The team was founded in 2011 by Michael Zehe and Hans-Peter Naundorf. The operations of the racing team are made by Motorsport Competence Group AG (MCG AG) who is a development partner and service provider for the automotive and racing area.[4]
Under the name Team ROWE Motorsport the team entered the VLN championship in 2009. Team co-owner Michael Zehe ran an Audi TT with Franz Rohr. In 2010 Michael Zehe, Marco Schelp and Alexander Roloff ran the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S during the season with occasional support from Mark Bullitt. Bullitt was a racing driver living in Germany but racing under an American licence. The team achieved a number of top ten overall finishes.[5]
Mercedes-Benz yearsedit
The Rowe Racing Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 at the 41. ADAC Zurich 24h Rennen
Late 2010 Naundorf was contacted by ROWE Mineralölwerk GmbH CEO Michael Toe about entering a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 in GT races. Naundorf worked with Florian Rhotert to enter ROWE Racing in the VLN, a championship solely racing at the Nürburgring Nordschleife.[6] The team entered three cars (one co-entered with Christian Mamerow) in the first race of the season, the 58th ADAC Westfalenfahrt. In the GT3 class the team entered two SLS AMG GT3 cars and one Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S. Only one SLS AMG GT3 took the start, which subsequently failed to finish. The Porsche finished the race in seventeenth place with drivers Michael Zehe, Alexander Roloff and Marco Schelp.[7] After the first race the team decided to no longer enter the Porsche and focusing on entering three Mercedes-Benz sportscars. In the second round of the season the co-entered Mamerow/ROWE Racing Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 won the race with Mamerow and Armin Hahne driving.[8] The team with Zehe, Roloff and Roland Rehfeld won their second race near the end of the season during the 34th RCM DMV Grenzlandrennen[9] The teams best placed car in the 2011 24 Hours of Nürburgring finished seventeenth, the other two cars failed to finish.
Jan Seyffarth joined the team in VLN in 2012. Seyffarth and Roloff won the 52nd ADAC Reinoldus-Langstreckenrennen with only a tiny margin of 0.338 seconds.[10] When Thomas Jäger joined the team for the 6 hour ADAC Ruhr-Pokal-Rennen the team scored their second victory.[11] The 2013 24 Hours of Nürburgring was very successful for the German team. ROWE Racing finished third and fourth. For the 2013 season Seyffarth ran the VLN races with various teammates. With Seyffarth, Lance David Arnold and Nico Bastian the team won the OPEL 6-Stunden ADAC Ruhr-Pokal-Rennen.[12] The team won the race again the following year with Jäger and Serffarth.[13] A new driver pairing of Christian Hohenadel and Maro Engel won the ROWE sponsored DMV 250-Meilen-Rennen in 2014[14]Renger van der Zande joined Engel and Seyffarth for the openingsrace of the VLN series. The race was cut short after a heavy crash by Jann Mardenborough in the GT AcademyNissan GT-R Nismo in which one spectator was killed.[15] ROWE Racing was in the lead when the race was red flagged.[16] Hohenadel and Klaus Graf scored the second season victory for the team at the 38th RCM DMV Grenzlandrennen[17] In 2015 the team also ran one round of the ADAC GT Masters series. Stef Dusseldorp and Nico Bastian represented the team at the Nürburgring finishing eleventh in race one and thirteenth in race two.
ROWE Racing first entered the Blancpain Endurance Series in 2015. The teams best finish was a fourth place at the 1000km Paul Ricard. At the prestigious 24 Hours of Spa the team (with Daniel Juncadella, Nico Bastian and Stef Dusseldorp) was in the lead at the 6 hour and 12 hour marks, scoring valuable points for the championship. A problem on the alternator caused the team to retire with less than sixty minutes to go.[18]
The team participated in the 2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters by fielding two BMW M6 GT3 cars full-time. The cars were driven by BMW factory drivers Timo Glock and Sheldon van der Linde, with the latter scoring the team's best result of the season by finishing in fourth place on one occasion. On 15 February 2022, the team announced that it would not return to the series in 2022 and instead use the new BMW M4 GT3 cars for endurance racing.[19] In 2023 it won the Spa 24 Hours for the third time.[3]
Since 2022 ROWE Racing runs the BMW M4 GT3.
