PAGID Racing brake pads equipped the front axles of 33 percent of all class winners at the 54th ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring, the company confirmed following the endurance race held last weekend. The TMD Friction motorsport brand also supplied rear-axle pads to many teams across the grid, including the overall-winning RAVENOL Mercedes-AMG GT3 #80 fielded by Winward Racing. A total of 161 cars registered for the event, 159 took the start across 28 classes, and 111 reached the finish, according to the PAGID Racing release.
Highlights
- Front-axle PAGID Racing pads on 33 percent of class winners across 27 classified classes
- Overall victory for the RAVENOL Mercedes-AMG GT3 #80 — Mercedes’ first 24h Nürburgring win in ten years
- Record-breaking 352,000 spectators along the Nordschleife
- Max Verstappen’s #3 Mercedes-AMG, also carrying PAGID rear-axle pads, retired with a driveshaft issue while leading
Mercedes-AMG ends decade-long drought aboard PAGID-equipped #80
Maro Engel, Maxime Martin, Fabian Schiller and Luca Stolz drove the RAVENOL Mercedes-AMG GT3 #80 to overall victory, the marque’s first win at the event in ten years. PAGID Racing supplied brake pads for the rear axle of the winning car, with the company noting that many teams across the grid trusted its pads on both axles.
The result came against a field of 159 starters spread across 28 classes. After 24 hours of competition, 111 cars were classified across 27 classes — a finish rate of roughly 70 percent of starters.
Verstappen debut ends with driveshaft failure
The 24h Nürburgring debut of Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen drew significant attention to the event. His #3 Mercedes-AMG, also fitted with PAGID Racing pads on the rear axle, was running in a strong position when a driveshaft issue ended the team’s race.
“If there’s one good thing about him not winning, it’s the fact that he’ll actually have to come back now,” the Nürburgring commentary team remarked, as quoted in the release.
A record-breaking 352,000 spectators lined the Nordschleife over the race weekend, setting a new attendance benchmark for the event.
Coverage from GT3 to touring cars
PAGID Racing pads were used across vehicle categories, not only in the leading GT3 entries. The Ollis Garage Racing team competed with a Dacia Logan touring car running PAGID pads — a contrast to the high-performance machinery at the front of the field and a marker of the brand’s spread across the entry list.
The result extends a pattern visible at last year’s race, when PAGID Racing recorded the highest axle-coverage percentage among brake-pad suppliers in the 53rd edition of the event. PAGID-equipped teams have also taken class wins earlier this season in the Nürburgring Endurance Series.
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