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maggio 28, 2017 - BMW Motorsport

Augusto Farfus reaches top ten for the BMW Team Schnitzer

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Nürburgring. The starting line-up has been confirmed for the 45th edition of the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring (GER). #augustofarfus (BRA) drove the #42 BMW M6 #gt3 from the BMW Team Schnitzer to tenth place in Top 30 Qualifying on Friday evening. This performance made him the best-placed BMW driver. A total of seven BMW M6 GT3s qualified for the individual time trials for the 30 best cars. Pole position was claimed by Scuderia Glickenhaus.

Farfus recorded a personal best time of 8:18.335 minutes on the first of his two fast laps of the Nordschleife to claim tenth place. Jesse Krohn (FIN) qualified in the #20 BMW M6 #gt3 from Schubert Motorsport in 17th position, just ahead of DTM champion Marco Wittmann (GER) in the #43 car however, Krohn was unable to complete his second fast lap due to an accident in the Ex-Mühle section. Alexander Sims (GBR) finished in 21stposition, in the #98 BMW M6 #gt3 from ROWE #racing. Jens Klingmann (GER), Philipp Eng (AUT) and Stef Dusseldorp (NED) followed in 23rd, 24th and 27th places.

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