Dustin Blattner continued his stellar 2025 campaign by topping Friday's Bronze Test at the Nürburgring. The American driver posted a 1m56.394s at the wheel of the #74 Kessel Racing Ferrari.
Blattner was well clear of the pack, beating the #222 Mercedes-AMG of Charles Dawson by 0.454s. The 2 Seas Motorsport driver made his series debut last time out at the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa and is also on the cusp of winning the British GT title.
Third place went to the #27 QMMF by Saintéloc Racing Audi driven by Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi, who delivered one of the best showings of his maiden season of European competition. Rinat Salikhov (#81 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG) and Louis Machiels (#52 AF Corse – Francorchamps Motors Ferrari) completed the top five.
A total of 16 cars contested the one-hour session, which was largely run in dry conditions but ended with heavy rain. The full field will be on-track tomorrow morning at 09:15 CEST to contest Free Practice. This marks the start of live streaming on GT World, which continues for the remainder of the event.
> RESULTS: Bronze Test