17:00 | Meet & Greet Timo Scheider & Timo Glock at Bembel with Care · Paddock Fan Zone | |
| 17:30 | Zoki Meet & Greet (Talk with the engineer and tuning expert) · Monster Activity Area (Paddock Fan Zone) | |
| 18:30 | Meet & Greet with Timo Scheider, Timo Glock and Sebastian Rode at Bembel with Care · Paddock Fan Zone | |
| 19:30 | 21:00 | 24h Nürburgring · Pit walk/track walk & Autograph session |
| 19:30 | 21:00 | Falken Drift Show (Müllenbachschleife) |
| 20:00 | Timm Rock live on stage at Bembel with Care · Paddock Fan Zone | |
| 21:00 | Marry live on stage at Bembel with Care · Paddock Fan Zone | |
Fan shuttle timetable
Route 1: Welcome Centre – Scharfer Kopf (transfer point to both bus routes) – Driver Safety Centre II (Fridays only for the Falken Drift Show) – Eifeldorf – Event Hub / Family & Friends Area (at the entrance to car parks C1–C3) – Event Hub / Family & Friends Area (at car park C6a) – Hatzenbach (BMW Test Centre) – Schwalbenschwanz – Pflanzgarten – Brünnchen. Return journey via Pflanzgarten – Schwalbenschwanz – Hatzenbach / BMW Test Centre and Welcome Centre
Route 2: Scharfer Kopf – Driver Safety Centre II (Fridays only for the Falken Drift Show) – Eifeldorf – Event Hub / Family & Friends Area (at the entrance to car parks C1–C3) – Event Hub / Family & Friends Area (at car park C6a) – Quiddelbacher Höhe / Hatzenbach – Breidscheid – Adenau School – Adenau Centre (Main Street). Return via Breidscheid – Quiddelbacher Höhe / Hatzenbach – Scharfer Kopf
Opening hours: Thursday 8 am – midnight | Friday 8 am – 1 am | Saturday 8 am – midnight | Sunday midnight – 6 pm
A guide for fans – Know where to go!
Paddock
Helipad (next to the Medical Centre): 24-hour merchandise stand (official collection by MBA Schell) | Bembel with care (meet and greet with drivers and celebrities, party tent and drinks bar, exhibition of Michael Schumacher’s 1995 Benetton F1 car) | Catering options (various food trucks) | Monster Energy (Monster Bar, SimRacing, trial shows, talks and meet-and-greets with tuning expert Zoki) | Industry partners and race services | Video wall (live race broadcast)
Hospitality Zone (edge of the Grand Prix paddock, opposite scrutineering): Abt | Griesemann | Hyundai | H&R | HWA | Löhr Group | Red Bull
Paddock: ADAC Vorteilswelt, Hankook Hospitality, teams and race services
Event zone (at the Hyundai corner, at the tunnel entrance to the historic paddock): BMW M Fan Zone (meet & greet with BMW M works drivers, plenty on offer for BMW fans)
ring°boulevard
24h Merchandising (official collection by MBA Schell) | Axel Springer Verlag | BMW (talks with the Red Bull Drift Brothers) | Boes | German Armed Forces (exhibition featuring the BMW M4 and Patriot Launcher, competitions, meet & greet with an Air Force pilot) | Caterham (vehicle exhibition) | Catering (various providers) | DEKRA (competitions, rollover simulator, Mario Kart challenge) | Denza | Dunlop | Falken | Legend (walking act – opportunity for selfies with the Nürburgring mascot) | Leikoo | Manthey (Exhibition of the winning cars 24h Nürburgring) | Maybach | Mercedes AMG (in the showroom: live assembly of a V8 engine, SimRacing) | Nankang | RAVENOL | Schaeffler | Scherer | Spark | Tesla | Toyota + Stahlwerk (Xbox Forza Horizon 6, photo spot with XXL Transformer) | Volkswagen (vehicle exhibition, world premiere of the VW ID.Polo GTI, panel discussion) | WB | Wempe (Pit Stop Challenge, AI Magic Mirror, 24h clock)