Timelineedit
2000s
2010s
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VLN
NLS
24 Hours of Nürburgring
Blancpain Endurance Series
GT World Challenge Endurance Cup
ADAC GT Masters
Competition Vehiclesedit
ROWE Racing competed with up to four Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 until 2016. The team ran the BMW M6 GT3 from 2016 till 2021. Since 2022 it runs the BMW M4 GT3.[20]
^ ab"ROWE RACING rocks the Ring: First victory in the ADAC 24h race at the Nürburgring". Rowe Racing | MCG AG. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
^ ab"'Dream Team' – Nick Tandy, Earl Bamber and Laurens Vanthoor win the 24 Hours of Spa with ROWE RACING". Rowe Racing | MCG AG. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
^ ab"24h Spa-Francorchamps: Philipp Eng, Marco Wittmann and Nick Yelloly triumph for ROWE Racing in the BMW M4 GT3". www.press.bmwgroup.com. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
^BMW Motorsport 2016 Season Media Guide. BMW Motorsport. p. 81.
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ROWE Racing is the motor racing team of the German lubricant manufacturer Rowe Mineralolwerk Since 2011 ROWE Racing has competed in series such as the Nurburgring Endurance Series the GT World Challenge Europe former Blancpain GT Series the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters and the 24 Hours Nurburgring In 2020 it won both the Nurburgring 24 Hours 1 and the Spa 24 Hours 2 In 2023 it won the Spa 24 Hours for the third time 3 Rowe RacingFounded2011BaseSankt Ingbert SaarlandTeam principal s Michael ZeheHans Peter NaundorfCurrent seriesGT World Challenge Europe Nurburgring Endurance Series Contents 1 Team 1 1 Mercedes Benz years 1 2 BMW Motorsport factory team 1 3 Timeline 2 Competition Vehicles 3 Results 3 1 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 3 2 Complete 24 Hours of Nurburgring results 3 3 Complete Blancpain Endurance Series results 4 References 5 External linksTeam editThe team was founded in 2011 by Michael Zehe and Hans Peter Naundorf The operations of the racing team are made by Motorsport Competence Group AG MCG AG who is a development partner and service provider for the automotive and racing area 4 Under the name Team ROWE Motorsport the team entered the VLN championship in 2009 Team co owner Michael Zehe ran an Audi TT with Franz Rohr In 2010 Michael Zehe Marco Schelp and Alexander Roloff ran the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S during the season with occasional support from Mark Bullitt Bullitt was a racing driver living in Germany but racing under an American licence The team achieved a number of top ten overall finishes 5 Mercedes Benz years edit nbsp The Rowe Racing Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 at the 41 ADAC Zurich 24h Rennen Late 2010 Naundorf was contacted by ROWE Mineralolwerk GmbH CEO Michael Toe about entering a Mercedes Benz SLS AMG GT3 in GT races Naundorf worked with Florian Rhotert to enter ROWE Racing in the VLN a championship solely racing at the Nurburgring Nordschleife 6 The team entered three cars one co entered with Christian Mamerow in the first race of the season the 58th ADAC Westfalenfahrt In the GT3 class the team entered two SLS AMG GT3 cars and one Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Only one SLS AMG GT3 took