Max Verstappen’s #3 Mercedes-AMG GT3 was pushed into the garage for repairs following a broken drive shaft, after leading for the last few hours of the 24 Hours of Nürburgring. With less than three hours to go, the #3 Mercedes is out of contention for the win and podium.
“After the driver change pitstop from Max to Dani, Dani reported on the outlap an ABS failure, which lead us to assume that there is an electrical failure. We tried to reset, and on the first lap he could continue without losing too much time, and we prepared in the pits to changedor do repair work. In the second lap he figured out that there is a noise and also vibration which needed to put him in and come back slowly into the pit.
There, we figured out that the drive shaft is broken and due to this damage, there has also been major damage and areas around the drive shaft which makes a longer repair necessary. So, we put our heads together, very disappointed drivers, but still, we decided to repair the car and send it out for the last 2-3 laps to present it to the fans and the public, who cheered us on for 20 hours and tried to push us to the win,” said Stefan Wendl, Head of Customer Racing at Mercedes-AMG Motorsport.
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