Hyundai completes 'Nurburgring 24 o'clock' for 10 consecutive years
Jun 24, 2025
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Hyundai Motor announced on the 23rd (Mon) that its Avante N TCR ranked first and second in the "2025 Nurburgring 24 Hours" Endurance Race (hereinafter referred to as Nurburgring 24 Hours) held in the Nurburgr region of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, from the 21st (Sat) to the 22nd (Sunday local time).
Nurburgring 24:00 is an automobile race competition that runs for 24 hours on the Nurburgring circuit, which is called "The Green Hell" and is considered the world's harshest race track, and ranks based on the total number of laps.
It is a 24-hour durable race developed based on mass-produced cars. In the TCR class, which Hyundai N participated in with two Avante N TCRs, front-wheel touring cars with displacement of less than 2,000cc competed, and in the SP3T class, which participated in one Avante N1 cup car, mass-produced cars with displacement of less than 2,000cc competed.
In Hyundai N, a total of three vehicles participated in the Nurburgring 24 o'clock, and two vehicles succeeded in completing the race. Avante NTCR competed in the TCR class, setting a milestone of completing the Nurburgring at 24 o'clock for the 10th consecutive year.
Avante NTCR has proved its excellent durability and driving performance by winning the TCR class for five consecutive years and ranking 22nd overall. The Avante N1 cup car, which first competed at 24:00 Nurburgring, was running about 18 hours of the entire 24 hours in the SP3T class when it was unfortunately retired during the race due to a rear collision of another race car.
Drivers (athletes) who worked with Hyundai N's race cars also received attention. In the TCR class, Team Europe (vehicle 830), consisting of Manuel Lauck, Marc Basseng, and Christer Joens, won the title, while Team America (vehicle 831), featuring Michael Lewis, Mason Philippi, Bryson Morris, and Robert Wickens, won the title.
Robert Weekins, a member of the American team, received hot attention at the scene when he completed the Nurburgring 24 o'clock race using a hand control system even though he was a disabled driver who was diagnosed with paraplegia.
In the SP3T class, where the Avante N1 cup car (vehicle 303) was active, the "Hyundai N Cup Team," consisting of four drivers from three countries (▲ Korea Kim Kyu-min, Kim Young-chan ▲ China Zhang Zhen Dong ▲ Jeff Ricca, USA), participated. Among them, Kim Young-chan, who was finally selected as the "Hyundai Junior Driver" due to his performance at the Hyundai N Festival last year and qualified to participate in this year's Nurburgring at 24:00, continued his activities on overseas stages beyond Korea, showing his potential for future growth.
Meanwhile, Hyundai operated a booth alongside Toyota at the Nurburgring 24:00, collaborating beyond competition through motorsports and conveying the two companies' passion for automobiles to global customers. Hyundai Motor and Toyota have continued their partnership since they held the "Hyundai N x Toyota GAZOO Racing Festival" together at Yongin Speedway in October last year, and management of the two companies attended the final round of the 2024 WRC, WRC Japan, to watch the game together.
We are glad that Hyundai N has proven its excellent durability and driving performance by winning the TCR class for five consecutive years while completing the Nurburgring 24 o'clock endurance race for 10 consecutive years, said Park Jun-woo, head of Hyundai Motor's N Management Division. "In the future, Hyundai N will continue to accumulate high-performance technology and continue to work to develop products through various activities including motorsports in Nurburgring, which is famous for its harsh circuit."
Editor Song Moon-cheol mc.song@carguy.kr
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
