BMW M Motorsport News, 31st March 2026.

Björn Lellmann, Head of Customer Racing at BMW M Motorsport:

"New season, new challenges for our drivers and teams in global customer racing. After a fantastic debut season in 2025, we once again have ambitious goals with our top models BMW M4 GT3 EVO and BMW M4 GT4 EVO. The same applies to our new BMW M2 Racing entry-level car, which will be used in many one-make cups and racing series worldwide. I am delighted that all our cars have been extremely well received by customers. Many thanks to everyone at BMW M Motorsport, who work hard every day to achieve this success. Congratulations to all the winners of the first race weekends of the season, be it in Germany, North America or Australia. My very special congratulations go to Ryder Quinn and Josh Green. Our two members of the BMW M Racing Academy have made a very strong start to their seasons."

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Top topic: Global race action for the BMW M4 GT3 EVO and BMW M4 GT4 EVO.

The top customer racing cars from BMW M Motorsport, the BMW M4 GT3 EVO and the BMW M4 GT4 EVO, will enter their second season in 2026. Both had an extremely successful debut season. The BMW M4 GT3 EVO achieved more than 80 victories and over 100 additional podium finishes. The BMW M4 GT4 EVO and its predecessor, which continues to be used in parallel, together achieved more than 100 victories and around 150 further podium finishes. The goal now is to confirm and ideally surpass these results.

In 2026, the BMW M4 GT3 EVO is expected to compete in 15 race series. In Germany, the car will be used in the DTM, the ADAC GT Masters, and the Nürburgring Langstrecken Serie (NLS). It will also compete in the GT World Challenge series in Europe, North America, and Asia, as well as the Intercontinental GT Challenge and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Other GT3 racing series include Italian GT, British GT, China GT, Japanese Super GT, VP Racing SportsCar Challenge, 24H Series, and GT Cup Series.

The BMW M4 GT4 EVO is expected to be seen in twelve racing series in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia in 2026. In Germany, it will compete in the NLS, the 24 Hours of Nürburgring, and the ADAC GT4 Germany. Across Europe, it will race in the GT4 European Series, British GT, GT4 Italia, Dutch Supercar Challenge, and GT4 South. In North America, the car will compete in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge and GT4 America. In Asia and Australia, it will race in the China GT and GT4 Australia. Selected events of the 24H Series are also on the schedule.

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BMW M Racing Academy: Victories and podiums for members of the “Class of 2026”.

The BMW M Racing Academy, BMW M Motorsport’s development programme for young and talented customer racing drivers, is in its second year with the “Class of 2026”. Two of the three GT4 drivers supported this year successfully started their racing seasons last weekend. 20-year-old Australian Ryder Quinn, driving the BMW M4 GT4 for the Thunder Buddies/Black Diamond Team together with his teammate Daniel Jilesen (NZL), achieved a victory and a third place in the Silver-Am class at the season opener of GT4 Australia at Phillip Island (AUS). “The team did a fantastic job – absolutely flawless in all sessions,” said Quinn. “I’m very happy that we were able to reward the team’s efforts with a few trophies. The BMW M4 GT4 was on fire all weekend. I love this combination of car and track.”

23-year-old American Josh Green, last season’s Pro-Am champion in GT4 America, has moved up to the Silver category for the new season. At the season opener at Sonoma (USA), he and Bruno Colombo (USA) finished fourth overall in the second race in the #98 BMW M4 GT4 EVO from Random Vandals Racing, which meant third place on the podium in the Silver class. In the first race, the duo finished fourth in their category. “Sonoma was good to us,” said Green. “We took away a lot of points and a podium from this weekend. Our pace was great. It’s always a pleasure to drive the BMW M4 GT4 EVO from Random Vandals Racing. Bruno did a great job in his first two GT4 stints – and there’s more to come. I’m looking forward to continuing to learn and to keep improving together with everyone in car #98.”

The third member of the “Class of 2026” is 18-year-old German Thomi Rackl. He will start his season in the GT4 European Series after Easter weekend, driving the BMW M4 GT4 EVO for Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport at Le Castellet (FRA).

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M News compact: More victories and podium finishes.

GT4 America (28th-29th March): At Sonoma, Random Vandals Racing celebrated a class win in Pro-Am and two in the Am class with the BMW M4 GT4 EVO in the two races. Also celebrating podium finishes were Auto Technic Racing, Stephen Cameron Racing, BimmerWorld, ACI Motorsports, and Flying Lizard Motorsports.

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GT America (28.-29.3.): Craig Lumsden (USA) hat in Sonoma im #610 BMW M4 GT4 EVO von Flying Lizard Motorsports in beiden Rennen Platz eins in der GT4-Klasse belegt.

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NLS (21.3.): Beim Saisonauftakt auf der Nürburgring-Nordschleife (GER) haben die BMW Teams sieben Klassensiege gefeiert. Neben dem Gesamtsieg für ROWE Racing und dem SPX-Triumph für den BMW M3 Touring 24H stach der Klassenerfolg von Hofor Racing by Bonk Motorsport bei der NLS-Premiere des BMW M2 Racing in Kundenhand heraus.

All results at a glance