The German RN Vision STS-Team has completed its lineup for the 2018 season of the GT4 European Series. In addition to the already announced BMW M4 GT4 Crews Razvan Umbrarescu (ROM) / Gabriele Piana (I) and Pavel Lefterov (BUL) / Miguel Christovão (P) the team from Mönchengladbach will field a third GT4 entry. The BMW Motorsport Juniors Beitske Visser (NED) and Nico Menzel (GER) will compete at the wheel of another BMW M4 GT4. The GT4-category is part of the BMW Motorsport Junior-programme. Visser and Menzel will therefore get the chance to prove their talents at the wheel of an RN Vision STS prepared BMW M4 GT4 in the GT4 European series, which featueres a strong grid of 47 starters this year.
“I am very pleased to share the BMW M4 GT4 with Nico,” says Visser. “I was able to debut the car in Barcelona last year and I won the race together with Dennis Marshall. Now I hope to be able to build on this success with Nico.”
Nico Menzel knows the BMW M4 GT4 well, as he was already involved as development driver in the first outings with the new customer sport model of BMW in 2017. “It’s great to be able to start a full racing season with a car that you have helped develop. I am very excited about the GT4 European series, because the level of competition is extremely high there. I think we are very well positioned, but it is also clear that Beitske, the team and I first have to gain a lot of experience.”
RN-Vision STS and the two BMW-Juniors had a first chance to pit themselves against their competitors at the GT4 European series testday at Zolder last week. There the German team brought two BMW M4 GT4 for their regular drivers Razvan Ubrarescu/Pavel Lefterov and for Beitske Visser and Nico Menzel to the track. At this occasion the starting numbers of the cars were also locked in for the season. The BMW M4 GT4 of Visser/Menzel will carry the #110 and will start in the Silver-class of the championship. The returning duo of Umbrarescu/Piana in the BMW #111 will be competing in the same class. Whereas Lefterov/Christovão will share the wheel of the #112 BMW in the Pro-Am class of the series.
Teamchef Marek Zuchowski is aware of the challenge his squad faces with a triple entry in Europe’s most competetive GT4-series: “We consider the cooperation with BMW Motorsport and their Junior programme a special honour and a great challenge, but also as a unique opportunity for our aspiring team. We have very ambitious goals, not only for this season, but also for the years to come, and we believe that the experience in such a professional environment will help us achieve these goals.”
