Large contingent of BMW M Motorsport teams, drivers, and cars in the GT World Challenge Europe 2025

In the Endurance Cup, an impressive number of eight BMW M4 GT3 EVO cars will compete in the entire season consisting of five races. ROWE Racing, in car #98, will feature the BMW M works driver trio of Augusto Farfus (BRA), Jesse Krohn (FIN), and Raffaele Marciello (SUI). Also, three works drivers will pilot the #32 BMW M4 GT3 EVO for Team WRT: Ugo de Wilde (BEL), Kelvin van der Linde (RSA), and Charles Weerts (BEL). Jens Klingmann (GER), as the seventh works driver, will participate in the full season, sharing the cockpit of the AlManar Racing by Team WRT #777 BMW M4 GT3 EVO with Al Faisal Al Zubair (OMA) and Ben Tuck (GBR). WRT’s car #30 will be driven by Gustav Bergström (SWE), Gilles Stadsbader (BEL), and Etienne Cheli (FRA). Additional entries in the Endurance Cup include teams Ceccato Racing and Century Motorsport with one car each, and Paradine Competition with two BMW M4 GT3 EVO cars. In one of these cars, Darren Leung (GBR) will receive support from BMW M works drivers, mainly Dan Harper (GBR), who, however, will not be able to compete in all races due to scheduling conflicts.

In the Sprint Cup, five BMW M4 GT3 EVO cars will compete in all five race events, three from Team WRT and two from Paradine Competition. Kelvin van der Linde and Weerts, Klingmann and Al Zubair, as well as Bergström and Stadsbader are the WRT drivers participating in both cups, competing for points and titles in the overall GT World Europe standings. In the Sprint Cup, Leung will also have a works driver – again mainly Harper – by his side.

Last season, six GT World Europe titles went to BMW M Motorsport teams and drivers. Team WRT won the overall team standings as well as the team standings in the Sprint Cup. The driver champion in the Silver Cup was Calan Williams (AUS), with the team title also going to WRT. In the Bronze Cup, Paradine Competition triumphed, as did the driver duo Harper/Leung in both the team and driver standings.

Andreas Roos (Head of BMW M Motorsport): “It will be fantastic to see so many BMW M4 GT3 EVO cars on the starting grid of the GT World Challenge Europe. We have very strong pro crews with which we aim to compete for overall victories and titles. Additionally, there are pleasingly many customer teams taking on the challenge in one of the strongest GT racing series in the world and also aiming for titles in all classes. In its first races this season in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, our BMW M4 GT3 EVO immediately achieved victories and demonstrated its enormous potential. Hopefully, many more will follow throughout the season.”

Björn Lellmann (Head of Customer Racing at BMW M Motorsport): “I am proud of the impressive line-up of BMW M Motorsport customer teams and drivers in the GT World Challenge Europe. We won several titles in different classes in 2024. We aim to build on this record and ideally even expand it. I can't wait to walk through the paddock and see the large number of BMW M Motorsport cars. This applies to the BMW M4 GT3 EVO as well as to the BMW M4 GT4 EVO, which we will see in the GT4 European Series.”

The GT World Europe line-ups at a glance:

Endurance Cup:

#32 BMW M4 GT3 EVO, Team WRT:

• Ugo de Wilde (BEL)
• Kelvin van der Linde (RSA)
• Charles Weerts (BEL)

#98 BMW M4 GT3 EVO, ROWE Racing:

• Augusto Farfus (BRA)
• Jesse Krohn (FIN)
• Raffaele Marciello (SUI)

#777 BMW M4 GT3 EVO, AlManar Racing by Team WRT:

• Al Faisal Al Zubair (OMA)
• Jens Klingmann (GER)
• Ben Tuck (GBR)

#30 BMW M4 GT3 EVO, Team WRT:

• Gustav Bergström (SWE)
• Etienne Cheli (FRA)
• Gilles Stadsbader (BEL)

#991 BMW M4 GT3 EVO, Paradine Competition

• Darren Leung (GBR)
• Toby Sowery (GBR, selected rounds)
• Dan Harper (GBR)

#992 BMW M4 GT3 EVO, Paradine Competition

• James Kellett (GBR)
• Pedro Ebrahim (BRA)
• Charles Clark (GBR)

#15 BMW M4 GT3 EVO, BMW Italia Ceccato Racing:

• Marcelo Tomasoni (BRA)
• Federico Malvestiti (ITA)
• Felice Jelmini (ITA)

#42 BMW M4 GT3 EVO, Century Motorsport:

• Jarrod Waberski (RSA)
• Will Moore (GBR)
• Mex Jansen (NED)

Sprint Cup:  

#31 BMW M4 GT3 EVO, Team WRT:

• Kelvin van der Linde (RSA)
• Charles Weerts (BEL)

#777 BMW M4 GT3 EVO, AlManar Racing by Team WRT:

• Al Faisal Al Zubair (OMA)
• Jens Klingmann (GER)

#30 BMW M4 GT3 EVO, Team WRT:

• Gustav Bergström (SWE)
• Gilles Stadsbader (BEL)

#991 BMW M4 GT3 EVO, Paradine Competition

• Darren Leung (GBR)
• Dan Harper (GBR)

#992 BMW M4 GT3 EVO, Paradine Competition

• Mex Jansen (NED)
• Maxime Oosten (NED)