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Nürburgring 24 Hours: Top 30 Qualifying Explained

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The super pole session ahead of the Nürburgring 24 Hours takes place this evening, with 30 cars released at 10-second intervals for an establishing lap, followed by two timed laps. 

Qualification for that top 30, is somewhat complicated, combining qualifying results from the three VLN rounds so far this year, qualifying results from the N24 Qualifying Race and times set in the two qualifying sessions for the N24 so far yesterday and today.

The running order will be determined by drawing of lots in public, later this afternoon.

For know though, in numerical order, here are the 30 cars that made the cut, with an explanation on how they qualified for the Top 30, and their best time of the weekend so far:

#1 Team WRT Audi R8 LMS, qualified through N24 Qualifying Race, fastest time 8:21.991

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#2 Team WRT Audi R8 LMS, qualified through VLN 2, fastest time 8:23.653 

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#3 Frikadelli Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R, fastest time 8:19.302 

3-Frikadelli-Porsche-N24-2016-Qualifying

#4 Black Falcon Mercedes AMG GT3, qualified through N24 Qualifying Race, fastest time 8:35.016

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#5 Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS, qualified through VLN 2, fastest time 8:20.597

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#6 Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS, fastest time 8:18.736

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#7 Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT3, fastest time 8:22.975

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#8 Haribo Racing Mercedes AMG GT3, qualified through N24 Qualifying Race, fastest time 8:28.540

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#9 Black Falcon Mercedes AMG GT3, fastest time 8:19.858

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#14 Black Falcon Mercedes AMG GT3, fastest time 8:18.375

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#16 Twin Busch Motorsports Audi R8 LMS, fastest time 8:19.935

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#18 Schubert Motorsport BMW M6 GT3, qualified through VLN 3, fastest time 8:23.151

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#21 Wochenspiegel Team Manthey Porsche 911 GT3 R, fastest time 8:22.316 

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#22 Rowe Racing BMW M6 GT3, fastest time 8:20.525

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#23 ROWE Racing BMW M6 GT3, qualified through N24 Qualifying Race fastest time 8:26.705

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#25 Konrad Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan GT3, fastest time 8:21.216

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#27 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3, fastest time 8:21.950

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#28 Land Motorsport Audi R8 LMS, qualified through VLN 1, fastest time 8:24.654

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#29 HTP Motorsports Mercedes AMG GT3, qualified through N24 Qualifying Race, fastest time 8:16.490

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#30 HTP Motorsports Mercedes AMG GT3, qualified through N24 Qualifying Race, fastest time 8:19.934

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#35 Team RJN Nissan GT-R GT3, qualified through N24 Qualifying Race, fastest time 8:27.657

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#37 Bentley Team Abt Continental GT3, qualified through VLN 1, fastest time 8:26.353

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#38 Bentley Team Abt Continental GT3, fastest time 8:21.127

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#75 Zakspeed Mercedes AMG GT3, fastest time 8:19.358

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#88 Haribo Racing AMG GT3, fastest time 8:16.311

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#100 Schubert Motorsport BMW M6 GT3, qualified through VLN 3, fastest time 8:21.698

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#702 Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus SCG003C (SPX), qualified through VLN 2, fastest time 8:28.596

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#911 Porsche Team Manthey 911 GT3 R, qualified through N24 Qualifying Race, fastest time 8:20.377

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#912 Porsche Team Manthey 911 GT3 R, qualified through N24 Qualifying Race, fastest time 8:21.339

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#999 Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3, qualified through N24 Qualifying Race, fastest time 8:24.477

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Amongst the perhaps fancied runners missing out on the cut were:

#101 Walkenhorst BMW M6 GT3, set 22nd fastest time in the qualifying sessions but was leapfrogged by prequalified cars.

101-Walkenhorst-BMW-N24-2016-Qualifying

#12 Manthey Porsche 911 GT3 R, set 23rd fastest time in the qualifying sessions but was leapfrogged by prequalified cars.

12-Manthey-Porsche-N24-2016-Qualifying

#99 Walkenhorst Motorsport GT3, set 28th fastest time in qualifying but was leapfrogged by prequalified cars.

99-Walkenhorst-BMW-N24-2016-Qualifying

#701 Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus SCG 003C, set 30th fastest time in qualifying but was leapfrogged by prequalified cars.

701-Scuderia-Cameron-Glickenhaus-N24-2016-Qualifying

#44 Falken Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R, set 32nd fastest time in qualifying, missed the cut.

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#24 Zakspeed Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3, recovering from accident damage in Free Practice, missed the cut.

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The race tomorrow starts at 15:30 local time in Germany, live on radiolemans.com.