BMW M6 GT3 teams work their ways towards the front in the early stages of the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring.
(WorldNews Germany)

Nürburgring. The 45 edition of the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring (GER) is underway - and the BMW teams have started the endurance classic in the Eifel mountains without any major incidents. At 20:00, a total of four BMW M6 GT3 cars are positioned within the top 10 of the overall standings. The highest placed BMW is the #42 of BMW Team Schnitzer, driven by Augusto Farfus (BRA), Marco Wittmann (GER), Martin Tomczyk (GER) and Tom Blomqvist (GBR) in sixth position. In hot and sunny conditions, with temperatures up to 27 degrees Celsius, the field of 160 cars started the journey through the `Green Hell` at 15:30. The BMW drivers did not take any risks in the early stages and soon got into their...