2024 年 4 月 12 日
纽博格林 24 小时耐力赛（德国，6 月 1 日/2 日）短暂而密集的准备阶段将在下周末的 24 小时纽博格林预选赛中达到高潮。在那里，BMW M Motorsport 车队 RMG 和 ROWE Racing 将参加本赛季亮点的重要准备比赛。九名 BMW M 工厂车手将被部署在三辆 BMW M4 GT3 上。
纽博格林。纽博格林 24 小时耐力赛（德国，6 月 1日/2日）短暂而密集的准备阶段将在即将到来的周末 24 小时纽博格林预选赛中达到高潮。在那里，BMW M Motorsport 车队 RMG 和 ROWE Racing 将参加本赛季亮点的重要准备比赛。九名 BMW M 工厂车手将被部署在三辆 BMW M4 GT3 上。
2024年，BMW M Team RMG将再次依靠年轻、才华横溢的车手阵容，其中三名成员来自BMW M Motorsport创建的Gen2K组（BMW M工厂车手出生于2000年或之后）。 Dan Harper（英国）和 Max Hesse（德国）将第四次与车队领队 Stefan Reinhold 率领的车队一起参加 24 小时耐力赛的顶级赛事。 Charles Weerts（比利时）与他们一起坐在 72 号 BMW M4 GT3 的驾驶舱内，该车采用 BMW M Motorsport 高级技术合作伙伴 Shell 的设计。这位 23 岁的车手将在 24 小时纽博格林赛道上首次亮相，但他已经拥有令人印象深刻且成功的 GT3 职业生涯，特别是在由 AWS 提供支持的 Fanatec GT 欧洲世界挑战赛中，他在 2021 年获得了总冠军。 、哈珀和黑塞已经在北环赛道上完成了几圈测试，并一直在为他们的比赛做紧张的准备。
ROWE Racing 将派出两辆赛车。在即将到来的周末，BMW M 车队车手 Raffaele Marciello（瑞士）、Maxime Martin（比利时）和 Marco Wittmann（德国）将轮流驾驶 98 号 BMW M4 GT3。在姊妹车 99 号赛车中，Augusto Farfus（巴西）、Sheldon van der Linde（RSA）和 Dries Vanthoor（比利时）将坐在驾驶舱内。作为第七位车手，罗宾·弗林斯（NED）将参加 24 小时比赛，但由于与电动方程式赛车的赛程冲突，他将缺席资格赛。不过，弗林斯也成功在北环赛道上完成了几圈测试。在过去的几周里。
在上周末的纽博格林耐力系列赛 (NLS) 赛季揭幕战中，没有 BMW M4 GT3 能够参赛，因为大多数车手都在勒卡斯特雷 (FRA) 参加同期举办的欧洲 GT 世界挑战赛，Harper、Hesse 和 Farfus 在此获胜与 ROWE Racing Team 一起。
宝马是纽博格林赛道的官方车辆合作伙伴。
几周前纽博格林赛季开始之际，对于所有宝马车迷来说，好消息传来。从2024赛季开始，宝马成为纽博格林赛道的官方车辆合作伙伴。至少到2026年，赛道工作人员的服务和赛道安全车辆将来自宝马。除了 BMW M 在纽博格林赛道上的现有承诺之外，新决定的车辆合作伙伴关系也代表着宝马在这条传奇赛道上的合作和存在的进一步扩大。
总共 25 辆新 BMW 将首先增强纽博格林赛道的车队实力。其中九个将在赛道上使用，作为赛道安全的一部分。北环赛道和大奖赛赛道上将部署八辆 BMW 3 系旅行车和一辆 BMW X1，以确保安全。为此，车辆将采用独特的纽博格林设计，并带有警告元素，以便所有赛道用户（例如旅游司机或驾驶员培训课程的参与者）很容易注意到。作为服务车辆，1 系列、3 系列以及 X1 和 X3 将向员工提供，还具有纽博格林轮廓和纽博格林标志的设计元素，使它们成为多功能活动场所的有吸引力的代表。
对 24 小时纽博格林预选赛的评论：
Andreas Roos（BMW M 赛车运动部负责人）： “纽博格林 24 小时预选赛对我们来说非常重要，每年都是如此。在即将到来的周末，我们将测试所有比赛程序，并为赛季亮点做好尽可能的准备。我们的优势在于，BMW M Motorsport 工程师以及我们的 ROWE Racing 和 RMG 团队在北环赛道上拥有丰富的经验，不需要太多时间即可最佳适应 24 小时比赛。因此，我们对未来几周充满信心。看到宝马作为官方车辆合作伙伴在纽博格林赛道上的表现更加突出，我感到非常高兴。该品牌非常受车迷欢迎——无论是赛车界还是公路上的每个人。”
Stefan Reinhold（BMW M Team RMG 车队领队）： “本赛季，24 小时比赛的准备时间非常短。因此，我们本周末将进行的两场比赛就显得尤为重要。我们的团队现在拥有北环赛道的经验，这肯定会对我们有所帮助。尽管如此，在六月的大型比赛中，始终要在竞争条件下训练所有程序，以便最佳协调。我们已经提前在各种天气条件下完成了几天的测试，期间我们行驶了许多公里并收集了宝贵的数据。我们的新车手 Charles Weerts 也有充足的时间来适应我们的车队和北环赛道上的 BMW M4 GT3。他给人留下了深刻的印象，并且与丹·哈珀（Dan Harper）和马克斯·黑塞（Max Hesse）相处得很好。我相信我们将成为一支强大的团队。”
