This weekend BMW Motorsport will be trying their hardest to attain their 20th overall victory at the 24 Hours of the Nurburgring. That victory is up to the BMW Sports Trophy Teams of Marc VDS Racing and Schubert Motorsport and their Z4 GT3s, but there is more than the overall victory at stake. BMW Motorsport has launched a new race car this season in the M235i Racing and they rolled out a special livery car just for this weekend's race.
The BMW Motorsport design team must have had some inspiration from the famous Art Cars as they took the BMW M colors and completely covered the car with them instead of the traditional M stripes. The lucky folks who will be piloting this works-assisted car will be two motorsports journalists Marcus Schurig and Jethro Bovingdon with support from BMW Motorsport Junior Alexander Mies and former MotoGP rider Alex Hofman. You will be able to watch them tackle Green Hell as Sport1 will feature an on-board camera in the cockpit of the BMW M235i Racing.
“I am delighted we will get to see this model at the 24-hour race, as well as the many BMW M235i Racings fielded by our privateer teams,” said BMW Motorsport Director Jens Marquardt. “The livery on this special BMW M235i Racing is fantastic. I must pay a huge compliment to the staff in the Design department. With almost 50 cars in the field, the variety of BMW racing cars at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife is once again mighty impressive in 2014. However, this particular car adds a very special splash of colour and I am certain it will go down well with the fans."—Nate Risch
