Munich. For the second time this season, BMW works drivers
will swap their BMW race car cockpits, in which they compete all
over the world, for a race simulator. On 31st August,
Bruno Spengler (CAN) and Nick Catsburg (NED) will take on some of
the world’s top sim racers in the world at the SimRacing EXPO at the
Nürburgring (GER) as “BMW Team Green Hell”. Catsburg previously took
part in the ‘BMW 120 at Le Mans’ alongside BMW works driver Philipp
Eng (AUT) in May.
“Sim racing is one of my big passions and I am delighted to have the
opportunity, with the support of BMW Motorsport, to race against some
of the best sim racers in the world alongside Bruno at the
Nürburgring,” said Catsburg. “I saw during my first outing with
Philipp how incredibly strong the opposition is. I have great respect
for what they are capable of in the race simulator. Despite that,
Bruno and I obviously want to finish as high as possible with the
virtual BMW M8 GTE.”
24 top-class teams from all over the world will line up at the ‘ADAC
Digital GT500’. They include the winners of the ‘BMW 120 at Le Mans’,
Laurin Heinrich and Alexander Voss (both GER) from the Williams
Esports Team. As reward for their victory in May, BMW Motorsport
invited the pair as VIP guests to the 24 Hours of Le Mans (FRA).
The ‘ADAC Digital GT500’ takes place on 31st August and
forms one of the highlights of the SimRacing EXPO at the Nürburgring.
The prize money on offer amounts to 5,000 euros. Spengler and Catsburg
will contest the race in a virtual version of the BMW M8 GTE, which is
true to the original, in which both drivers have gained actual race
experience. The leading sim racing platform in the world, iRacing,
forms the basis for the race. The world’s first full-motion
simulators, which offer the most realistic driving feeling ever, will
also be used.