The BMW Motorsport team is not very happy with the results I pulled off at the 24 Hours of Nurburgring, despite its efforts of getting to lead ahead at times.

Thus, the BMW Motorsport missed the chance to get o podium position, after the BMW teams managed however o get a three-way battle “at the head of the field with an Audi and a Mercedes”.

But unfortunately, due to a bent tie rod, the four drivers, Claudia Hurtgen (DE), Dominik Baumann (AT) and Jens Klingmann (DE) as well as the BMW DTM`s driver Martin Tomczyk (DE) failed to keep the advantage up ahead.

There was also hope for the BMW Motorsport Team, as after 157 laps, they managed to come closer to a good sixth place, while the other pilots from BMW Walkenhorst Motorsport managed to have an eighth overall position, with number 28 BMW Z4 GT3.

Jens Klingmann, driver for BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert, said after the race, managing to get the 6th place, that they deserved to be on the podium, since they were that close of pulling off the Audi, while being under a real pressure for some time.

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It would seem that BMW’s win at the 24 Hours of Nurburgring and their rejoining to the Le Mans calendar is bringing along quite a few business opportunities for tuner companies.

First there was G-Power and now we have the turn of the Illinois-based tuning house, GTHaus to have a go at giving your BMW M3 a GT2 racer look.

Since it is GT2 inspired you’ll find a pretty similar livery to what the Bavarians ran at Nurburgring, since they couldn’t have done Jeff Koon’s BMW Art Car livery which will be running at Le Mans.

Since the livery is nice in pleasant I’ll leave it at that, GTHaus is also offering the Aero bits gathered together to form a wide body kit for the car. The kit includes massively wide rear fenders, a unique front bumper with splitters, chunky side skirts, new rear bumper with air vents, vented hood and a rear wing the size of an aircraft carrier deck. Well, not exactly but it’s still pretty big. There’s also a very impressive looking set of wheels to match involved.

Looks fine but you’ll be thinking about what’s under the bonnet. Well, disappointingly theres nothing other than the standard BMW M3 engine and all the bits that go with it. Now I’m not going to be an idiot and say that’s not good enough but somehow I was expecting more.

That “more” may come at a later time in the form of a supercharger kit but until then you can get this kit and make your M3 look like you’re driving home from a hard day’s work at… Sebring for just $12,500.

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BMW’s 17th Art Car, a racing tradition spanning more than 35 years, was officially unveiled at a special event last night at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France.

The artist chosen by the Bavarians for this creation is American Jeff Koon, who first showed us a sketch of his creation almost a couple of months ago.

The final version is here and is actually ahead of schedule to our rejoice and it is based on the BMW M3 GT2 Racer. This racing version of the E92 M3 has already clocked up a momentous win at the 24 Hours of Nurburgring and will now feature this great looking livery at the crucible of endurance racing, the infamous 24 Hours of Le Mans.

According to creator, Jeff Koons, this livery signifies the power and energy that transcends to us from the BMW racing car and his chosen theme is this transcending of the immense power under the bonnet and his ideas to the real world.

The 24 Hours of Le Mans will take place from June 12 to 13 and the preparations undergone for it by the BMW M3 GT2 are as follows, the 4 liter V8 engine is capped at 500 horsepower, the chassis has been upgraded and so have the brakes and weight saving program in order to give the car a fighting chance.

Besides the technology there’s always the people to consider for such an event and BMW’s team for their comeback to Le Mans are Andy Priaulx, Dirk Muller and Dirk Werner.

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Most of you still have a fresh memory of BMW winning at the 24 Hours of Nurburgring last weekend after a five years since the last victory of the manufacturer on this track, four of which had been taken by Porsche.

Apparently BMW are so pleased with fan support of this race and the performance in itself that they are working on a limited edition of the BMW M3 GTS to celebrate the occasion.

While this is just a rumor for now i can’t help at get a bit excited to know that BMW may be doing an ultimate version, of the ultimate version, of their ultimate sports coupe.

This ultimate version is rumored quite well (which is a delight) in terms that it will allegedly have a matte-black exterior, a front spoiler, wider rear fenders and lighter alloy wheels. BMW will also use plenty of carbon fiber in addition to the carbon fiber roof on the regular BMW M3 GTS and areas where this extra carbon fiber is expected to be seen are on the deck-lid, hood and rear spoiler.

As the title claims, the new model should be named the BMW M3 GTS-R.

Besides this extra lightening kit offered by the M3 GTS-R it may also feature something very important such as KERS (perhaps from the 2011 M5 parts bin?).

We’ll just have to wait and see if the M3 GTS-R is a gaming fantasy or a real track ripping beast.

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Just as the title says, the Bavarians have won the fabled race that ended just hours ago with one of their new BMW M3 GT2’s run by Team Schnitzer.

The No. 25 BMW Team Schnitzer M3 GT2 of Jorg Müller, Augusto Farfus, Uwe Alzen and Pedro Lamy was the car to finish first at the 2010 24 Hours of Nurburgring marking a great comeback to the event.

The offset of the race didn’t look too promising for team BMW as Porsche announced they were ready to make history with their hybrid and Audi had completely dominated the qualifying sessions taking the first four spots on the grid and a lap record.

In the end it turned out that Porsche’s Hybrid system great as it may be isn’t good enough to last a full 24 hours of racing and Audi… well they had lots of problems but we have a good right to feel smug as BMW fans that the Bavarians stuck it to the four ringed company once again.

In full admittance the BMW M3 GT2 was slightly slower than the top competitors but it was far more reliable despite some gearbox concerns towards the end and had backing from a very organised team that helped the car through a radiator change during the night.

The final results of the race were as follows:

1. 25 BMW M3 GT2 – 154 laps
2. 43 Ferrari F430 GTC +3:53.191
3. 97 Audi R8 LMS +1 lap
4. 76 BMW Z4 GT3 +2 laps
5. 102 Audi R8 LMS +2 laps
6. 20 Porsche GT3 Cup S +3 laps
7. 26 BMW M3 GT2 +4 laps
8. 18 Porsche GT3 Cup S +4 laps
9. 69 BMW Z4 GT3 +5 laps
10. 35 Porsche 997 GT3 +6 laps

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