BMW and Rowe Racing win the 24 hours of the Nürburgring

Ten years later, BMW returns to victory. The propeller manufacturer achieved its twentieth success in the Eifel thanks to the Rowe Racing No. 99 driven by Alexander Sims, Nick Catsburg, Nick Yeloly and Philipp Eng. The car emerged victorious in a thrilling match with Audi in the final hours.

Three BMWs and two Audis were within two minutes with one hour to go. The game was played during the last appearance of rain less than two hours from the goal.

The BMW took the lead at that moment, immediately aligning its strategy with the No. 1 Audi who refueled when the rain started to fall. The BMW threw itself into the pits when its team was not even prepared. Responsiveness, and a little success.

The No. 3 Audi, however, missed out, much to the chagrin of a very angry Markus Winkelock in his pit. In the end, Rowe Racing won with a 20-second lead over the No. 1 Audi Sport Team.

The final twist in a crazy edition, where Lord Weather played with the nerves of drivers and managers.

La Mercedes #9 in GetSpeed ​​Performance driven by Raffaele Marciello, Maxi Götz, Maxi Buhk and Fabian Schiller took the lead on the first lap in the rain. She gave it up to the No. 4 Haupt Racing Mercedes after four hours.

Not for long since the rain returned and the leader made a mistake. His course stopped in the wall. This was the second major twist. Previously, the Konrad Motorsport Lamborghini, driven by Frenchman Franck Perera in third position, had stopped on the side of the track leaving a huge trail of oil. The engine had failed.

These two favorites on the mat, GetSpeed ​​regained its good position in front of an army of Audis. But Raffaele Marciello in turn made a mistake and hit the wall, in Dantesque conditions, which resulted in a red flag at 22:30 p.m. with three Audis in the lead.

The race resumed at 8 a.m. On the second lap, the #29 Audi of Drudi, Mies, Rast and Van der Linde took the lead. Behind, we witnessed the rise of the Porsche No. 19 KCMG to second place, but the drivers were not all at the same level.

At that time, in the rain, the BMWs lost almost ten seconds per lap.

Fortunately for them, the dry weather returned. They could climb from the bottom of the top 10 to three in the top 5.

The debates were then balanced with the Audis, the match was on. Two Audis against three BMWs. The Audi n°1 seemed to have made the gap thanks to the strategy of putting the slicks first and the exceptional stint of Müller. The rest, we know it.

BMW places three cars in the top 5 with the Team Schnitzer machine driven by Farfus, Klingmann, Tomczyck and Sheldon Van der Linde in third and Rowe Racing's second car in fourth.

The first Porsche placed seventh with the Frikadelli Racing car driven by Mathieu Jaminet in particular and the first Mercedes eighth with the No. 6 from Haupt Racing.

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