Giti Tire Motorsport by WS Racing aims to defend class win in 2022 Nürburgring 24-Hour

The Giti Tire Motorsport by WS Racing team returns to the Nürburgring 24-Hour on 26-29 May seeking to defend its class victory in the powerful SP8 category in 2021. The trailblazing #gitiracing all-female team will compete in a new BMW M4 GT4, one of four taking to the grid for Giti Tire Motorsport by WS Racing. The team is celebrating its sixth straight year at legendary Nordschleife and the fourth with the pioneering ‘Girls Only – Ready to Rock the Green Hell’ crew. All cars will run on the GitiCompete GTR1 tyre, part of Giti’s comprehensive global motorsport portfolio. This year marks a milestone for the event too; it is the 50^th ADAC TOTAL 24h Race.

The BMW will be driven by Carrie Schreiner, Célia Martin, Pippa Mann, Fabienne Wohlwend, and as before will be entirely run by women inside and outside the cockpit. Team leader is Natascha Sonnen.

Other vehicles racing in the Giti Tire Motorsport livery will be a BMW 328i and a Golf VII GTI in the competitive VT2 class. For the first time a GT Radial liveried car will also make its way to the grid in the form of a Porsche Cayman GTS, which will compete in the V6 class.

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Giti Tire’s #gitiracing marketing activity will also kick-up a gear for the weekend both physically and online, with over 240,000 spectators back in the packed-out stands and millions of global viewers for all the high-octane action.

Stefan Fischer, managing director – product technology at Giti Tire Europe, said: “The Nürburgring Endurance Series, which forms part of the build-up to the Nürburgring 24-Hour, has been challenging with a crash in race one, race two cancelled due to the weather and then a completed race three.

“While not ideal we have worked tirelessly to find the right balance between the new BMW M4 GT4 and GitiCompete GTR1 tyres so come qualifying and race day the car will be ready to perform for the #gitiracing all-female team to defend their SP8 class crown.

“As always, after the race, we will look at exactly what we’ve learned from what is one of the most challenging events that a tyre can be subjected to and see how this can be adapted for our everyday passenger car portfolios, so we continue to deliver maximum performance and safety.”