2020 Virtual 24 Hours

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2020 Virtual 24 Hours
Overall Winning Team: 23px-Flag of Spain.svg-1-.png Campos Motorsport
Overall Winning Manufacturer: 23px-Flag of Spain.svg-1-.png Tauro
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Layout of the Nurburgring Nordschleife
Layout of the Nurburgring Nordschleife
Logo for the 2020 Virtual 24 Hours
Logo for the 2020 Virtual 24 Hours

The 2020 Virtual 24 Hours of the Nurburgring was the 1st Annual Virtual 24 Hour Race, taking place on 12-13 December 2020. The event was the first of it's kind, created by the Automobile Club Virtuel to act as a final event of virtual motorsport's calendar year, and to celebrate the past season.

The race featured bespoke Prototype cars in the headline category, alongside two classes dedicated to production-based GT cars - GT Le Mans for all-professional driver lineups, and GT Daytona, with amateur drivers. The overall race win was taken by Diego Campos, Nikolai Milkovich and Jean Mattson, driving a Tauro V8 Prototype for Campos Motorsport, who completed 198 laps. In second place, only 28 seconds behind, were Adrien Simon, Rossendo Werner and Karl Beckenbauer in a Porsche RS Hybrid, and in the final podium placing was the Downton MCL001 Hybrid driven by Nathaniel Powers, Kip Maxwell and Sam Hudson.

Concept

The race was devised as an event to conclude the calendar year, coinciding with the European off-season, to celebrate the year in virtual motorsport, and as a unique challenge within virtual motorsport.

The inaugural running of the Virtual 24 Hour took place on the Nurburgring Nordschleife, with the German circuit awarded the first running of the event by popular vote within the FVA, marking this as the first FVA-affiliated event to take place at the circuit since 2017. The overall winner also received the ADAC 24h Virtuelrennen trophy.

Entries

Entry process

Entry invites for the 2020 Virtual 24 Hour were extended to all teams currently competing in a virtual motorsport series, as well as all other interested parties. This resulted in a 32 car entry, with 17 Prototypes, 8 GT Le Mans and 7 GT Daytona cars in the race.

