24h-Race Spa-Francorchamps - Bulletin 2
Team BMW Motorsport's Spa Challenge is Back on Track
Spa-Fracorchamps. The number 143 BMW M3 GTR has consolidated its position at
the top of the leaderboard for the Spa 24 Hour race as Pedro Lamy, Andry
Priaulx, Antonio Garcia and Kurt Mollekens are running third overall after nine
hours of racing. These drivers are leading the Group 2 class, while second in
the class is car number 142. This car, driven by Dirk Müller, Jörg Müller and
Hans-Joachim Stuck, has fought its way back afte technical problems at the
beginning of the race and made steady progress over the past six hours with the
German drivers moving up from 28th to 9th.
Hans-Joachim Stuck
"The first part of the race was very exhausting due to the high temperatures,
and the tyres picked up a lot of dirt during the safety car period and lost
performance because of this. However, by the second and third stints they were
running perfectly. It seems as if the team has finally found its rhythm after
the happenings at the beginning of the race."
BMW M3 GTR Nr. 142 - Stuck/J.Müller/D.Müller
Rd. 1 - Starting driver: H.-J. Stuck - tyres: Slicks
Rd. 38 - Driver change to: Jörg Müller - tyres: Slicks
Rd. 59 - Driver change to: Dirk Müller - tyres: Slicks - broken oil pipe
Rd. 87 - Driver change to: H.-J.-Stuck - tyres: Slicks
Rd. 115 - Driver change to: Jörg Müller - tyres: Slicks
Rd. 143 - Driver change to: Dirk Müller - tyres: Slicks
Rd. 171 - Driver change to: H.-J.-Stuck - tyres: Slicks
Rd. 199 - Driver change to: Jörg Müller - tyres: Slicks
BMW M3 GTRNr.143 - Lamy/Garcia/Priaulx/Mollekens
Lap 1 - Starting driver: Pedro Lamy - tyres: Slicks
Rd. 37 - Driver change to: Antonio Garcia - tyres: Slicks
Rd. 62 - Driver change to: Andy Priaulx - tyres: Slicks
Rd. 88 - Driver change to: Kurt Mollekens - tyres: Slicks
Rd. 116 - Driver change to: Pedro Lamy - tyres: Slicks
Rd. 145 - Driver change to: Antonio Garcia - tyres: Slicks
Rd. 171 - Driver change to: Andy Priaulx - tyres: Slicks
Rd. 200 - Driver change to: Kurt Mollekens - tyres: Slicks
Press Contact:
Heike Bartsch, BMW Cooperate Affairs, Motorsport, Mobile: +49 172 8485998,
heike.bartsch@bmw.de
The press kit for the 24 Hours of Spa and photographs from qualifying and the
race are available to download from www.press.bmw.com