Mega Gallery & Report: the 53rd Belmot Oldtimer Grand Prix

Submitted by Marcel Hundscheid on August 14, 2026

By Marcel Hundscheid / Speed-O-Graphica

The 53rd edition of the Belmot Oldtimer Grand Prix took place at the Nürburgring during the second weekend of August. 43,000 visitors enjoyed an extensive and varied program featuring everything from sports cars, GTs, and touring cars spanning the 1950s through the 1990s, alongside a showcase of modern-day vehicles. As you have come to expect from us, we focused exclusively on the various historic motorsport series.

One of the main attractions at the Oldtimer Grand Prix is the Tourenwagen Golden Era. Over forty iconic touring cars took part in the qualifying session for the Tourenwagen Golden Era. Former DTM racer Roland Asch and his son Sebastian put their Ford Sierra RS500 on pole position.

The first race on Saturday evening was chaotic, to say the least, and was red-flagged following a crash involving two BMW drivers. After a lengthy delay, the race was restarted with Sebastian Asch initially in the lead. After eleven laps Asch claimed victory in front of Ronny Scheer (Nissan Skyline) and Kris Nissen (BMW M3 E30).

During the second race of the weekend, former stars like Roland Asch and Uwe Alzen had to settle with technical issues and despite a very strong performance during the opening laps, both had to retire. The second race on Sunday afternoon turned into a war of attrition for a number of drivers. After the This handed the lead to Kris Nissen, ahead of Erik Qvick in a BMW M3 E36 and Tim Kuijl in a BMW E36. Ultimately, this was the surprising top three that took the chequered flag.

A public favorite are the cars from the Revival of the Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft. Remarkably for an event like the Oldtimer Grand Prix, not a single Porsche 935 was present during this edition. Qualifying was won by the Zakspeed Ford Capri Turbo driven by the father-and-son duo Peter and Stefan Mücke. A technical issue however forced them to retire the fast Capri for the weekend.

As soon as the lights went green an interesting battle developed between Ronny Scheer’s Zakspeed Ford Capri Turbo and Michael Kammermann’s BMW M1. But when Scheer was forced to retire his Capri, Kammermann drove to an unchallenged victory. The weekend’s second race appeared to be a carbon copy of the first, with Kammermann once again claiming victory ahead of Waber and Sadurski.

Steffen Lykke Gregersen won the first race of the Classic Cup Golden Era for historic Porsches after pole sitter Wolfgang Destree and Oliver Menzel had to retire, due to technical problems. The second race of the Classic Cup Golden Era proved to be a race of recovery for Oliver Menzel and Wolfgang Destree. In the end is was Menzel who claimed victory.

Another highlight and a regular feature of the Oldtimer Grand Prix is the Saturday evening race for cars built up to 1965. Last year’s winners, Palle Birkelund-Pedersen and Alexander Weiss, once again drove the small Ginetta G4R to pole position. During the 65-minute race on Saturday evening, the Danish duo proved far too strong for the rest of the field. They secured a second consecutive victory in a dominant way.

The succesfull Danish duo was however unable to repeat their Saturday evening feat. Weiss started the race from pole position and had already built up a twelve-second lead after three laps. A silencer broke, caught fire forcing Weiss to park the agile Ginetta that put an end to their hopes of taking a second victory back to Denmark. After an exciting race the victory went surprisingly to the Ginetta G4 driven by Felix Haas and Markus Jörg.

Historic Grand Prix Cars from the sixties were actually the only single seaters that had an official race during the weekend. The grid was split into separate races for front-engined and rear-engined cars, alongside a combined race. Rüdiger Friedrichs topped the qualifying session in his Cooper T53. However during the first race, the German driver battled with Mark Shaw, who ultimately won the race in his Brabham BT4. The first race for front-engined cars was won convincingly by Joaquin Folch in his Lotus 16 365. The second race was a combined event for front- and rear-engined cars. It was won by Friedrichs, who secured the victory in a controlled manner.

The FHR organization from Germany was present with both Historic Championship ’65 and ’81. HC ’65 opened the racing program on Saturday morning with around 40 historic sports cars, touring cars, and GTs from the 1960s. After a well contested battle between Georg Hallau (Lotus 23B), Valentin Schuhmann (Elva Mk.7S), Oliver Hartmann (Elva Mk. 8), and pole-sitter Markus Jörg (Lotus 23B), it was Georg Hallau who claimed victory.

The second race of the Historic Championship ’65 on Sunday morning was very exciting. Oliver Hartmann got the better of pole-sitter Georg Hallau right at the start, taking the lead ahead of Schuhmann and Markus. Hallau dropped from pole position to seventh place. An intriguing battle for the lead then unfolded between Hartmann, Jörg and Schuhmann. Ultimately, Schuhmann managed to seize the lead and drive to victory.

The longest race of the weekend including the largest grid with over 50 competitors was Historic Championship ’81. The 90-minute race was ultimately won by Andy Newall in a Chevron B6 who dominated the race from start to the finish.

A welcome feature on the extensive program was the presence of touring cars from the former Super Touring Cars championship (STW). Roughly seventeen former works cars thrilled the spectators over the weekend. Former touring and sports car specialist Uwe Alzen had put Gerhard Füller’s Opel Vectra STW on pole position for the weekend’s first race. After a short but fierce battle with Bruce Miles from New Zealand in a BMW E36 320 STW, Alzen ultimately proved too strong to be challenged effectively. Alzen claimed victory, finishing more than two seconds ahead of the New Zealander.

For the second race of the weekend, Gerd Füller drove the same Vectra in which Uwe Alzen had claimed a spectacular victory in Saturday’s opening race. Füller took the lead at the start ahead of Steven Richards, who had swapped seats with Bruce Miles. Füller and Richards immediately pulled away from Rene Aeberhardt (Open Vectra STW) and Michael Kammermann (BMW E36 STW), establishing a significant gap. Neither Füller nor Richards gave an inch. After a few changes of position, Füller ultimately prevailed, taking the win ahead of Richards (BMW E36 STW) and Michael Kammermann.

The program also included races from the Interwetten Sports Car Challenge and the Trophy Race for Ferrari, as well as demonstrations of former DTM cars in the Class One Revival.

With this edition, the organization behind the 53rd OGP once again demonstrated that the event ranks among the largest and most important historic motorsport events in Europe. The 54th edition is scheduled for the weekend of August 13–15, 2027. The Nürburgring’s centenary will also be celebrated in 2027. In any case, we can’t wait for the event to arrive.

Results Belmot Oldtimer Grand Prix 2026

Tourenwagen Golden Era

Race 1