For season 2015 builds BMW Motorsport from its involvement in GT racing. New to the program are the launches in the European Le Mans Series with the BMW Z4 GTE. For this, the BMW Z4 GT3 will start a new attempt at the 24 Hours on the Nürburgring. Alessandro Zanardi arises a completely new challenge.
The BMW Z4 GTE enters the ELMS
The total budget for the Marc VDS Racing Team from May to October five races on the program. One of the drivers for the ELMS performances by BMW's Andy Priaulx, the three time World Touring Car Champion had become for the brand between 2005 and 2007 and most recently ran in the United Sportscar Championship. He will lead the line-up at the wheel of the BMW Z4 GTE. Next to him denies BMW Motorsport Junior Jesse Krohn his first season in the cockpit of a BMW Z4 GTE and thus makes the next step in his development as a racing driver. Third place in the team takes one Henry Hassid.
Recovery After the "Green Hell"
Also in 2015 occurs on the BMW Z4 GT3 to fight for the 24 Hours at the Nürburgring for the overall victory. That He leads the traditionally large BMW contingent on the Nordschleife, represented at every year a large number of pilots, teams and vehicle models, the BMW brand. In the cockpit of the cars coming experienced pilots who are at home in the "Green Hell", just for use as a promising youngster. Dirk Müller, Jörg Müller, Jens Klingmann, Dominik Baumann, Alexander Sims, Claudia Hürtgen and Dirk Adorf will rise to the challenge of the Nürburgring-Nordschleife. In addition, pilots of the DTM or the USCC program of BMW Motorsport, including Marco Wittmann, Martin Tomczyk, Augusto Farfus, Lucas Luhr, Maxime Martin and Dirk Werner.
Alessandro Zanardi starts at 24h of Spa-Francorchamps
2015 Start Alessandro Zanardi and BMW Motorsport share in a new and exciting adventure: the BMW works drivers will take part in the Spa 24 Hours, the endurance classic in the Ardennes. The 67th edition of the marathon at the "Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps", which dates back to 1924, will be held from 25 to 26 July 2015. It will be Zanardi's first appearance in a 24-hour race. After a serious accident in 2001 lost both his legs, he took between 2003 and 2009 together with BMW Motorsport successful in the FIA European Touring Car Championship (FIA ETCC) and the FIA World Touring Car Championship (FIA WTCC) part. After a four year break, he returned in 2014 as a BMW works driver in motorsports back and graduated from the Blancpain Sprint Series in one adapted to its specific needs BMW Z4 GT3. Participation in Spa-Francorchamps, one of the most prestigious 24-hour race, however, is an entirely new challenge for Zanardi and BMW Motorsport: Zanardi first time, sharing the cockpit with other, physically unimpaired drivers. The task for the BMW Motorsport engineers was the BMW Z4 GT3 to modify so that driver changes within the shortest time possible.
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