the start which subsequently failed to finish The Porsche finished the race in seventeenth place with drivers Michael Zehe Alexander Roloff and Marco Schelp 7 After the first race the team decided to no longer enter the Porsche and focusing on entering three Mercedes Benz sportscars In the second round of the season the co entered Mamerow ROWE Racing Mercedes Benz SLS AMG GT3 won the race with Mamerow and Armin Hahne driving 8 The team with Zehe Roloff and Roland Rehfeld won their second race near the end of the season during the 34th RCM DMV Grenzlandrennen 9 The teams best placed car in the 2011 24 Hours of Nurburgring finished seventeenth the other two cars failed to finish Jan Seyffarth joined the team in VLN in 2012 Seyffarth and Roloff won the 52nd ADAC Reinoldus Langstreckenrennen with only a tiny margin of 0 338 seconds 10 When Thomas Jager joined the team for the 6 hour ADAC Ruhr Pokal Rennen the team scored their second victory 11 The 2013 24 Hours of Nurburgring was very successful for the German team ROWE Racing finished third and fourth For the 2013 season Seyffarth ran the VLN races with various teammates With Seyffarth Lance David Arnold and Nico Bastian the team won the OPEL 6 Stunden ADAC Ruhr Pokal Rennen 12 The team won the race again the following year with Jager and Serffarth 13 A new driver pairing of Christian Hohenadel and Maro Engel won the ROWE sponsored DMV 250 Meilen Rennen in 2014 14 Renger van der Zande joined Engel and Seyffarth for the openingsrace of the VLN series The race was cut short after a heavy crash by Jann Mardenborough in the GT Academy Nissan GT R Nismo in which one spectator was killed 15 ROWE Racing was in the lead when the race was red flagged 16 Hohenadel and Klaus Graf scored the second season victory for the team at the 38th RCM DMV Grenzlandrennen 17 In 2015 the team also ran one round of the ADAC GT Masters series Stef Dusseldorp and Nico Bastian represented the team at the Nurburgring finishing eleventh in race one and thirteenth in race two ROWE Racing first entered the Blancpain Endurance Series in 2015 The teams best finish was a fourth place at the 1000km Paul Ricard At the prestigious 24 Hours of Spa the team with Daniel Juncadella Nico Bastian and Stef Dusseldorp was in the lead at the 6 hour and 12 hour marks scoring valuable points for the championship A problem on the alternator caused the team to retire with less than sixty minutes to go 18 nbsp The Rowe Racing BMW M6 GT3 at the Spa 24 Hours BMW Motorsport factory team edit Starting in 2016 the team received factory support by BMW Motorsport The team entered two BMW F13 M6 GT3 cars in the Blancpain Endurance Series and Sprint Cup After a fourth place at Silverstone the team picked up its first Blancpain Endurance Series win at the prestigious 24 Hours of Spa In 2020 it won both the Nurburgring 24 Hours 1 and the Spa 24 Hours 2 The team participated in the 2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters by fielding two BMW M6 GT3 cars full time The cars were driven by BMW factory drivers Timo Glock and Sheldon van der Linde with the latter scoring the team s best result of the season by finishing in fourth place on one occasion On 15 February 2022 the team announced that it would not return to the series in 2022 and instead use the new BMW M4 GT3 cars for