MOMENTUM FOR ROWE RACING AT THE 24H NÜRBURGRING

ROWE RACING is going into the 51st edition of the ADAC 24h Nürburgring next weekend with a lot of confidence after a stellar preparation. With two wins, two second places and two pole positions in the first four races of the year in the Nürburgring Endurance Series as well as the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe, the team has made a brilliant start to 2023. The ambitions are correspondingly high. The big goal is the second overall victory after 2020.

ROWE RACING relies on eight experienced BMW M works drivers, including Dries Vanthoor, a "title defender" from last year when he won the ADAC 24h Nürburgring while still in Audi service. He shares the cockpit of the #98 with current DTM Champion Sheldon van der Linde, Marco Wittmann and returnee Maxime Martin. The driver crew in the sister car with the #99 is unchanged compared to last year: Philipp Eng, Augusto Farfus, Connor de Phillippi and Nick Yelloly.

The ADAC 24h Nürburgring will start on Thursday (18 May) with the 1st qualifying session from 1.15 to 3 pm. The 2nd qualifying session will follow from 8 to 11.30 pm. On Friday (19 May) the 3rd qualifying session is scheduled from 1.30 pm to 2.45 pm. Also on Friday is Top Qualifying from 5.30 to 7.15 pm.  On Saturday (20 May), the race will start at 4 p.m. and will be broadcast live on NITRO television and via the livestream on the organiser's website ((https://www.24h-rennen.de/en/experience-online/)) until the finish on Sunday (21 May) at around 4 p.m.

Hans-Peter Naundorf, Team Principal ROWE RACING:
“ROWE RACING’s commitment and the team's own aspiration is to always be capable of winning at the ADAC 24h Nürburgring. We have reiterated these ambitions with the performances so far this season. With two wins, three podiums and two pole positions in four races, we have enjoyed huge success thus far, and are eager to build on this at the first major highlight of the season. I hope that our drivers have already learned the hard way this year, as it doesn’t take much to get in your own way at the Nordschleife. So, our main goal is to avoid making any mistakes. The whole team and the drivers have worked incredibly hard, we have never been better prepared as a team. Which is why I think that we are in with a chance of doing well. Our cars are capable of winning, and our driver squads are some of the best in the field. Having finished on the front row twice in the last two years, we want to achieve that again this year, so that – like we did recently for our one-two victory in the GT World Challenge Europe at Monza – we are able to control the racing action from the front right from the very start.”