Live stream: watch Max Verstappen race at the Nürburgring ahead of 24 Hour race

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March 20, 2026

Watch live as Max Verstappen races this weekend at the Nordschleife, as he prepares to compete in the 2026 Nürburgring 24 Hours

March 20, 2026

Max Verstappen will race again at the Nürburgring Nordschleife this weekend, in a final preparation before taking on the circuit’s 24-hour race in May. You can watch the action in the live stream at the top of this page.

It will be Verstappen’s first competitive drive in the Mercedes-AMG GT3 that he’ll also be racing in the Nürburgring 24 Hours, and expectations are high after he won last year in his first GT3 race at the track last year.

English commentary starts at 10.15am BST, and the four-hour race begins at 11am.

Verstappen is taking part in the 58th ADAC Barbarossa Prize, the second round of this year’s Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS). The race was moved to this coming weekend so that he could enter after every early round of the initial NLS calendar clashed with Formula 1 grands prix.

The four-time F1 champion will be racing along Dani Juncadella and Jules Gounon who, along with Lucas Auer, will be teaming up again in the Nürburgring 24 Hours on May 16-17.

“The Nürburgring is a special place,” said Verstappen. “There is no other race track quite like it. The 24-hour race at the Nürburgring has been on my bucket list for a long time, so I’m very excited that we can now make it happen.”

Mercedes AMG GT3 in Red Bull livery

Verstappen will drive a Mercedes AMG GT3 in this year’s Nürburgring races

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This weekend’s NLS round will be used to prepare for the endurance classic, as Verstappen has already passed the requirements to compete.

In September last year, he secured the special license, an effort that began just a week after claiming another victory at the Italian Grand Prix.

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Having won at Monza, Verstappen headed to Germany to earn the required DMSB Permit Nordschleife that would allow him to race GT3 machinery around the ‘Green Hell’ and compete for overall victory.

Getting the Grade A permit included an intensive crash course: theory lessons and an e-learning module, followed by instructional laps around the circuit and then race participation in a restricted Porsche Cayman GT4 CS during NLS7 alongside sim-racing team-mate Chris Lulham.

With the permit secured, Verstappen then stepped into the Emil Frey Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 later that month for another NLS round and promptly won, having taken pole by 3sec.

 

How to watch the race

Fans can follow the entire Barbarossa Prize action live and for free.

The official livestream begins at 10.15am BST, and we are hosting the feed at the top of this page, offering coverage for the full four-hour race.

The race broadcast includes commentary in both German and English, onboard cameras from selected cars, and live timing for real-time results. Only German commentary is available for qualifying earlier in the day.

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