BMW Motorsport Junior Ricky Collard (GBR) will complete a full season in the ADAC GT Masters. Collard is competing in the BMW M6 GT3 together with Philipp Eng (AUT), the winner of the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchanmps (BEL) in 2016. The car will be sporting the colours of the BMW Team Schnitzer. Collard celebrated his debut in the BMW M6 GT3 in March, competing at the Bathurst 12 Hour (AUS) with Nico Menzel and Jörg Müller (both GER), the mentor for the BMW Juniors in GT racing.
“It is great to compete in a full season in the ADAC GT Masters,” says Collard. “I was able to get some initial impressions of the BMW M6 GT3 in Bathurst. The car is fantastic. I am particularly looking forward to being with the BMW Team Schnitzer. It is legendary in motorsport. It is an honour for me to be able to compete with Phillip Eng for Charly Lamm’s team.” The 2017 ADAC GT Masters season gets underway with the first two races in Oschersleben (GER) on 29th/30th April. Collard, Eng and the BMW Team Schnitzer will be battling for points on a total of seven race weekends, before the season concludes with the finale in Hockenheim on 29th September. “The ADAC GT Masters provides fantastic motor racing at an extremely high level,” says Eng. “I am really looking forward to making my comeback there in the BMW M6 GT3. In Ricky, I will have an extremely fast youngster alongside me. I am sure we will be able to cause a stir. For us to both be starting for Schnitzer really is the icing on the cake. This team is legendary.”