26.3.2019 Munich. Approximately seven weeks after the Bathurst 12 hours (AUS) stands for the BMW Teams in the Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC), the second race of the season on the program. The “8 Days of California” to be held next Saturday on another legendary course, the “WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca” (USA).
The BMW Team Schnitzer and Walkenhorst Motorsport use again the BMW M6 GT3. In the cockpit, the same six drivers, which were already in Bathurst at the wheel.
In the BMW M6 GT3 with the start number 42, BMW Team Schnitzer and Augusto Farfus (BRA), Martin Tomczyk (GER) and Chaz Mostert (AUS). The Trio had fought in Bathurst until the end of a podium finish and ultimately a fifth place. For Walkenhorst Motorsport, the two BMW factory drivers Nick Catsburg (NED) and Mikkel Jensen (DEN) and Christian Krognes (Norway) in the car with the number 34. The vehicle what is excreted in the season opener.
The race starts on Saturday, 30. March, at 8:30 local time (16:30 CET).
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- Quotes before the race at Laguna Seca:
- Jens Marquardt (BMW Motorsport Director):
- Martin Tomczyk (#42 BMW M6 GT3, BMW Team Schnitzer):
- Mikkel Jensen (#34 BMW M6 GT3 Walkenhorst Motorsport):
Quotes before the race at Laguna Seca:
Jens Marquardt (BMW Motorsport Director):
“Laguna, Sebring, now Seca: We continue our tour of America. The BMW M8 GTE, we have delighted in mid-March, the Fans at Sebring, and now with the BMW M6 GT3 to another legendary track in North America. We want to try in Laguna Seca back to top fighting places like we have done in the GT-race in the past few months, with many podiums and race wins very well.“
Martin Tomczyk (#42 BMW M6 GT3, BMW Team Schnitzer):
“I am really looking forward to my return to Laguna Seca. The track is great to drive, and I have great memories of my class win with the BMW M6, racing in the IMSA season in 2017. I think I’m going to find me quickly. The combination of BMW Team Schnitzer, BMW M6 GT3 and drivers, we Mostert – Augusto Farfus, Chaz, and me – has already proved in the season opener in Bathurst, that it is competitive. I hope that we will be able to do in Laguna Seca.“
Mikkel Jensen (#34 BMW M6 GT3 Walkenhorst Motorsport):
“For me, it is the first Time that I am in the USA, so I’m excited and am really looking forward to the new experience. Traveling in for me, so far, unknown lands, and the legendary race tracks where I can drive with the BMW M6 GT3, make the stakes in the Intercontinental GT Challenge for me to special events. I don’t know the track at Laguna Seca, of course, of the number of virtual rounds. Now I’m very curious as to how it feels in reality.“
Bathurst (AUS), 3rd February, Intercontinental GT Challenge in 2019, Bathurst 12 Hour, Mount Panorama, Augusto Farfus (BRA), Chaz Mostert (AUS), Martin Tomczyk (GER), BMW M6 GT3 #42, BMW Team Schnitzer.
