Formula 1 is off on break but in the meantime there’s racing entertainment coming from the world of the DTM. It was a special weekend in Valencia for the sport.

The racing was pretty spectacular and we hear there were lots of cars on the track. Not that we like to slack off BMW competitors but we couldn’t really see them.

Ok, maybe Audi put up a good show and a certain Mercedes team may still be ahead on points but those are mere technicalities.

BMW’s efforts were did proud as their M3 DTM racer stood on pole position at the end of qualifying. The driver who put it there is Augusto Farfus.

You may remember him from his run around the Nurburgring. The one where he used a E92 BMW M3 to scare his wife beyond reason.

Farfus managed to keep his pace and cool until the end of the race. Sounds simple right? Well, it’s far from that but Augusto pulled it off and managed to win the Valencia DTM run.

This is his first win in the championship and quite the momentous moment for somebody who’s a rookie around DTM racing.

The German touring car series is one race away from ending. Later this month everybody will converge on the Hockenheim circuit for a final do or die race.

At the moment HWA’s Gary Paffett is leading the championship but he’s just 3 points ahead of Bruno Spengler from BMW Team Schnitzer.

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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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