Hunt & co delighted with Germany win
Will Hunt closed out a dominant victory on his 2024 return to the Nürburgring Nordschleife with Adrenalin Motorsport teammates Nico Silva, Yannik Himmels and Michel Albers.
The Sussex Autos-backed driver from Hurstpierpoint bettered the podium he achieved on his debut at ‘The Ring’ in 2023.
He brought home the winners' trophy in his first competitive outing with the #651 BMW M240i Racing Cup in the red flag-shortened Nurburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS) ROWE 6h ADAC Pokal-Rennen.
Hunt had only one session on the Nürburgring Grand Prix loop and a short run on the full Nordschleife to get acquainted with the #651 BMW’s controls and understand its handling characteristics.
Hunt, Silva, Himmels and Albers placed the Sussex Autos-sponsored BMW on pole position, aware they also had strategic flexibility with very little to choose between all four drivers over a race stint.
The ROWE 6h ADAC Pokal-Rennen began as mist was replaced by a rain shower. The track turned into an ice-rink and the red flags flew when the top six overall skated off into the barriers.
At the head of the M240i Racing Cup class, Silva – the starting driver in the polesitting #651 machine – had been in the process of building a healthy advantage when the race was halted. At the restart, the gap continued expanding.
Himmels made further gains and circulated significantly quicker than the opposing M240i Racing Cups until he was summoned in to give way to Albers.
The lead gap remained relatively static at approximately 2m30s during the third hour. Happily, Hunt had the honour of closing out the truncated four-hour race for the #651 crew, who temporarily relinquished P1 when the sister car went a lap further before boxing for its final driver-change.
However, with sector times that were super consistent and frequently quicker than his pursuers, the
Sussex Autos-backed driver was some six minutes clear of the competition after Adrenalin Motorsport ran down its mandatory minimum pit time in a fourth stop with the #651 car.
Hunt brought it home to a controlled victory.