Peter and the FALKEN BMW M6 GT3 crew finished in 8th place at the ADAC Zurich Nürburgring 24-hour race (May 27-28). Despite a disappointing qualifying session (they started 37th) and with only a couple of issues during the race, the car was the third-placed BMW and engaged in close battles for position right until the chequered flag. The race was dry and warm until four laps from the end when rain started to fall and many positions in the top 10 changed hands in the closing minutes.

This was Peter’s 10th “N24” with FALKEN and his 14th overall, coming just two weeks after Peter set the production car lap record of the Ring. This year, Peter switched from the FALKEN Porsche 911 GT3 R to the team's brand new BMW M6 GT3 and was joined by team mates Alexandre Imperatori, Marco Seefried and Stef Dusseldorp. Watch out for Peter and FALKEN as they continue racing in selected VLN races in the rest of the year.

In the build up to the race, FALKEN made much of the competition between its Porsche and BMW. In the early hours of the race, the Porsche was unfortunately irreparably damaged in a collision with another car, effectively handing the Team FALKEN victory to Peter and the BMW crew. Here are some funny videos of the pre-race competitions between Peter and Raggi (Porsche driver, Martin Ragginger).  

Round 1: fitness

Round 2: colouring in while drifting 

Round 3: remote control cars

Round 4: Bobby car racing

Peter has helped the NIO EP9 electric sports car set a new lap record at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, achieving a lap time of 6m 45.900s. As NIO's selected Nordschleife specialist driver, Peter achieved the lap record for an electric vehicle back in October 7m 05.12s, making it the fastest electric car in the world. The EP9’s new lap record is 19.22 seconds faster than its previous lap time.

Click this link to read the official NIO press release.

It's been good practice for Peter who will be back at the Ring for his 12th Nürburgring 24 hour race next week (May 27-28), this time in the FALKEN BMW M6 GT3.