FIA World Touring Car Championship, DTM, FIA World Endurance Championship and GT Racing all around the world: Augusto Farfus and BMW M Motorsport have been forming a more than successful combination for many, many years. The Brazilian moved to Italy at a young age to successfully compete in single-seater feeder series, being crowned champion in Formula Renault 2.0 and in Formula 3000.
In 2007, “Gustl” joined BMW M as a works driver in FIA WTCC, claiming multiple race wins in the following years. Since then, he has been a fixture in the BMW M works driver squad. In 2010, he was the first Brazilian to win the Nürburgring 24 Hours. The next chapter was DTM from 2012 to 2018. At the same time, Augusto was racing BMW M GT race cars, competing in the FIA Endurance World Championship, the IMSA Series, on the Nordschleife, in Japan and so on.
One of his most emotional victories was winning the FIA GT World Cup at Macau in 2018. Just a few weeks later, he was co-driving the #25 BMW M8 GTE to victory at the 2019 Rolex24 at Daytona. Augusto repeated that success in 2020 being part of the #24 crew. In the same year, he was crowned Intercontinental GT Champion. In 2023, Augusto drove the #24 BMW M Hybrid V8 full-time in its debut season in the IMSA series. This year, he will compete in the endurance classics at Daytona, Sebring and Road Atlanta.
