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Even though it didn't manage to secure a win as it did back in 2013, the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 finished second and third in this year's 24 Hours of Nurburgring, with cars from the AMG customer teams of Black Falcon and Rowe Racing crossing the finish line after the Audi R8 LMS ultra of Phoenix Racing.
The 42nd edition of the endurance race saw six Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 aligned at the start, though one of them had to retire because of an accident.
“The 24-hour race at Nürburgring is an ultimate highlight in the endurance race programe. In the end, having two SLS AMG GT3 on the podium and three among the seven best is an excellent team achievement. We are proud of the performance of our customer teams, which repeatedly succeeded brilliantly in beating their competitors.
Congratulations to Black Falcon and ROWE RACING for the positions two and three. Thanks to all customer teams, all drivers and the entire Affalterbach team, which made this success possible for Mercedes-Benz and AMG by their passionate commitment. Congratulations to the winners of the team Phoenix Racing and Audi.” said Jochen Bitzer, head of AMG Customer Sports.
Starting from seventh position on the grid, the SLS AMG GT3 of Black Falcon finished in second place, driven by Andreas Simonsen, Christian Menzel and Lance David Arnold, while the Rowe Racing SLS AMG GT3 driven by Michael Zehe, Christian Hohenadel, Nico Bastian and Maro Engel crossed the finish line in the third overall position.
“We would have loved to repeat last year’s success. Unfortunately, in the end, we did not catch up with the victorious Audi. However, we are very pleased about the second position of our start number 1! The SLS AMG GT3 repeatedly proved its high reliability. Unfortunately, our second car with start number 14 retired because of an accident. I want to thank all team members!” said Sean Paul Breslin, team manager of Black Falcon.
“The 24-hour race at Nürburgring is an ultimate highlight in the endurance race programe. In the end, having two SLS AMG GT3 on the podium and three among the seven best is an excellent team achievement. We are proud of the performance of our customer teams, which repeatedly succeeded brilliantly in beating their competitors.
Congratulations to Black Falcon and ROWE RACING for the positions two and three. Thanks to all customer teams, all drivers and the entire Affalterbach team, which made this success possible for Mercedes-Benz and AMG by their passionate commitment. Congratulations to the winners of the team Phoenix Racing and Audi.” said Jochen Bitzer, head of AMG Customer Sports.
Starting from seventh position on the grid, the SLS AMG GT3 of Black Falcon finished in second place, driven by Andreas Simonsen, Christian Menzel and Lance David Arnold, while the Rowe Racing SLS AMG GT3 driven by Michael Zehe, Christian Hohenadel, Nico Bastian and Maro Engel crossed the finish line in the third overall position.
“We would have loved to repeat last year’s success. Unfortunately, in the end, we did not catch up with the victorious Audi. However, we are very pleased about the second position of our start number 1! The SLS AMG GT3 repeatedly proved its high reliability. Unfortunately, our second car with start number 14 retired because of an accident. I want to thank all team members!” said Sean Paul Breslin, team manager of Black Falcon.
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