The 2021 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie was the 44th season of the German endurance series (formerly VLN) run at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, and second run as the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS). The season began on 27 March and ended on 9 October.

Philipp Leisen and Danny Brink won the drivers championship in a BMW 325i, driving for Adrenalin Motorsport.

Calendar Race Length Circuit Date 1 66. ADAC Westfalenfahrt 4 hours Nürburgring Nordschleife 27 March 2 45. DMV 4-Stunden-Rennen 4 hours 17 April 3 62. ADAC ACAS Cup 4 hours 1 May 4 52. Adenauer ADAC Rundstrecken-Trophy 4 hours 26 June 5 61. ADAC Reinoldus-Langstreckenrennen 4 hours 10 July 6 44. RCM DMV Grenzlandrennen 4 hours 11 July 7 ROWE 6 Stunden ADAC Ruhr-Pokal-Rennen 6 hours 11 September 8 53. ADAC Barbarossapreis 4 hours 25 September 9 45. DMV Münsterlandpokal 4 hours 9 October Source:

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

Class NLS specials 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 2599 cc and a turbocharger. 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 V2 Production cars with an engine capacity between 1600 and 1799 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. 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. Cup Class cars Cup classes are for single make identical or near identical specification cars Cup 2 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars. Cup 3 Porsche Cayman GT4 Trophy 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.

