Top-30 shoot-out: ROWE Racing starts the long-distance classic in the Eifel mountains inside the top-ten.

Nürburgring. Jesse Krohn (FIN) set the fastest lap of all BMW
drivers during the shoot-out for pole position at the Nürburgring 24
Hours (GER). With his best lap time of 8:11.546 minutes, he secured
tenth place on the grid in the #99 ROWE Racing BMW M6 GT3. John
Edwards (USA) finished the session 14th in the #98 ROWE
Racing sister car. Augusto Farfus (BRA) was 18th in the
#102 Shell Helix BMW M6 GT3, and Jens Klingmann (GER) came home
21st in the #33 Falken Motorsports BMW M6 GT3. The
Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW Z4 GT3 also made it into the shoot-out
where Peter Posavac (GER) finished the session in 30th
position. BMW Motorsport Juniors Beitske Visser (NED) and Nico
Menzel (GER), sharing the BMW M4 GT4 with Dirk Adorf (GER) and Tom
Coronel (NED), will go into the race from 59th place.
Pole position went to Porsche. The race will start at 15:30 on Saturday.

 

Reactions to the top-30 shoot-out at the Nürburgring:

 

Jesse Krohn (#99 BMW M6 GT3, ROWE Racing, grid position: 10
):

“It was an alright session and I’m happy with my lap but I’m also
surprised with the qualifying pace. I gave it my ‘all’ but, on one-lap
pace, we didn’t quite have it. The team did a great job and the car
felt mega, so hopefully we can have a good race and stay out of trouble.”

 

John Edwards (#98 BMW M6 GT3, ROWE Racing, grid position: 14):

“The BMW M6 GT3 felt really great but I’m very surprised by the lap
times of the other manufacturers – they are so quick. It’s a 24 hour
race so starting places aren’t too important – the important thing is
that the car feels good.”

 

Augusto Farfus (#102 Shell Helix BMW M6 GT3, grid position: 18
):

“It was a clean qualifying and we did a good job. Of course, the race
is long but we have a very good line-up and a very good team so I’m
looking forward to tomorrow.”

 

Jens Klingmann (#33 BMW M6 GT3, Falken Motorsports, grid
position: 21):

“We qualified P21, which doesn’t sound great but that doesn’t tell
the full story. Our car is great on tyres so the last lap of our stint
is almost as quick as our first lap – this means there is no peak for
qualifying but that we have a fantastic long distance race set-up.”

 

An overview of the driver line-ups in selected BMW cars:

 

#98 BMW M6 GT3:

Tom Blomqvist (GBR)

Nick Catsburg (NED)

John Edwards (USA)

Richard Westbrook (GBR)

 

#99 BMW M6 GT3:

Connor De Phillippi (USA)

Jesse Krohn (FIN)

Alexander Sims (GBR)

Martin Tomczyk (GER)

 

#102 BMW M6 GT3:

Augusto Farfus (BRA)

Christian Krognes (NOR)

Markus Palttala (FIN)

Fabian Schiller (GER)

 

#33 BMW M6 GT3:

Peter Dumbreck (GBR)

Stef Dusseldorp (NED)

Alexandre Imperatori (SUI)

Jens Klingmann (GER)

 

#100 BMW Z4 GT3:

Rudi Adams (GER)

Alex Lambertz (GER)

Jörg Müller (GER)

Peter Posavac (GER)

 

#60 BMW M4 GT4:

Dirk Adorf (GER)

Tom Coronel (NED)

Nico Menzel (GER)

Beitske Visser (NED)