ROWE Racing BMW M6 GT3

SUCCESS STORY.

Last-year’s winners ROWE Racing finish in second place at the 24h Nürburgring.

Success story.Last-year’s winners ROWE Racing finish in second place at the 24h Nürburgring.

After claiming victory last year, ROWE Racing reached the podium once again at the 49th edition of the Nürburgring 24 Hours. At the farewell appearance of the BMW M6 GT3, which will be replaced by the BMW M4 GT3 in 2022, Sheldon van der Linde, Martin Tomczyk, Marco Wittmann and Connor De Phillippi finished second in the #98 car. Having started from 25th on the grid, the quartet put on an impressive recovery performance and crossed the finish line just 8.8 seconds behind the victorious Porsche. This proved to be the shortest-ever edition of the race after thick fog interrupted the event for more than 14 hours.

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What a race for the BMW M Motorsport family! We are delighted with this second place for the BMW M6 GT3 and the ROWE Racing team. Congratulations to the team and the drivers of the #98 car.”
Markus Flasch, CEO BMW M GmbH

The team’s #1 car, with Nick Catsburg, Nick Yelloly, John Edwards and Philipp Eng at the wheel, started from pole position and led the field for the restart, but then fell back when regulations required a long pit stop after the red flag on Saturday evening. Shortly thereafter, the car was forced to retire due to a technical defect.

Schubert Motorsport also gave a strong performance. Jens Klingmann, Jesse Krohn, Alexander Sims and Stef Dusseldorp were on course for a podium finish for some time but then suffered some bad luck with Code 60 periods in the final stage and crossed the line in sixth place.

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BMW Junior Team was unrewarded for a strong debut in the BMW M6 GT3 at the Nürburgring 24 Hours. Dan Harper (GBR), Max Hesse (GER) and Neil Verhagen (USA) were joined by Augusto Farfus (BRA) as they worked their way back to the top ten thanks to some great lap times after selecting the wrong tyres at the start of the race. However, Farfus started to struggle with technical problems 30 minutes from the end and was hit from behind by another car as he slowed down. That marked the end of the race for the BMW Team RMG #77 BMW M6 GT3. Walkenhorst Motorsport put two of its BMW M6 GT3s in the top 20, finishing in twelfth and 15th.

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“I think that this 24-hour race on the Nordschleife is the most fun I’ve ever had in a racing car in all my life. You are simply always driving right on the limit here. I have never experienced anything like it at any other circuit.”
Neil Verhagen, BMW Junior Team
BMW M Motorsport
“It was definitely a fine way for the BMW M6 GT3 to mark its farewell at this classic event. At the same time, we are also really looking forward to the BMW M4 GT3, which we presented here at the Nürburgring this weekend. We will be competing with the new car at this race in the future.”
Markus Flasch, CEO BMW M GmbH
BMW M6 GT3 BMW M4 GT3

A NEW CHAPTER.

The BMW M4 GT3.

A NEW CHAPTER.

The BMW M4 GT3.