Stranded driver narrowly avoids being hit on track in scary incident in qualifying for 24-hour race in Germany

However, during qualifying on Thursday, there was a terrifyingly close call in which a driver who had to hop out of a car that was on fire was nearly hit by another driver.

However, driver Janina Schall did not see this in time and clobbered the stricken 911 with a Porsche of her own.

Worse yet, she came shockingly close to also hitting Hardt.

That's a brutal situation.

Obviously, it's not safe to get out of your car with cars on track, but that's assuming it's not on fire. In this case, it was, so Hardt needed to get out of that thing in a hurry, and fortunately, he was able to.

The other problem is that, unlike a lot of circuits we're used to as North American racing fans that are short enough to have spotters, the Nürburgring is just under 16 miles long. There may have been no way for Schall to know that Hardt's car was sitting where it was, or that he was standing near it.

Still, you can be sure that this incident will be looked at so that it doesn't happen again. And, as I mentioned, the Nürburgring is notorious. The "Green Hell" was the site of F1 legend Niki Lauda's near-fatal crash in 1976.

Still, the track is one of the most highly regarded in motorsports, and that's why it draws the likes of Max Verstappen.

Verstappen will drive a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo, which he will share with teammates Dani Juncadella, Jules Gounon and Lucas Auer.