Schubert Motorsport

Schubert Motorsport GmbH is a private motorsport team founded and owned by team principal and European Autocross champion Torsten Schubert, and headquartered in Oschersleben, Germany (near the Motorsport Arena). The team has operated as a BMW privateer since its inception in 1999 (except in 2018), with plenty of success, and has specialised in endurance racing since 2004. Although it is closely related to contract BMW associate Schubert Motors GmbH, also owned by Torsten Schubert, they are separate entities. For much of its earlier years, Schubert focused on touring car racing, taking numerous championships and race wins, including a remarkable 5th-place result and class win at the 2006 Nürburgring 24 Hours. Only beginning in 2007 did Schubert Motorsport initiate regular competition in GT for BMW, starting with the BMW Z4. In 2012, after five years of GT racing, the manufacturer established Schubert as a works-assisted customer team, which effectively promoted Schubert to a factory team. As a result, Schubert reduced its efforts on touring car racing, occasionally fielding smaller cars at select endurance races from time to time.