Hans-Peter Naundorf（ROWE Racing 车队领队）： “在勒卡斯特莱取得了精彩的赛季开局之后，我们希望在下周末继续保持同样的势头。预选赛对我们来说不仅仅是为六月初的大赛做准备。我们想在这个周末比赛，努力前进，并一如既往地争夺领奖台位置。我们的车手阵容已经整理好了；本周末将参加比赛的六名 BMW M 工厂车手中有五名了解车队和我们的流程，有些人已经了解多年。赛程表让我们有足够的机会让 Raffaele Marciello 驾驶 BMW M4 GT3 在北环赛道行驶尽可能多的公里数。”
24h Nürburgring Qualifiers: BMW M Motorsport teams face the most important endurance test before the 24-hour race.
12.04.2024
The short and intensive preparation phase for the Nürburgring 24 Hours (GER, 1st/2nd June) reaches its climax this coming weekend at the 24h Nürburgring Qualifiers. There, BMW M Motorsport teams RMG and ROWE Racing will compete in important preparatory races for the season highlight. Nine BMW M works drivers will be deployed in three BMW M4 GT3s.
Nürburgring. The short and intensive preparation phase for the Nürburgring 24 Hours (GER, 1st/2nd June) reaches its climax this coming weekend at the 24h Nürburgring Qualifiers. There, BMW M Motorsport teams RMG and ROWE Racing will compete in important preparatory races for the season highlight. Nine BMW M works drivers will be deployed in three BMW M4 GT3s.
BMW M Team RMG is once again relying on a young, highly talented line-up of drivers in 2024, with three members of the Gen2K group created by BMW M Motorsport (BMW M works drivers born in 2000 or later). Dan Harper (GBR) and Max Hesse (GER) will compete for the fourth time together with the team led by Team Principal Stefan Reinhold in the top class at the 24-hour race. Joining them in the cockpit of the #72 BMW M4 GT3, sporting the design of BMW M Motorsport Premium Technology Partner Shell, is Charles Weerts (BEL). The 23-year-old will make his debut at the 24h Nürburgring but already has an impressive and successful GT3 career, especially in the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS, where he was the overall winner in 2021. In recent weeks, Weerts, Harper, and Hesse have already completed several test laps on the Nordschleife and have been intensively preparing for their race entries.