endurance racing 19 In 2023 it won the Spa 24 Hours for the third time 3 nbsp Since 2022 ROWE Racing runs the BMW M4 GT3 Timeline edit 2000s 2010s 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 VLN NLS 24 Hours of Nurburgring Blancpain Endurance Series GT World Challenge Endurance Cup ADAC GT MastersCompetition Vehicles editROWE Racing competed with up to four Mercedes Benz SLS AMG GT3 until 2016 The team ran the BMW M6 GT3 from 2016 till 2021 Since 2022 it runs the BMW M4 GT3 20 Results editDeutsche Tourenwagen Masters edit Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F Laps Podiums Points D C T C 2021 BMW M6 GT3 nbsp Sheldon van der Linde 16 0 1 1 0 55 11th 7th nbsp Timo Glock 16 0 0 0 0 9 17th Complete 24 Hours of Nurburgring results edit key Races in bold indicate pole position Races in italics indicate fastest lap 24 Hours of Nurburgring Year Team Car Car No Drivers Class Laps Pos ClassPos 2010 21 Team ROWE Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S 18 nbsp Michael Zehe nbsp Marco Schelp nbsp Alexander Roloff nbsp Mark Bullitt SP9 GT3 150 8th 5th Audi TT 147 nbsp Franz Rohr nbsp Uwe Bleck nbsp Andreas Kast nbsp Michael Zehe SP3T 61 DNF DNF 2011 Mamerow ROWE Racing Mercedes Benz SLS AMG GT3 30 nbsp Christian Mamerow nbsp Armin Hahne nbsp Pierre Kaffer SP9 GT3 49 DNF DNF ROWE Racing 36 nbsp Alexander Roloff nbsp Roland Rehfeld nbsp Hubert Haupt nbsp Marco Schelp SP9 GT3 58 DNF DNF 46 nbsp Michael Zehe nbsp Dominik Schwager nbsp Klaus Rader nbsp Mark Bullitt SP9 GT3 145 17th 12th 2012 22 ROWE Racing Mercedes Benz SLS AMG GT3 21 nbsp Michael Zehe nbsp Marko Hartung nbsp Roland Rehfeld nbsp Mark Bullitt SP9 GT3 150 10th 10th 22 nbsp Klaus Graf nbsp Thomas Jager nbsp Alexander Roloff nbsp Jan Seyffarth SP9 GT3 120 DNF DNF 2013 23 ROWE Racing Mercedes Benz SLS AMG GT3 21 nbsp Marko Hartung nbsp Kenneth Heyer nbsp Roland Rehfeld nbsp Christian Hohenadel SP9 GT3 34 DNF DNF 22 nbsp Klaus Graf nbsp Nico Bastian nbsp Jan Seyffarth nbsp Thomas Jager SP9 GT3 87 3rd 3rd 23 nbsp Lance David Arnold nbsp Alexander Roloff nbsp Jan Seyffarth nbsp Thomas Jager SP9 GT3 87 4th 4th 2014 24 ROWE Racing Mercedes Benz SLS AMG GT3 22 nbsp Michael Zehe nbsp Nico Bastian nbsp Maro Engel nbsp Christian Hohenadel SP9 GT3 157 3rd 3rd 23 nbsp Klaus Graf nbsp Jan Seyffarth nbsp Thomas Jager nbsp Richard Goransson SP9 GT3 147 DNF DNF 2015 25 ROWE Racing Mercedes Benz SLS AMG GT3 22 nbsp Jan Seyffarth nbsp Thomas Jager nbsp Maro Engel nbsp Renger van der Zande SP9 GT3 61 DNF DNF 23 nbsp Klaus Graf nbsp Christian Hohenadel nbsp Thomas Jager nbsp Nico Bastian SP9 GT3 145 DNF DNF 2016 26 ROWE Racing BMW M6 GT3 22 nbsp Klaus Graf nbsp Richard Westbrook nbsp Markus Palttala nbsp Nicky Catsburg SP9 GT3 57 DNF DNF 23 nbsp Alexander Sims nbsp Philipp Eng nbsp Dirk Werner nbsp Maxime Martin SP9 GT3 133 5th 5th 2017 27 ROWE Racing BMW M6 GT3 98 nbsp Markus Palttala nbsp Richard Westbrook nbsp Alexander Sims nbsp Nicky Catsburg SP9 158 2nd 2nd 99 nbsp Marc Basseng nbsp Philipp Eng nbsp Maxime Martin SP9 157 10th 10th 2018 28 ROWE Racing BMW M6 GT3 98 nbsp John Edwards nbsp Richard Westbrook nbsp Tom Blomqvist nbsp Nicky Catsburg SP9 82 DNF DNF 99 nbsp Alexander Sims nbsp Jesse Krohn nbsp Connor De Phillippi nbsp Martin Tomczyk SP9 16 DNF DNF 2019 29 ROWE Racing BMW M6 GT3 98 nbsp Connor De Phillippi