Porsche 911 GT3 R finishes sixth

Porsche reported that three of its 911 GT3 R customer cars finished inside the top 10 overall at the Nürburgring 24 Hours on May 17, 2026, with the Lionspeed GP-entered No. 24 car the highest-placed 911 in sixth. Porsche said the race weekend drew a record crowd of 352,000 spectators at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, and the company used the event to mark 75 years of its motorsport history. The Lionspeed GP team car driven by Laurin Heinrich, Laurens Vanthoor and Ricardo Feller started 24th on the grid and climbed to sixth overall after a largely trouble-free run, Porsche said. (newsroom.porsche.com) ### Which Porsche cars finished in the top ten? (newsroom.porsche.com) Porsche said three customer-entered 911 GT3 R cars ended the 24-hour race inside the top 10 overall, with the No. 24 Lionspeed GP sixth and the No. 54 Dinamic GT car eighth. Porsche said the No. 24 car also placed fifth in the SP9 class, while the No. 54 Dinamic GT entry finished seventh in class and eighth overall. (newsroom.porsche.com) ### How did Lionspeed GP recover from a poor qualifying? Lionspeed GP started the race from 24th following collisions in qualifying and the warm-up, Porsche said, and made significant progress in the first three hours to move up the order. (racing.porsche.com) Porsche said the Lionspeed crew "largely stayed out of trouble and gradually worked their way up the field," a strategy it credited for the team's sixth-place finish. ### What did drivers and Porsche staff say about conditions? (newsroom.porsche.com) Maximilian Müller, GT Race Support at Porsche Motorsport, said the conditions were "extremely difficult" and that the first six hours felt like "a full sprint race." Müller added that Porsche lacked some pace to challenge for the overall win and that retirements also influenced the final classification, comments Porsche published in its race report. (newsroom.porsche.com) ### How many Porsches and what did the company celebrate at the event? Porsche said 60 customer cars entered the Nürburgring 24 Hours field of around 160 race cars, and the manufacturer marked its 75th motorsport anniversary during the weekend. (racing.porsche.com) Porsche noted that professional and amateur customer teams together secured nine class victories across eleven classifications at the event, including a Pro‑Am class win for Black Falcon. ### What are Porsche’s next steps for the GT3 R program? (newsroom.porsche.com) Porsche said it is preparing the GT3 R programme for the next major endurance test — the 24 Hours of Spa at the end of June — and that engineers will work on race pace and reliability ahead of that event. Porsche’s published race reports and the company newsroom page list the Nürburgring result and say the team will refocus on Spa, where the Intercontinental GT and other endurance series will resume competition at the end of June. (newsroom.porsche.com) (racing.porsche.com)