{"id":74357,"date":"2026-08-18T10:24:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T10:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/74357\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T10:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T10:24:07","slug":"bmw-m-motorsport-news-18th-august-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/74357\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW M Motorsport News, 18th August 2026."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Bj\u00f6rn Lellmann, Head of Customer Racing at BMW M Motorsport:\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In many racing series, things tend to quiet down in August due<br \/>\n  to the summer break, but last weekend things really heated up at the<br \/>\n  N\u00fcrburgring. Congratulations to Marco Wittmann and Schubert Motorsport<br \/>\n  on their fantastic DTM victory! At the same time, I\u2019d like to<br \/>\n  congratulate Michael Schrey on another double win in the BMW M2 Cup,<br \/>\n  as well as FK Performance Motorsport and ME Motorsport on their podium<br \/>\n  finishes with the BMW M4 GT4 EVO. The fan-favorite appearance of the<br \/>\n  BMW M3 Touring 24H completed our car line-up at the N\u00fcrburgring. Also<br \/>\n  last weekend, Century Motorsport secured podium finishes in the<br \/>\n  British GT with both the BMW M4 GT3 EVO and the BMW M4 GT4 EVO. The<br \/>\n  success stories of our customer racing cars continue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>\n  N\u00fcrburgring (14th-16th August): Intense programme with BMW M3<br \/>\n    Touring 24H, BMW M2 Cup, and ADAC GT4 Germany.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>From the perspective of BMW M Motorsport, the ADAC race weekend at<br \/>\n  the N\u00fcrburgring (GER) was packed with highlights. First and foremost<br \/>\n  were the victory and the third place finish for Marco Wittmann (GER)<br \/>\n  in the two DTM races. At the same time, the BMW M3 Touring 24H caused<br \/>\n  a stir with its first return to the N\u00fcrburgring since the 24-hour<br \/>\n  race. BMW M works driver Max Hesse (GER) took selected guests on<br \/>\n  thrilling taxi rides around the Grand Prix circuit. \u201cIt was a<br \/>\n  jam-packed weekend for me with my duties as a Schaeffler brand<br \/>\n  ambassador and the taxi rides in the BMW M3 Touring 24H,\u201d said Hesse.<br \/>\n  \u201cThe laps with the guests were the absolute highlight. They got in<br \/>\n  full of anticipation because the car is just so special. After their<br \/>\n  laps, there was a mix of beaming smiles and shouts of joy. It was<br \/>\n  great fun.\u201d At the GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS at the end<br \/>\n  of August, the BMW M3 Touring 24H will once again be on display in the<br \/>\n  paddock. Until then, fans can admire it in the M Showroom at the racetrack.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Michael Schrey (GER) once again left his mark on the third round of<br \/>\n  the BMW M2 Cup. For the third time in a row, he achieved a perfect<br \/>\n  weekend in the #2 BMW M2 Racing from Hofor Racing by Bonk Motorsport,<br \/>\n  with two wins and two pole positions. At the N\u00fcrburgring, Moritz<br \/>\n  Groneck (GER) in the #77 car from ME Motorsport finished second in<br \/>\n  both races. His teammate Christopher Holst (SUI) took third place on<br \/>\n  Saturday, while on Sunday the final podium spot went to Niklas Hirsch<br \/>\n  (GER) from FK Performance Motorsport.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both teams also had reason to celebrate in the ADAC GT4 Germany. ME<br \/>\n  Motorsport finished second in race one with Linus Hahne and Phillip<br \/>\n  Wiskirchen (both GER) in the #77 BMW M4 GT4 EVO. FK Performance<br \/>\n  Motorsport, with Luca Link (GER) and Luis Moser (AUT), finished third<br \/>\n  in the first race. In the second race, their teammates Gabriele Piana<br \/>\n  (ITA) and Benjamin Sylverstersson (FIN) crossed the line in second<br \/>\n  place. The two currently sit third in the drivers\u2019 standings with 121 points.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Results BMW M2 Cup:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adac-motorsport.de\/bmw-m2-cup\/race-calendar\/2026\/race-details\/2026-8-14-nurburgring\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.adac-motorsport.de\/bmw-m2-cup\/race-calendar\/2026\/race-details\/2026-8-14-nurburgring\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Results ADAC GT4 Germany:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adac-motorsport.de\/adac-gt4-germany\/race-calendar\/2026\/race-details\/2026-8-14-nurburgring\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.adac-motorsport.de\/adac-gt4-germany\/race-calendar\/2026\/race-details\/2026-8-14-nurburgring\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>\n  NLS (1st August): Overall podium and eight class victories.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>On the first weekend of August, BMW M Motorsport teams and drivers<br \/>\n  celebrated numerous successes in the N\u00fcrburgring Langstrecken-Serie<br \/>\n  (NLS). BMW M works drivers Ugo de Wilde (BEL), Jens Klingmann, and Tim<br \/>\n  Tramnitz (both GER) took second place on the overall podium in the #77<br \/>\n  BMW M4 GT3 EVO from Schubert Motorsport. Fifth place overall \u2013 and<br \/>\n  third in the SP9 PRO class \u2013 went to BMW M works driver Dan Harper<br \/>\n  (GBR), Leyton Fourie (RSA), and Maxime Oosten (NED) in the #1 BMW M4<br \/>\n  GT3 EVO from FK Performance Motorsport.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition, there were eight class victories. AV Racing by Black<br \/>\n  Falcon triumphed in the SP10 category with the BMW M4 GT4 EVO. With<br \/>\n  the BMW M2 Racing, first place in the BMW M2 class went to Hofor<br \/>\n  Racing by Bonk Motorsport. There were also wins in the BMW M240i, BMW<br \/>\n  325i, SP4, V3, V4, and VT2-RWD categories.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Results NLS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de\/language\/de\/ergebnisarchiv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de\/language\/de\/ergebnisarchiv\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n  M News compact: More victories and podium finishes.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n  British GT Championship (14th-16th August): On the<br \/>\n  Snetterton 300, Century Motorsport celebrated podium finishes in<br \/>\n  multiple classes. Jonathon Beeson and Charles Clark (both GBR) took<br \/>\n  second place in the Silver-Am class with the BMW M4 GT3 EVO in the<br \/>\n  second race. There were also podium finishes with the BMW M4 GT4 EVO<br \/>\n  in the Silver and Pro-Am categories. In the Pro-Am class, the WSR<br \/>\n  FlexiFly team was also pleased with a third-place finish.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All results at a glance: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishgt.com\/results\/2026\/snetterton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.britishgt.com\/results\/2026\/snetterton<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n  \u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8212;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  GT Cup Series (31st July-2nd August): At the race<br \/>\n  weekend at Most (CZE), the H&amp;R Spezialfedern team celebrated two<br \/>\n  class victories with the BMW M4 GT3 EVO. The GT Sports team achieved<br \/>\n  the same feat with the BMW M4 GT4 EVO.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All results at a glance: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gtcupseries.com\/autodrom-most-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.gtcupseries.com\/autodrom-most-2026\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bj\u00f6rn Lellmann, Head of Customer Racing at BMW M Motorsport: &#8220;In many racing series, things tend to quiet&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20955],"tags":[6213,21879,34378,21881,25040,21880],"class_list":["post-74357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bmw","tag-bmw","tag-bmw-m-motorsport","tag-bmw-m2-cup","tag-customer-racing","tag-gt-racing","tag-m-motorsport-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}