nbsp Philipp Eng nbsp Tom Blomqvist nbsp Mikkel Jensen SP9 22 DNF DNF 99 nbsp Nicky Catsburg nbsp Marco Wittmann nbsp Jesse Krohn nbsp John Edwards SP9 8 DNF DNF 2020 ROWE Racing BMW M6 GT3 98 nbsp Tom Blomqvist nbsp Philipp Eng nbsp Marco Wittmann SP9 85 4th 4th 99 nbsp Nicky Catsburg nbsp Alexander Sims nbsp Nick Yelloly SP9 85 1st 1st Complete Blancpain Endurance Series results edit key Races in bold indicate pole position Races in italics indicate fastest lap Blancpain Endurance Series Year Car No Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 Pos Pts 2015 Mercedes Benz SLS AMG GT3 98 nbsp Daniel Juncadella nbsp MON15 nbsp SIL11 nbsp SPA 12th 45 nbsp Indy Dontje nbsp LESRet nbsp Thomas Jager nbsp Nicolai Sylvest nbsp NUR15 nbsp Kenneth Heyer nbsp Miguel Toril 99 nbsp Klaus Graf nbsp MON11 nbsp SIL10 nbsp Stef Dusseldorp nbsp LES4 nbsp SPA16 nbsp NUR19 nbsp Nico Bastian nbsp Daniel Juncadella 2016 BMW M6 GT3 98 nbsp Klaus Graf nbsp MONRet nbsp Lucas Luhr nbsp LESRet nbsp Stef Dusseldorp nbsp SIL12 nbsp SPA41 nbsp Jens Klingmann nbsp LESRet nbsp Nick Catsburg nbsp SPA41 nbsp Dirk Werner nbsp LESRet 99 nbsp Dirk Werner nbsp MONRet nbsp Philipp Eng nbsp SIL4 nbsp LESRet nbsp SPA1 nbsp Alexander Sims nbsp Maxime Martin nbsp Stef Dusseldorp nbsp LESRetReferences edit a b ROWE RACING rocks the Ring First victory in the ADAC 24h race at the Nurburgring Rowe Racing MCG AG Retrieved 2022 02 28 a b Dream Team Nick Tandy Earl Bamber and Laurens Vanthoor win the 24 Hours of Spa with ROWE RACING Rowe Racing MCG AG Retrieved 2022 02 28 a b 24h Spa Francorchamps Philipp Eng Marco Wittmann and Nick Yelloly triumph for ROWE Racing in the BMW M4 GT3 www press bmwgroup com Retrieved 2023 07 04 BMW Motorsport 2016 Season Media Guide BMW Motorsport p 81 Ergebnis Rennen 35 DMV 4 Stunden Rennen PDF VLN Retrieved 31 July 2016 VLN TEAM PORTRAIT ROWE RACING Neuer Stern am motorsport sky Auto Motor und Sport 2012 06 19 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ergebnis Rennen 58 ADAC Westfalenfahrt 02 04 2011 PDF VLN Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ergebnis Rennen 36 DMV 4 Stunden Rennen 30 04 2011 PDF VLN Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ergebnis Rennen 34 RCM DMV Grenzlandrennen 30 07 2011 PDF VLN Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ergebnis Rennen 52 ADAC Reinoldus Langstreckenrennen 07 07 2012 PDF VLN Retrieved 31 July 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Zurich 24h Rennen Retrieved 31 July 2016 40 ADAC Zurich 24h Rennen PDF ADAC Zurich 24h Rennen Retrieved 31 July 2016 41 ADAC Zurich 24h Rennen PDF ADAC Zurich 24h Rennen Retrieved 31 July 2016 42 ADAC Zurich 24h Rennen PDF ADAC Zurich 24h Rennen Retrieved 31 July 2016 43 ADAC Zurich 24h Rennen PDF ADAC Zurich 24h Rennen Retrieved 31 July 2016 44 ADAC Zurich 24h Rennen PDF ADAC Zurich 24h Rennen Retrieved 31 July 2016 45 ADAC Zurich 24h Rennen PDF ADAC Zurich 24h Rennen Retrieved 23 June 2019 46 ADAC Zurich 24h Rennen PDF ADAC Zurich 24h Rennen Retrieved 23 June 2019 47 ADAC Zurich 24h Rennen PDF ADAC Zurich 24h Rennen Retrieved 24 June 2019 External links editOfficial website Website of ROWE MINERALOLWERK GMBH Website of MCG AG Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rowe Racing amp oldid 1204922796, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
