giugno 22, 2019 - BMW Motorsport

Top Qualifying: Best-placed BMW starts the Nürburgring 24 Hours from 13th place

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Five BMW #m6gt3s make it into Top Qualifying.
#101 BMW M6 GT3 the best-placed BMW in the field.
Krognes: “We have some work to do in the race”.

Nürburgring. The grid positions for the 2019 Nürburgring 24 Hours (GER) have been decided. In total, five BMW M6 GT3 made it into Top Qualifying, in which #christiankrognes (NOR) set the fastest time by any BMW driver, stopping the clock at 8:15.165 minutes in the Walkenhorst Motorsport #101 car. Pole position went to the #2 Mercedes, driven by Maro Engel (GER).

Augusto Farfus (BRA) put the #42 BMW M6 GT3 in 16th place for BMW Team Schnitzer. The first ROWE #racing car starts from 20th, the #99 car, with #jessekrohn (FIN) at the wheel. The team’s second BMW M6 GT3 starts directly behind him: #tomblomqvist (GBR) was 21st in the #98. The second Walkenhorst car, the #100 with Jordan Tresson (FRA) in the cockpit, starts from 26th. The #33 FALKEN Motorsports BMW M6 GT3 came 31st place after to qualifying sessions.

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