Entry List

No Entrant Car Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3
Prototype (17 entries)
7 23px-Flag of Ireland.svg-1-.png Highwind Endurance Highwind HE01 23px-Flag of Italy.svg-1-.png Puccio Giodano 23px-Flag of Canada.svg-1-.png Hugh Dwyer 23px-Flag of Argentina.svg-1-.png Sergio Alvarez
8 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Mercedes-AMG Team K8ley-Arrow Mercedes-AMG 24P-2020 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Lewis Ellington 23px-Flag of Canada.svg-1-.png Keith Murphy 23px-Flag of Japan.svg-1-.png Yakumi Takahashi
9 23px-Flag of Spain.svg-1-.png Campos Motorsport Tauro V8 Prototype 23px-Flag of Spain.svg-1-.png Diego Campos 23px-Flag of Russia.svg-1-.png Nikolai Milkovich 23px-Flag of France.svg-1-.png Jean Mattson
11 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png JFPT Franklin Honda Honda HPD-05 23px-Flag of Australia.svg-1-.png Nick Addison 23px-Flag of Italy.svg-1-.png Enzo Domenicalli 23px-Flag of the Netherlands.svg-1-.png Jochem van Snelheid
12 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png iGP Franklin Honda Honda HPD-05 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Jamie Davies 23px-Flag of Japan.svg-1-.png Ryota Onishi 23px-Flag of Mexico.svg-1-.png Itzel Santiago
13 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Downton Motorsport Downton MCL001 Hybrid 23px-Flag of the United States.svg-1-.png Brock Kidd 23px-Flag of Jamaica.svg-1-.png Spencer James 23px-Flag of the United States.svg-1-.png Chase Newfield
14 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Downton Motorsport Downton MCL001 Hybrid 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Nathaniel Powers 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Kip Maxwell 23px-Flag of the United States.svg-1-.png Sam Hudson
15 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Lucas Racing Prototypes Lucas LCS-02 Toyota 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Marcus Thunder 23px-Flag of Sweden.svg-1-.png Maximilian Thunstrom 23px-Flag of Portugal.svg-1-.png Carson Davenport
20 22px-Flag of Brazil.svg-1-.png Thunderhead Racing Thunderhead MK-006 Cadillac 23px-Flag of Italy.svg-1-.png Romano Agostino 23px-Flag of Belgium (civil).svg-1-.png Regi Abott 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Darrel Pollard
21 23px-Flag of France.svg-1-.png Coca-Cola Porsche Team Mathershaw Porsche RS Hybrid 23px-Flag of France.svg-1-.png Sebastien Vocquelin 23px-Flag of Estonia.svg-1-.png Allar Kangur 19px-Flag of Monaco.svg-1-.png Olen Inman
22 23px-Flag of France.svg-1-.png Coca-Cola Porsche Team Mathershaw Porsche RS Hybrid 23px-Flag of France.svg-1-.png Adrien Simon 23px-Flag of Italy.svg-1-.png Rossendo Werner 23px-Flag of Germany.svg-1-.png Karl Beckenbauer
37 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Ingram Jaguar Racing Jaguar P-Type 23px-Flag of Colombia.svg-1-.png James Vasquez 23px-Flag of Estonia.svg-1-.png Urmo Kruuda 23px-Flag of Finland.svg-1-.png Heikki Veskila
42 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Phoenix Motorsport Downton MCL001 Hybrid 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Dominic Hanson 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Callum Brandon 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png James Thompson
44 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png OSM Racing International Downton MCL001 Hybrid 23px-Flag of Belgium (civil).svg-1-.png Thierry Xylander 23px-Flag of Poland.svg-1-.png Daniel Zientek 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Ethan Matthews
56 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png BMW Gray Autosport BMW M10 23px-Flag of Ukraine.svg-1-.png Oleksandr Zozulya 23px-Flag of Sweden.svg-1-.png Sebastian Bergkvist 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Luca Gray
57 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png BMW Gray Autosport BMW M10 23px-Flag of Germany.svg-1-.png Niklaus Holzberg 21px-Flag of Norway.svg-1-.png Ellenor Haugland 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Dino Palma
69 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Veltins Porsche Team Westwood Porsche RS Hybrid 23px-Flag of Spain.svg-1-.png Carlos Zapatero 23px-Flag of Germany.svg-1-.png Timo Ziegler 23px-Flag of Finland.svg-1-.png Tumo Kinnumen
No. Team Car Class Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 Entry Submitted
17 Monster Energy Downton McLaren Racing (GBR) McLaren 720S GT Le Mans Caspar Davidson (NZL) Ethan Knight (GBR) Luuk van der Straten (NED) 20:07 22/10/2020
38 Ingram Jaguar Racing (GBR) Jaguar F-Type SVR GT Le Mans Jonas Phipps (ARG) Eric Oliversson (SWE) Roman Bishop (PAL) 22:32 22/10/2020
55 BMW Gray Autosport (GBR) BMW M8 GT GT Le Mans Shuji Fakida (JPN) Daniel Bruner (AUS) Sean Bruner (AUS) 20:27 22/10/2020
58 BMW Gray Autosport (GBR) BMW M8 GT GT Le Mans Felipe Cesar (BRA) Jose Santos (BRA) Jeromo Gomis (ESP) 20:27 22/10/2020
88 AMG K8ley-Arrow (GBR) Mercedes-AMG GT24-2020 GT Le Mans Douglas Bacon (USA) Rodolfo de la Fuente (ESP) Zander Brynildsen (NOR) 18:29 22/10/2020
91 Porsche Team Lapierre-Brumos (USA) Porsche 911 RSR GT Le Mans Alexander McLaughlin (NZL) Max Meyer (RSA) Stuart Harrison (USA) 15:09 22/10/2020
92 Porsche Team Lapierre-Brumos (USA) Porsche 911 RSR GT Le Mans Jules Barclay (CAN) Aleksey Nowosinki (POL) Gerard Alaniz (FRA) 15:09 22/10/2020
3 Ingram Endurance (GBR) Jaguar F-Type SVR GT Daytona William Ingram (GBR) Edgardo Agretha (BEL) Isabella Garcia (ESP) 16:55 22/10/2020
18 JFPT Franklin Honda (GBR) Honda NSX GT GT Daytona Jamie Franklin (GBR) Luke Stokey (GBR) Daniela Mendoza (MEX) 16:55 22/10/2020
70 TBA Porsche 911 RSR GT Daytona Lilly Westwood (GBR) Alex Easton (GBR) Roger Kinnumen (NOR) 19:52 26/10/2020
71 Highwind Endurance (IRL) Ferrari 488 GTB GT Daytona Ahmed Cheema (IRL) Declan Byrne (IRL) Henri Routsalainen (FIN) 21:48 22/10/2020
80 AMG K8ley-Arrow (GBR) Mercedes-AMG GT24-2020 GT Daytona Rhys Kateley (GBR) Jamie Gerrard (GBR) Ellie Mae Theodoulou (CYP) 18:29 22/10/2020
93 Matmut Lapierre Formule (FRA) Porsche 911 RSR GT Daytona Arthur Lapierre (FRA) Dr. Heinrich Wallinger (DEU) Didier Arnaud (FRA) 15:09 22/10/2020
94 Downton McLaren Racing (GBR) McLaren 720S GT Daytona Bradley Downton (GBR) Scott Parsons (GBR) Will Taylor (GBR) 20:10 22/10/2020
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Testing

A month prior to the Virtual 24 Hour race, a three-day test was held between 11-13 November to enable teams and drivers to familiarise themselves with the circuit and set up their cars for the event. Each of the three drivers competing in a team had to take part in a single day of running, which included a night session on the third day. The fastest time overall was set by Hugh Dwyer on day two in his [[Highwind HE01], a 7 minutes, 1.050 seconds time beating Carson Davenport's day one benchmark by just under half a second.

In the GT classes, the Mercedes of Rodolfo de la Fuente led the way, while Luke Stokey's performance in the GT Daytona Honda NSX GT led the sub-category. The fastest Amateur driver across the test day was Lilly Westwood, competing in a Porsche 911 RSR-V for her eponymous team.

Post-testing balance of performance changes

Following testing, the ACV reserved the right to alter the Balance of Performance in both Prototype and the GT classes to ensure parity between competitors heading into the week of the race. However, the field spread was such that no adjustments were made.

Practice

Qualifying

Format

Opening Session

Superpole

Qualifying Results

Race

Start and opening hours

Sunset to night

Early morning to afternoon

Finish

Post-race

Race results