The aim is to "modestly reduce top speeds", and a committee consisting of ADAC Nordrhein, the DMSB (Germany's ASN) and the manufacturers involved has been tasked to find a solution.

"The Nurburgring Nordschleife is a race track which poses a huge challenge for every driver," said race director Walter Hornung.

"All parties involved agree unanimously that a development race in the GT3 class would be counter-productive in this respect and, eventually, the cars would become too fast for the Nordschleife."

"Therefore, we took the decision to make sure the leading teams' lap times will stay within a reasonable limit."

According to the DMSB's general secretary Christian Schacht, a "sustainable" solution is being worked on.

However, details are yet to be determined as the organisers want to take their time in order to finalise next year's set of rules.

"This way we don't have to work on important parts of the rules again once they have been published," Hornung explained.

The 2017 24h race at the Nurburgring Nordschleife will take place on May 27th/28th.