Interview – Andreas Roos
This is a big year for BMW M, one in which it will compete for overall wins at the biggest GT3 races in the world, including the Nürburgring and Spa 24-hour races, while it will also continue the development of its Le Mans Prototype programme with a view to it making its race debut at Daytona in January.
This is also the 50th anniversary of the M brand, one that will be celebrated with the launch of new models, including the M3 Touring, M2 and X M, the four-wheel drive model. Celebrations will focus around the Nürburgring 24-hours at the end of May, with a huge effort to try to win the race for the first time since 2020, when the brand won the shortened race with its M6 GT3.
Endurance colours
The two programmes, GT3 and LMDh, nail BMW’s colours firmly to the endurance racing post, having withdrawn from the all-electric Formula E series and having cancelled its hydrogen Le Mans programme that, for a long time, looked to be part of its Prototype racing future.
For Andreas Roos, formerly with Audi Sport in
