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BMW outfit Rowe Racing exits DTM to focus on endurance racing

BMW outfit Rowe Racing exits DTM to focus on endurance racing

The winning team in both the Spa and Nurburgring 24-hour enduros in 2020, Rowe entered the DTM last year upon the series’ switch to GT3 regulations, fielding a pair of elderly BMW M6 GT3s for factory drivers Timo Glock and Sheldon van der Linde.

However the squad was unable to replicate its endurance racing success in its maiden DTM campaign, with van der Linde managing a best finish of fourth at Monza and Glock finishing no higher than seventh.

Walkenhorst, the only other outfit campaigning the now-retired M6, enjoyed much better fortunes in the hands of Marco Wittmann – who scored two wins and finished fourth in the standings.

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As BMW’s new M4 GT3 racer becomes widely available for competition in 2022, Rowe 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…

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