Need for Speed Team Schubert ends season with podium finish
The 2011 season drew to a close with Need for Speed Team Schubert on the podium. The tenth and final race of this year’s VLN Endurance Championship took the form of the 36th DMV Münsterland Cup and saw Edward Sandström (SE), Nico Bastian (DE) and Hendrik Vieth (DE) cross the finish line in third place [...]
Need for Speed Team Schubert heads to the Nordschleife for season finale
Need for Speed Team Schubert heads to the Nordschleife for season finale Two weeks after the end of the FIA European GT3 championship season, Need for Speed Team Schubert travel to its final race of the season – at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. The team from Oschersleben has entered three BMW Z4 GT3s for the 36th [...]
Need for Speed Team Schubert ready for next 24-hour marathon
Press Release Oschersleben, 19th September 2011 This weekend Need for Speed Team Schubert contests its fourth 24-hour race of the season: At Barcelona’s “Circuit de Catalunya” the squad is racing the same BMW Z4 GT3 that performed a historic fight back from 49th on the grid in Spa-Francorchamps, ultimately finishing the 24-hour classic in second. [...]
Need for Speed Team Schubert on podium for second time
As on Saturday, Need for Speed Team Schubert also celebrated a spot on the podium after the second race in the FIA GT3 European Championship at the Slovakia-Ring. Once again it was Claudia Hürtgen (DE) and Csaba Walter (HU), who crossed the line in third place in their BMW Z4 GT3 (number 7) after 29 [...]
Need for Speed Team Schubert looking forward to premiere at the Slovakia Ring
After its second place at the 24-hour race in Spa-Francorchamps (BE), Need for Speed Team Schubert is now ready for the next challenge. This coming weekend, the FIA GT3 European Championship enters its crucial phase with rounds nine and ten at the “Automotodróm Slovakia Ring” near the Slovakian capital of Bratislava. The 5.9-kilometre circuit close [...]
Need for Speed Team Schubert celebrates second place in Spa
Need for Speed Team Schubert completed a miraculous fight back at the 24-hour race in Spa-Francorchamps (BE). Starting from 49th on the grid, Claudia Hürtgen (DE), Edward Sandström (SE) and BMW works driver Dirk Werner (DE) crossed the finish line in second place in their BMW Z4 GT3 number 76. This achievement saw the team [...]
Need for Speed Team Schubert goes into the long Spa night in fifth place
After seven hours of racing, Need for Speed Team Schubert has established itself in the top ten of the 24-hour race in Spa-Francorchamps (BE). Claudia Hürtgen (DE) handed over to Edward Sandström (SE) after her second stint with BMW Z4 GT3 number 76 in fifth place. When the race entered its third Safety Car phase [...]
Need for Speed Team Schubert continues to make up ground
The Need for Speed Team Schubert fightback goes on at the 24-hour race in Spa-Francorchamps (BE). In dry conditions, Edward Sandström (SE) completed a double stint on the harder of the two Dunlop tyre compounds in the second and third hours of the marathon race, overtaking many rivals on his way. When the Swede handed [...]
Need for Speed Team Schubert prepares for “Ardennes rollercoaster”
This weekend sees Need for Speed Team Schubert contest its third 24 hour race of the year. The team from Oschersleben will take the start of the 24 hour race in Spa-Francorchamps (BE) with a newly-built BMW Z4 GT3. Complementing regular Schubert drivers Claudia Hürtgen (DE) and Edward Sandström (SE), who won the Dubai 24 [...]
Need for Speed Team Schubert ready for second half of the season
This weekend sees the Le Castellet circuit in the south of France host the start of the second half of the FIA European GT3 Championship. Need for Speed Team Schubert, second in the teams’ standings at the halfway point, has again entered two BMW Z4 GT3s. Edward Sandström (SE) and Abdulaziz Turki Al Faisal (SA) [...]
TEAM PANOZ: Names driver line-up for Mosport:
HOSCHTON, Ga. (JULY 6TH, 2011) – Panoz Auto Development and Tom Milner’s Prototype Technology Group today announced the addition of Edward Sandström to drive for the team at Mosport, he will join Ian James who has been working with team Panoz and PTG as lead development driver since the testing program began last year. The [...]
No points for Need for Speed Team Schubert on Sunday
Need for Speed Team Schubert walked away from the second round of the FIA GT3 European Championship weekend in Navarra (ES) on Sunday empty-handed. Claudia Hürtgen (DE) and Csaba Walter (HU) dropped back early, when Hürtgen tried to overtake another car on the drying track, damaging her front left tyre in the process. The no. [...]
Need for Speed Team Schubert visits new territory in Navarra
This weekend sees the FIA GT3 European Championship racing at Navarra for the first time. For Need for Speed Team Schubert this also be a first, as the team has never raced before on the new track in the north of Spain. However, the squad from Oschersleben is still determined to defend its lead in [...]
History in the Making – Old meets New at Spa
The historic 24 Hours of Spa is one of the world’s longest running endurance events, tracing its roots back to the first race held in the Ardennes in 1924. This year the Total 24 Hours of Spa is the jewel in the crown event for the world’s newest international GT series, the Blancpain Endurance Series. [...]
Racing the updated BMW Z4 GT3 at the Nordschleife for the first time
After one-two in Portimão: Need for Speed Team Schubert races updated BMW Z4 GT3 at the Nordschleife for the first time Need for Speed Team Schubert contests this weekend’s 42nd Adenauer ADAC Rundstrecken-Trophy at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife with three entries. Two upgraded 2011-specification BMW Z4 GT3 cars will start the third race in this year’s VLN [...]
