BMW captured the first win of the 2025 GT World Challenge powered by AWS campaign as Team WRT charged from ninth on the grid to take a resounding victory in Saturday’s six-hour race at Circuit Paul Ricard.
The Belgian squad’s #32 car was not a serious contender in qualifying but began to make up positions as soon as the action got underway. It ran fifth by the time the first round of pit stops began and had climbed to second by half distance, with Charles Weerts and Ugo De Wilde alternating at the controls.
Kevin van der Linde was installed at the wheel for the final two-hour run to the chequered flag, emerging within a second of the #96 Rutronik Racing Porsche which had led from the two-hour mark. The South African driver was immediately on the attack, shadowing Patric Niederhauser through the final sequence of corners before drawing alongside and completing his pass into Turn 1.