Entry Lists SP9 Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed GetSpeed Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2 Maximilian Götz P 1, 3 Daniel Juncadella 1, 3 Raffaele Marciello 1, 3 Fabian Schiller 1 Kuba Giermaziak 4 Frank Kechele 4 8 Emmanuel Collard P 1 François Perrodo 1 Matthieu Vaxivière 1 Jules Gounon 3 Dirk Müller 3 Fabian Schiller 3 9 Janine Shoffner Am 1–8 Moritz Kranz 1–7 John Shoffner 1 Falken Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R 3 Sven Müller P 1 Lance David Arnold 1, 3 Dirk Werner 2–3 Alessio Picariello 2, 6 Dennis Olsen 5–7, 9 Tobias Müller 5–7 Lars Kern 9 4 Martin Ragginger P 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 Klaus Bachler 1, 3 Sven Müller 2, 9 Thomas Preining 2 Alessio Picariello 5, 7 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Phoenix Racing Wochenspiegel Team Monschau by Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo 5 Vincent Kolb P All Frank Stippler All Kim-Luis Schramm 1 Michele Beretta 3 Kelvin van der Linde 7 11 Michele Beretta P 2 Nicki Thiim 2 Kim-Luis Schramm 9 Kuba Giermaziak 9 15 Christer Jöns P 1 Dennis Marschall 1 Frank Stippler 3 Dries Vanthoor 3 Frederic Vervisch 3 Ferrari 488 GT3 22 Georg Weiss P 2–4, 6–7 Jochen Krumbach 2–4, 6–7 Daniel Keilwitz 2–3 Leonard Weiss 3–4, 6–7 Mercedes-AMG Team HRT Mercedes-AMG Team HRT Bilstein Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 6 Hubert Haupt P 1, 5–8 Patrick Assenheimer 1, 5–8 Nico Bastian 1 Maro Engel 1 Adam Christodoulou 5 Manuel Metzger 6–8 16 Adam Christodoulou P 1, 3 Luca Stolz 1, 3 Manuel Metzger 1 Maro Engel 3 Hubert Haupt 3 Konrad Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 7 Michele Di Martino P 1–2, 4–6 Axcil Jefferies 1–2, 4, 6–7, 9 Alex Fontana 1 Kuba Giermaziak 5–6 Tim Zimmermann 7 Jordan Pepper 9 Dinamic Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 12 Michele Beretta P 4 Adrien De Leener 4 38 Matteo Cairoli P 7, 9 Romain Dumas 7 Michele Beretta 9 Adrien De Leener 9 RaceIng - Racing Engineers GmbH Audi R8 LMS Evo 14 Bernhard Henzel PA 4–6 Pavel Lefterov 4–6 KCMG Porsche 911 GT3 R 18 Edoardo Liberati P 1–2 Marco Holzer 1–2 Alexandre Imperatori 1 Josh Burdon 1 Black Falcon Team IDENTICA Porsche 911 GT3 R 19 Noah Nagelsdiek P 8–9 Hendrik Von Danwitz 8–9 Florian Naumann 8 Carlos Rivas 9 Schubert Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 20 Stef Dusseldorp P 1, 3 Jens Klingmann 1, 3 Jesse Krohn 3 Alexander Sims 3 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 21 Nicki Thiim P 8 Maxime Martin 8 Audi Sport Team Car Collection Lionspeed by Car Collection Motorsport Car Collection Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo 23 Nico Müller P 3, 8 Christer Jöns 3 Kelvin van der Linde 3 Patrick Kolb 8 Patric Niederhauser 8 24 Lorenzo Rocco di Torrepadula PA All Patrick Kolb All Patric Niederhauser 1–4, 9 Johannes Stengel 3 Milan Dontje 4–6, 8 Mattia Drudi 5–7 Jörg Viebahn 8–9 32 Markus Winkelhock P 1 Mike Rockenfeller 1 Christopher Haase 3 Dennis Marschall 3 Patric Niederhauser 3 40 Milan Dontje PA 3–7 Jörg Viebahn 3–7 Klaus Koch 3–4, 7 René Steurer 5 Peter Schmidt 7 Huber Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 25 Nico Menzel Am 1 Philipp Neuffer 1 Nico Menzel PA 2–4, 8–9 Stefan Aust 2–4 Philipp Neuffer 2–3 Alex Müller 3 Johannes Stengel 4–6 Joachim Thyssen 5–9 Klaus Rader 5–7, 9 Marco Seefried 5–6 Alexander Mies 7 Octane126 Ferrari 488 GT3 26 Björn Grossmann P 1–3 Jonathan Hirschi 1–3 Luca Ludwig 1–3 Simon Trummer 1–2 HWA Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 27 Thomas Jäger P 8 Patrick Assenheimer 8 Marcel Marchewicz 8 Audi Sport Team Land Audi R8 LMS Evo 29 Christopher Mies P 3 Kelvin van der Linde 3 Mattia Drudi 3 Frikadelli Racing Team Porsche 911 GT3 R 30 Earl Bamber P 1, 3 Matt Campbell 1 Nick Tandy 2 Maxime Martin 2 Mathieu Jaminet 3 Klaus Abbelen PA 4, 6–9 Tobias Müller 4, 9 Martin Ragginger 6 Felipe Fernandez Laser 7, 9 Axcil Jefferies 7 Julien Andlauer 8 31 Maxime Martin P 1, 3 Patrick Pilet 1, 3 Frédéric Makowiecki 2 Dennis Olsen 2 Rutronik Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 33 Tristan Viidas P 1–3 Tobias Müller 1–3 Julien Andlauer 1 Romain Dumas 3 Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 34 David Pittard P 1, 3–8 Ben Tuck 1, 3–8 Christian Krognes 3–8 35 Jörg Müller P 1–8 Mario von Bohlen und Halbach 1–7 Sami-Matti Trogen 1–3 Thomas Neubauer 4–8 Dennis Fetzer 7–8 36 Jörg Breuer Am 1–8 Henry Walkenhorst 1–8 Friedrich von Bohlen und Halbach 1–4, 8 Sami-Matti Trogen 5–6 Andreas Ziegler 7 Hella Pagid - racing one Ferrari 488 GT3 39 Christian Kohlhaas Am 3, 5–6, 8 Mike Jäger 3, 5–6 Stephan Köhler 3 Carrie Schreiner 5–6 Jules Szymkowiak 8 Nick Foster 8 BMW Team RMG BMW M6 GT3 44 Neil Verhagen P All Daniel Harper All Max Hesse All Augusto Farfus 1–2 CP Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 45 Charles Putman PA 2, 7 Joe Foster 2 Adam Christodoulou 2 Charles Espenlaub 3, 7 Shane Lewis 3, 7 46 Charles Putman PA 5–6 Charles Espenlaub 5–6 Joe Foster 5–6 Shane Lewis 5–6 Team Équipe-Vitesse Audi R8 LMS Evo 50 Michael Heimrich Am 1–4, 7–9 Arno Klasen 1–4, 7–9 Rudi Adams 1–4 Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 51 Uwe Alzen SPX 8 Marco Holzer 8 Porsche 911 GT3 R 911 Lars Kern P 1–3 Michael Christensen 2–3, 7–8 Kévin Estre 1–2, 7 Michael Ammermüller 8 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 52 Mustafa Mehmet Kaya SPX 9 Maik Rosenberg 9 Mike Stursberg 9 Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus SCG 004c 54 Thomas Mutsch SPX 3 Felipe Fernández Laser 3 Franck Mailleux 3 BMW Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 55 Philipp Eng SPX 7–8 Augusto Farfus 7–8 Hankook FFF Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 63 Marco Mapelli P 1, 3 Mirko Bortolotti 1, 3 Andrea Caldarelli 1 Giacomo Altoè 1 Franck Perera 3 MANN-FILTER Team Landgraf Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 70 Dirk Müller P 8–9 Luca-Sandro Trefz 8–9 ROWE Racing BMW M6 GT3 98 Marco Wittmann P 1, 3 Connor De Phillippi 1, 3 Sheldon van der Linde 1 Martin Tomczyk 3 99 Nick Catsburg P 1, 3 John Edwards 1, 3 Philipp Eng 1 Nick Yelloly 3EntryLists: Icon Class P Pro Cup PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup SPX SPX

