A race winner in both the Spa and Nurburgring 24-hour enduros, Rowe entered the DTM last year upon the series’ switch to GT3 regulations, fielding a pair of BMW M6 GT3s for factory drivers Timo Glock and Sheldon van der Linde.
However, as BMW’s new M4 GT3 racer becomes widely available for competition in 2022, the team has elected against staying in the series in favour of racing in the Endurance Cup leg of GT World Challenge Europe and selected rounds of the Nurburgring Endurance Series.
Rowe said its decision hinged on a desire to concentrate on its core strength, which is endurance racing, over the sprint-format of the new-look DTM.
“For us, the project with the new BMW M4 GT3 is a long-term one, and again in the field of endurance racing,” said team principal Hans-Peter Naundorf.
“We entered the DTM in 2021, because we wanted to be involved in the new GT3 era of the series and see how it suited us.
“However, we at Rowe Racing have primarily established…
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