ROWE Racing will field two cars. This coming weekend, BMW M works drivers Raffaele Marciello (SUI), Maxime Martin (BEL), and Marco Wittmann (GER) will take turns in the #98 BMW M4 GT3. In the sister #99 car, Augusto Farfus (BRA), Sheldon van der Linde (RSA), and Dries Vanthoor (BEL) will be in the cockpit. As the seventh driver, Robin Frijns (NED) will compete in the 24-hour race, however he will be absent from the Qualifiers due to a scheduling conflict with Formula E. Nevertheless, Frijns has also managed to complete several test laps on the Nordschleife in the past weeks.
At the season opener of the Nürburgring Endurance Series (NLS) last weekend, no BMW M4 GT3 could take part because most drivers were participating in the concurrent GT World Challenge Europe event at Le Castellet (FRA), where Harper, Hesse, and Farfus won together with the ROWE Racing Team.
BMW is the official vehicle partner of the Nürburgring.
Good news for all BMW fans came a few weeks ago at the start of the Nürburgring season. From the 2024 season, BMW is the official vehicle partner of the Nürburgring. At least until 2026, the service and track safety vehicles for the racetrack staff will come from BMW. In addition to the existing commitment of BMW M at the Nürburgring, the newly decided vehicle partnership represents a further expansion of collaboration and the presence of BMW at the legendary racetrack.
A total of 25 new BMWs will initially strengthen the Nürburgring’s fleet. Nine of them will be used on the racetrack as part of track safety. Eight BMW 3 Series Touring and one BMW X1 will be deployed on the Nordschleife and Grand Prix circuit to ensure safety. For this purpose, the vehicles will be given a distinctive Nürburgring design with warning elements to be easily noticed by all racetrack users, such as tourist drivers or participants in driver training sessions. As service vehicles, the 1 Series, 3 Series, and the X1 and X3 will be available to employees, also featuring design elements of the Nürburgring silhouette and the Nürburgring logo, making them appealing representatives of the versatile event location.
Comments on the 24h Nürburgring Qualifiers:
Andreas Roos (Head of BMW M Motorsport): “The 24h Nürburgring Qualifiers are very important for us, as they are every year. This coming weekend, we will test all our race procedures and prepare ourselves as well as possible for the season highlight. Our advantage is that the BMW M Motorsport engineers, as well as our teams ROWE Racing and RMG, have a lot of experience on the Nordschleife and do not need much time to optimally adjust to the 24-hour race. Accordingly, we approach the coming weeks with confidence. Seeing that BMW is now even more prominently represented at the Nürburgring as the official vehicle partner pleases me greatly. The brand is extremely popular with fans – whether in racing or for everyone on the road.”
Stefan Reinhold (Team Principal BMW M Team RMG): “This season, the preparation for the 24-hour race is extremely short. Therefore, the two races we will compete in this coming weekend are all the more important. Our team now has experience on the Nordschleife, which will surely help us. Nevertheless, it is always about training all procedures under competitive conditions to be optimally coordinated when it comes to racing in the big one in June. We have already completed several test days under various weather conditions in advance, during which we covered many kilometres and collected valuable data. Our new driver Charles Weerts also had plenty of time to adjust to our team and the BMW M4 GT3 on the Nordschleife. He has made a great impression and harmonises very well with Dan Harper and Max Hesse. I am convinced that we will present ourselves as a strong team.”
Hans-Peter Naundorf (Team Principal ROWE Racing): “After the fantastic start to the season at Le Castellet, we want to continue in the same vein this coming weekend. The Qualifiers are not just a preparation programme for the big race at the beginning of June for us. We want to race this weekend, push hard, and as always, fight for podium places. Our driver line-up is already well sorted out; five of the six BMW M works drivers who will be competing this weekend know the team and our processes, some for many years. The schedule gives us enough opportunity to give Raffaele Marciello as many kilometres as possible in the BMW M4 GT3 on the Nordschleife.”