SP7 Team Car Drivers Events Black Falcon Team TEXTAR Porsche 991 GT3 Cup MR 57 Paul Harkema 1–3, 5 Niels Langeveld 1–3, 5 Noah Nagelsdiek 7 Florian Naumann 7 Carlos Rivas 7 Hendrik Von Danwitz 7 Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 58 Bill Cameron 7–9 Jim Cameron 7–9 9und11 Racing Team Porsche 991 GT3 Cup MR 60 Georg Goder 5–9 Martin Schlüter 5–9 Ralf Oehme 6, 8–9 Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 62 Peter Bonk 4 Bill Cameron 4 Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 66 Peter Bonk 3–9 Marco Van Ramshorst 3–9 clickversicherung.de Team Porsche 991 GT3 Cup MR 69 Robin Chrzanowski 1–3, 5–9 Kersten Jodexnis 1–3, 5–9 Edgar Salewsky 3 Peter Scharmach 5, 7–9 Maximilian Koch 6 rent2drive-FAMILIA-racing Porsche 991 GT3 Cup MR 77 David Ackermann 4 Dmitry Lukovnikov 4 Csaba Walter 4 RPM Racing Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 78 Tracy Krohn 4–6, 8 Niclas Jönsson 4–6, 8 79 Milan Kodidek 3, 7–8 Kris Cools 3, 7 Bob Wilwert 3, 8 Philip Hamprecht 7 Huber Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 80 Hans Wehrmann 1–4, 7–9 Joachim Thyssen 1–4 Klaus Rader 1, 3–4 'Enzo' 2 Alexander Mies 7–9 Ulrich Berg 7, 9 90 Jonathan Miller 2 Ramana Lagemann 2 Christopher Allen 2 Hans Wehrmann 5–6 Ulrich Berg 5–6 Alexander Mies 5–6 Pit Lane – AMC Sankt Vith Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 100 Kurt Dujardyn 1–3, 7–8 Olivier Muytjens 1–3, 7–8 Jacques Castelein 1–3, 8EntryLists:

SP8 Team Car Drivers Events Giti Tire Motorsport By WS Racing Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo 128 Carrie Schreiner 1–2 Célia Martin 1–2 AMR Performance Centre Nürburgring Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 130 Walter Wilhelm Laschet 1, 4 Fabio Yannick Laschet 1, 4 Novel Racing with Toyo tire by Ring Racing Lexus RC-F 135 Uwe Kleen 3 Klaus Völker 3 Michael Tischner 5–6 Heiko Tönges 5–6EntryLists:

SP8T Team Car Drivers Events Black Falcon Team TEXTAR Mercedes-AMG GT4 140 Mustafa Mehmet Kaya 1–5, 7 Mike Stursberg 1–5, 7 Gabriele Piana 1–4, 7 Stephan Rösler 5 Ersin Yücesan 5, 7 141 Ersin Yücesan 2–3, 6 Marco Müller 2–3 Stephan Rösler 2–3 Mustafa Mehmet Kaya 6 Mike Stursberg 6 Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M240i Racing Cup 149 Matthew Greenwood 5–6 Nicolai Kjærgaard 5–6 William Tregurtha 5 Schnitzelalm Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 150 Peter Posavac 4–6, 8 Reinhold Renger 4–6, 8 Luca-Sandro Trefz 4 Alexander Kolb 5–6, 8 Yeeti Racing BMW M4 GT4 159 Christina Nielsen 5–7 Domenico Solombrino 5–7 Célia Martin 5–6 Phil Hill 7 Adrenalin Motorsport Team Alzner Automotive BMW M240i Racing Cup 160 Andreas Winkler 3 Marcel Fugel 3EntryLists:

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