Dutch born driver Pieter Schothorst will race for BMW Team Teo Martin in Silverstone, Red Bull Ring, Monza and Barcelona with Miguel Ramos as teammate at the wheel of the BMW M6 GT3 #1.

Schothorst, who won in Austria last weekend during the third round of the Renault Sport Trophy, will drive the BMW for the first time on Friday at Silverstone in the first free practice and he will try to have a quickly adaptation to the car and the team.

It won’t be his first experience with a GT3, because he has also raced previously in the Blancpain Series, the Porsche Carrera German Cup, in which he was the third best rookie in his first year, or the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup. He participated in endurance races too as 24 Hours of Barcelona in 2011 (2nd place in his category and 3rd place overall) or 24 Hours of Spa in 2010.

Before making the leap to GT championships, Pieter Schothorst also competed two seasons in Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and the NEC Formula Renault 2.0.

Pieter Schothorst:
“First of all, I want to thank Teo. I’m very happy we have come to an agreement for the last four rounds of the International GT Open. I’m very keen on working with BMW Team Teo Martin and the BMW M6 GT3. I’m sure together we will form a very strong package that can fight for the wins, starting this weekend in Silverstone”.