MINI and Bulldog Racing Score Another Nürburgring Podium in SP3T

Bulldog Racing and MINI John Cooper Works have claimed second place within the SP3T class on the 2024 Nürburgring 24 Hours, persevering with a constant run of ends in the endurance traditional. Following a class win in 2023 and a second-place end in 2022, the group as soon as once more reached the rostrum in one of many occasion’s best classes.

Over the course of the 24-hour race, the MINI John Cooper Works accomplished 111 laps and over 2,700 kilometers on the Nürburgring Nordschleife. The driving force lineup — Samantha Tan (Canada), Toby Goodman (UK), Sebastian Sauerbrei (Germany), and Markus Fischer (Austria) — delivered a gentle and composed efficiency throughout altering circumstances.

The race was quickly halted on Saturday afternoon following an influence outage within the paddock, inflicting a crimson flag interval of simply over two hours. As soon as racing resumed at 7:45 PM native time, the group superior by the sphere and gained greater than 60 locations within the general classification by the top of the race.

Fischer recorded the automobile’s quickest lap, a ten:02, narrowly enhancing on his greatest time from final yr. For Tan and Goodman, the 2024 occasion marked their debut within the Nürburgring 24 Hours. The SP3T class winners of the 2025 24 Hours of Nürburgring have been the #312 group of Wawer, Karch, and Rönnefarth in a BMW M2 Racing.

The MINI John Cooper Works additionally featured a customized exterior livery in collaboration with Deus Ex Machina, although the main focus remained on the race efficiency, which unfolded in entrance of a report crowd of 280,000 spectators.