Reportage 10. VLN-Lauf 2016

With a thrilling finale, the VLN Endurance Championship Nürburgring bids farewell to its 40th season and heads into its winter break. Starting in challenging weather conditions, Christopher Mies and Connor De Phillippi, winners of the 41st DMV Münsterland Cup, were greeted by brilliant autumn sunshine at the finish line in their Land-Motorsport Audi R8 LMS. After 4:06:25.800 hours, they crossed the line with a lead of 2:44.418 minutes over Jörg Müller and Nico Menzel in the BMW Team RBM BMW M6 GT3. Third place went to Christian Krognes, Victor Bouveng, and Jesse Krohn in the Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3. With three overall victories and the VLN Speed ​​Trophy, Land-Motorsport emerged as the most successful team of the season. The most successful drivers of 2016 are Alexander Mies and Michael Schrey from Bonk Motorsport: The new VLN champions rounded off their exceptional performance with their eighth class victory in the BMW M235i Racing Cup.