BMW Motorsport: 24h-Nurburgring Race

24h-Race Nürburging 2003 - 31 May - 1 June - Race

Early problems for Team BMW Motorsport at the Nordschleife

Team BMW Motorsport started the 24h-Race Nürburgring at 3pm today (31st May)
with their BMW M3 GTRs fifth and seventh on the grid. At the start
Hans-Joachim Stuck was driving car no 42 and Jörg Müller driving car no 43.
On the opening lap bad luck struck both cars. Dry ice had been put in front
of the gearbox radiators on the starting grid to provide cooling for the
slow formation lap. Due to the dry ice the oil pipes burst on the opening
lap and so the oil drained out of the gearbox. The result of this was a
gearbox failure.



Charly Lamm, Team Manager Team BMW Motorsport:  "We had tried this scenario
prior to the race at a test in Hockenheim. We left the dry ice in the same
position for 25 minutes without any problems to the pipes. The team worked
very efficiently in the pits to replace the gearbox on car no 42, and
Hans-Joachim Stuck re-entered the race at 3.35pm. We are now able
to concentrate on car no 43."

Hans-Joachim Stuck needs to overtake the field from the back. The leading
car is six laps in front of no 42.



Car No 42 - BMW M3 GTR

Hans-Joachim Stuck/Boris Said/John Nielsen/Marc Duez

Car No 43 - BMW M3 GTR

Jörg Müller/Dirk Müller/Claudia Hürtgen/Marc Duez