ROWE RACING CELEBRATES HISTORIC

TRIUMPH AT THE NÜRBURGRING

ROWE and the Nürburgring simply go together! 100 years after the foundation stone was laid in the Eifel and just in time for the company's 30th anniversary, ROWE RACING has given itself the greatest gift of all by winning the legendary 24-hour race at the Nürburgring for the second time. After winning both endurance classics in the ‘Green Hell’ and at Spa in 2020, the company is once again at the top of the podium at the Eifel-marathon. This is BMW's 21st triumph at the Nürburgring 24 Hours; no other manufacturer has so many successes to its name.

This time, Augusto Farfus, Jesse Krohn, Kelvin van der Linde and Raffaele Marciello made their mark in the history books. For van der Linde, it was his third success on the Nordschleife after 2017 and 2022. Augusto Farfus celebrated for the second time after 2010, while Krohn and Marciello celebrated their première as Nürburgring champions.

After 24 hours and 141 laps on the world's longest race track, Kelvin van der Linde drove the #98 BMW M4 GT3 EVO across the finish line in front of a record crowd of 280.000 spectators, causing the team to jumps for joy.

QUOTES OF THE WINNERS

"Things looked very different for us on Thursday. But of course you always aim to win. Today, it wasn't the fastest car that won, but the team that made the fewest mistakes. That was us and we are proud of that. It is impossible to overestimate what this team has achieved here in what were almost extreme temperatures for the Eifel and in the middle of the two most intensive weeks in the history of our team. Huge praise is also due to our drivers, who were the only BMW car to do their job flawlessly and like Swiss clockwork under great pressure and were rightly rewarded with the big winners' trophies."

Hans-Peter Naundorfer

Principal ROWE RACING

"As a German family business and ardent motorsport fans, there is nothing greater than standing at the top of the podium here at the Nürburgring. The support from the spectators was incredible! Many thanks to the large ROWE fan community who cheered our team on and cheered us on. Congratulations to Hans-Peter Naundorf and his team, who did an outstanding job on the track and in the pits. It shows once again that we at ROWE deliver absolute top quality with our products, which counter the extreme conditions on the race track with uncompromising top performance. We have shown that the Green Hell can be tamed - with motorsport passion, heart, teamwork and our lubricants made in Germany."

Dr. Alexandra Kohlmann

ROWE Managing Director

"That moment when our #98 crossed the finish line was indescribable. Our second overall victory in the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring is a very special one because we were also able to celebrate it with our fantastic fans, customers and business partners. In 2020, our first victory during the coronavirus pandemic, this was unfortunately not possible. We are incredibly proud of our performance and extremely happy about this great success for ROWE RACING. My thanks go to the entire team, who have coped with extreme workloads for months, but have never lost sight of the big goal. Hats off also to Augusto Farfus, Jesse Krohn, Kelvin van der Linde and Raffaele Marciello! It's difficult to describe what the four of them achieved out there. But they made the difference in the decisive moments. That was great!"

Stefan Wermter

ROWE Managing Director

FULL FOCUS ON 24H OF SPA

There is no time to take a breather, the journey continues! After the victory at the Nürburgring, the ROWE RACING team is now focusing on the 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps (26 to 29 June). For the 77th edition of the endurance classic, all eyes are now on the green hills of the Ardennes - and ROWE RACING is ready to make history again and claim its fourth victory after 2016, 2020 and 2023.

To the delight of motorsport fans, BMW Motorsport and ROWE RACING are once again sending two cars into the race - and with an enormously strong line-up: Augusto Farfus, Jesse Krohn and Raffaele Marciello won with their #98 at the Nürburgring and want to go one better. Dan Harper and Max Hesse won the ‘Six Hours of the Glen’ at Watkins Glen (USA). Philipp Eng, a three-time Spa winner (2016, 2018 and 2023), completes the second trio, who are aiming to drive the #998 to the front in Spa. The conditions for this are ideal - and the motivation is greater than ever after the recent successes.

ROWE RACING - ONE TEAM. ONE GOAL.

ROWE is involved in motorsport not just out of passion for the sport or for a good image, but because no test is more realistic than out on the race track. We therefore use the findings from our ‘driving laboratory’ to research new lubricants and optimise existing formulations. With ROWE RACING, we are able to achieve something that cannot be recreated in any laboratory in the world: the practical test under extreme conditions.

The team's main focus has always been on endurance racing, but especially on the extreme challenge of the 24-hour races. ‘The more difficult the situation and the greater the stress, the more ROWE RACING can shine,’ says ROWE RACING Team Principal Hans-Peter Naundorf.

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