Farfus heads to the second half of the season in confident mood

The first half of the DTM season has flown by, and it seems incredible that this weekend Augusto Farfus will be embarking on the second half of his inaugural season in the series with round six at the Nürburgring.

This next event comes after a five week gap since the show event in Munich, and the Brazilian can’t wait to get back to ‘proper’ racing at the famous circuit in the Eifel region

of Germany. However, he has had some time to relax since Munich, although he was too busy to head back to Brazil with his family and also he had a test with BMW Team RBM in readiness for the next race.

It should not come as a surprise that the 28-year-old driver from Curitiba keeps a keen eye on fellow Brazilian drivers racing in Europe. Therefore on the weekend of the 4th and 5th August he flew to the UK and to Snetterton to watch Pietro Fantin, who drives for Carlin Motorsport in the British F3 series and also comes from Curitiba.

The weekend wasn’t the best for the 20-year-old with a dnf, eighth and ninth in the three races, but he is now seventh overall in the points standings. Augusto had to suffer the typical English summer weather on the Sunday, as there was heavy rain. Then he had to cope with his baggage being very slow turning up when he arrived back in Nice – he took about the same time to arrive as the length of his flight!

However, it was not a long rest at home for Augusto as he then went straight to Viareggio to have a fitness check-up with Formula Medicine, the company that looks after the health of all the BMW Motorsport DTM drivers.

While the Nürburgring is a track Augusto knows very well and enjoys racing on, it is the much longer Norschleife track that he knows rather than the 3.629 Grand Prix circuit where he will be racing in his Castrol EDGE BMW M3 DTM. With a 24 hour win to his name, he is hoping to add more success to his name this coming weekend.

“I suppose I have to consider this another new track. I know the Nordschleife well from racing in the 24 hour race several times, but I have never raced on the Grand Prix circuit. However, it is even newer to BMW Team RBM as the team has never been there before. 

“It is a track that is very close to my heart after winning there in 2010. I know the weather is totally unpredictable and you can experience anything from snow to sun in a weekend, but I still enjoy going to such a beautiful region of Germany. I also like tracks that have history and the Nürburgring has this in bucket loads!

“BMW knows the track very well from its many associations with the track, and I am confident we have a car that will go well there, and especially in the fast corners. The track should suit my style of driving and the aim is to have a good weekend and score some big points.”

The first session for the DTM drivers will be on Friday with the roll out from 09.45 to 10.15 followed by free practice one from 13.20 to 15.10. Free practice two is on Saturday from 09.00 to 10.50 and then qualifying is from 13.40 to 14.50. The warm up on Sunday is from 10.20 to 10.50 and the 49 lap race will start at 14.00 with the pit stop window being from laps 12 to 37.

For further information on Augusto Farfus, please visit his website at www.farfus.com. There you will find all news and background information on the racing driver from Curitiba.