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The BMW M4 GT3 EVO roared into the Lausitzring for the second DTM meeting of 2025 and left with silverware in both races, confirming that Schubert Motorsport’s off-season upgrades have turned promise into points. René Rast steered the number 33 machine to third on Saturday before surging to second on Sunday, the latter result settled by a nail-biting photo finish that saw him edge Jules Gounon while just missing out on top spot to Jack Aitken’s Ferrari.
Key to the haul was razor-sharp qualifying speed. Freshly resurfaced asphalt offered superb grip, and both BMWs exploited it: Rast planted his car firmly in the top three on both grids, while Marco Wittmann lit up the timing screens to secure a front-row start on Sunday. Swift, disciplined pit work then vaulted Rast into clear air in each contest, even giving him a brief spell in the lead during race two until tyre fade tempered the charge. Wittmann’s Sunday, by contrast, was hampered when a momentary ABS fault locked the brakes at Turn 1, flat-spotting his tyres and forcing a recovery drive that still yielded eighth place after several incisive overtakes.
Consistent points mean the Schubert duo remain firmly in the championship hunt: Rast sits sixth with 47 points, Wittmann ninth on 39, while the defending team champions hold third overall. Their pace also translated into the ADAC GT Masters curtain-raiser, where BMW entries from Schubert and FK Performance lodged top-ten finishes in both races, the best result being sixth for FK in Saturday’s outing.
Team principal Torsten Schubert praised flawless pit stops and lauded both drivers’ composure under pressure, though he vowed to investigate Wittmann’s ABS glitch. Head of Customer Racing Björn Lellmann echoed the sentiment, confident that the lessons learned in Brandenburg will sharpen the M4 GT3 EVO package further for the season’s next round.
For now, a Lausitzring double podium signals that BMW’s latest evolution of its GT3 challenger has the balance, braking and straight-line punch to fight at the sharp end of a fiercely competitive DTM field—proof delivered the hard way over two relentless, wheel-to-wheel showdowns.
