The MINI Bulldog Racing Team is once again taking on its role of giant killer at the most grueling 24 Hours race in the world: The 24 Hours of Nurburgring. Follow below for all the latest updates as well as photos from arriving at the track to qualifying.

How to Watch: The ADAC Ravenol 24-h official YouTube channel will stream free qualifying rounds and the race worldwide, except geo-blocked regions (including the U.S., Canada, Hungary and France). In Europe, it’s also available via Eurosport, Discovery+, Max or local motorsport channels. In the U.S. and Canada, SPEED-SPORT-1 (free via Amazon Freevee or as app on Roku and Apple TV) typically carries flag-to-flag coverage. Alternatively you can watch the global YouTube stream with a VPN. Pro-tip – the Opera browser comes with a free VPN.

Live Streams

US Stream | Global (English) | Global (German) | Pit-lane Cam

Photos courtesy of @bernhard.filser

Update 1 (Wednesday): The first part of this year’s race is actually at the town in the center of the track. Along with other cars, MINI joined the Adenauer Racing Day parade through the Adenau town centre.

Photos courtesy of @bernhard.filser

Updated 2 (Friday): MINI has qualified 6th in the very touch SP 3T Class with a time of 10:08.492. The first session included a close call at a high-speed portion of the Nordschleife but luckily was gathered up.

The JCW’s time however is down some 30 seconds to the pole-sitting VW GOLF 7 GTI TCR DSG. Can MINI overcome that deficit? If there’s one thing we know about this race, the favorites not only have a hard time winning but often don’t even finish.

Update 3 (P5): What we’re off! The MINI JCW has already moved up from 6th to 5th place despite already having had a few close calls thanks to questionable moves by other cars.

Update 4 (P5): The red flag has been thrown for absolutely bizarre situation – power is out in the pits. After 9 laps completed (remember each lap is 17 miles) MINI is still sitting in 5th place in its class.

Update 5 (P4): The race is back underway and MINI has moved up from 5th to 4th passing in its class. However with the sun is setting things are about to get a bit more tricky.

Update 6 (P2): The 2025 Nurburgring 24 Hours has been brutal to many cars and nowhere more than MINI’s SP3T class. But MINI has endured it all is and now running in 2nd place in class. It now sits just behind a BMW M2 (G87) with 2 hours to go.

Update 7 (P2): After a grueling 24 hours, MINI has taken the checkered in P2 in the SP 3T class. While it’s not a class win like last year, it’s a huge result for the team in a class that has gotten a bit more competitive since last year. But as always, simply finishing the Nurburgring 24 Hours is a massive accomplishment. Especially given the stock nature of the F66 MINI Cooper JCW that the team raced.

Congrats to the Bulldog Team and MINI on an incredible result!

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