Two back-to-back four-hour races of the NLS season saw three Aston Martin Racing powered crews take to the Nurburgring Nordschleife circuit as the German endurance series ramps up until the end of its 2026 season.
The full season AMR protagonists from the Walkenhorst Motorsport and Prosport Racing team were again on hand as both entered their own Vantage GT3 that would both be running within the SP9 Pro-Am class for their respective trio of drivers. The Prosport Racing team would also be entering one of their remaining Vantage GT4 cars with a differing crew within each race.
The #35 Walkenhorst crew of Christian Krognes, Mateo Villagomez and Dennis Fetzer had already achieved podium success earlier in the season and were keen for some more whilst the father/son combination of Guido and Maxime Dumarey would in fact be joined by Adam Christodoulou, taking them out of the Am class and into the Pro-Am class.
The #175 Prosport AMR Vantage GT4 meanwhile would be running with both Robb Holland and Jacques Derenne on Saturday with Derenne and Jean-Luc Behets on Sunday.
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Running both races with between 121 and 136 cars, it was an unfortunate early demise of the #37 Prosport GT3 after just four laps but their debuting sister car would eventually come through to complete their race P5 in class but two laps down to their class winner. The #35 Walkenhorst crew would secure another podium finish – this time seventh overall and second in class.
NLS 9 on Sunday was a complete mixed bag compared to that of Saturday as rain was definitely on the radar with all the problems that that would bring such a diverse entry but for the AMR powered entry, all would finish this four hour. Whilst the #37 Prosport GT3 crew would claim a P5 finishing in class and its sister #175 finishing P10 in class (and two laps down again), the #35 would again finish P2 in SP9 Pro-Am.
Photo credits – Teams / Eric Metzner
