NLS4 – the newest Nurburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS) race that includes Max Verstappen – has been “suspended until further notice” as a result of a multi-car incident after lower than half an hour of racing.
Saturday’s Nordschleife occasion had solely been working for 2 laps when the four-hour race was red-flagged.
It emerged this was as a result of a multi-car pile-up on the Steilstrecke part of the Nordschleife, which officers mentioned concerned seven automobiles.
The race clock continued to tick down till the pink flag earlier than race management issued the “suspended until further notice” message over an hour into the stoppage with an announcement from the organisers then saying that “rescue operations for several injured drivers are currently in full swing”.
It’s unclear whether or not the NLS4 race will restart. Verstappen’s team-mate Lucas Auer had taken the beginning and was working ninth on the time of the incident, wherein their automobile was not concerned. The intention was that Verstappen would drive the second a part of the afternoon-into-evening race to get expertise of the monitor and automobiles after darkish forward of his Nurburgring 24 Hours bid subsequent month.
A lot of undamaged automobiles have been caught on monitor behind the incident, however started returning to the pits virtually an hour and a half into the stoppage.
Another race within the collection with the identical staff and drivers – NLS5 – is scheduled to happen on Sunday afternoon.
