2022 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie

The 2022 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie is the 45th season of the German endurance series (formerly VLN) run at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, and third run as the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS).^[1] The season began on 26 March and ended on 5 November.

2022 NLS Series

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2021

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2023

Daniel Zils, Oskar Sandberg and Sindre Setsaas won the drivers championship in a BMW 330i, driving for Adrenalin Motorsport.^[2][3] Scherer Sport Team Phoenix (Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II) won the overall teams championship (NLS Speed Trophy).^[3]

Calendar

Rnd.	Race	Length	Circuit	Date
1	67. ADAC Westfalenfahrt	4 hours	Nürburgring Nordschleife	26 March
2	53. Adenauer ADAC Rundstrecken-Trophy	4 hours		23 April
3	45. RCM DMV Grenzlandrennen	4 hours		25 June
4	ROWE 6 Stunden ADAC Ruhr-Pokal-Rennen	6 hours		9 July
5	12 Stunden Nürburgring[4]	12 hours		9-11 September
6	54. ADAC Barbarossapreis	4 hours		8 October
7	PAGID Racing 46. DMV Münsterlandpokal	4 hours		22 October
8	46. NIMEX DMV 4-Stunden-Rennen	4 hours		5 November
Source:[5][6]

Classes

Entries are split into multiple different classes. Current classes are:

	Class
NLS specials
SP2	Purpose-built racecars with an engine capacity between 1400 and 1749 cc.
SP2T	Purpose-built racecars with a turbocharged-engine capacity between 1400 and 1749 cc and a turbocharger.
SP3	Purpose-built racecars with an engine capacity between 1750 and 1999 cc.
SP3T	Purpose-built racecars with a turbocharged-engine capacity between 1750 and 1999 cc and a turbocharger.
SP4	Purpose-built racecars with an engine capacity between 2000 and 2499 cc.
SP4T	Purpose-built racecars with a turbocharged-engine capacity between 2000 and 2499 cc and a turbocharger.
SP5	Purpose-built racecars with an engine capacity between 2500 and 2999 cc.
SP6	Purpose-built racecars with an engine capacity between 3000 and 3499 cc.
SP7	Purpose-built racecars with an engine capacity between 3500 and 3999 cc.
SP8	Purpose-built racecars with an engine capacity over 4000 cc.
SP8T	Purpose-built racecars with a turbocharged-engine capacity between 2600 and 4000 cc.
SP9	For FIA-homologated Group GT3 cars. GT3 sub-classes based on driver ranking system maintained by the FIA.
SP9 Pro, SP9 Pro-Am & SP9 Am
SP10	For FIA and SRO-homologated Group GT4 cars.
SP-Pro	Prototype racecars with an engine capacity over 3000 cc.
SPX	'Special vehicles' which do not fit into any other class.
AT(-G)	Vehicles using alternative fuel sources (e.g. electric, LPG, hydrogen, etc.)
TCR touring cars
TCR	FIA-homologated TCR Touring Cars. TCR sub-classes based on driver ranking system.
TCR Pro & TCR Am
NLS production cars
V3	Production cars with an engine capacity between 1600 and 1999 cc.
V4	Production cars with an engine capacity between 2000 and 2499 cc.
V5	Production cars with an engine capacity between 2500 and 2999 cc.
V6	Production cars with an engine capacity over 3500 cc.
VT1	Production cars with an engine capacity between 1000 and 1999 cc and a turbocharger.
VT2	Production cars with an engine capacity between 2000 and 2999 cc and a turbocharger.
VT3	Production cars with an engine capacity over 3000cc and a turbocharger.
VT Hybrid[7]	Production cars with a hybrid-engine.
VT Elektro	Production cars with an electro-engine.
Porsche Endurance Trophy Nürburgring Cup Class cars[8] Cup classes are for single make identical or near identical specification cars
Cup 2	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup cars.
Cup 3	Porsche Cayman GT4 Trophy cars.
Cup Class cars Cup classes are for single make identical or near identical specification cars
Cup 5	BMW M2 CS cars.
Cup X	KTM X-Bow Cup cars.
M240i	BMW M240i Racing Cup cars.
OPC	Opel Astra OPC cars.
Gruppe H historic cars
H2	Pre-2008 production cars and purpose-built racecars with an engine capacity up to 1999 cc.
H4	Pre-2008 production cars and purpose-built racecars with an engine capacity between 2000 and 6250 cc.
Source[9]