The MINI John Cooper Works once again proves its reliability in the second race of the Nürburgring Endurance Series (NLS). Charlie Cooper (GBR) and Sebastian Sauerbrei (GER) raced the number #468 car in difficult conditions on a drying track and crossed the finish line in 96th overall out of 132.

Nürburg. An unfortunate tire choice at the start of the race and two punctures in the further course of the race lost the team a better result. In its class (VT-2 FWD) the MINI John Cooper Works finished in 13th place out of 16 starters.

During the pit stop in the third lap the rain tires were swapped for slicks. In the fourth lap, Bulldog Racing’s MINI John Cooper Works pitted again with a flat front left tire. On the penultimate lap, the front right tire fell victim to a yet another puncture.

In total, the team had to pit five times in the four hours of the race and completed a total of 21 laps. The MINI John Cooper Works of Bulldog Racing finished the second race of the season at the Nürburgring without an accident.

Sebastian Sauerbrei (GER) “Unfortunately we made the wrong tire choice at the beginning and started on rain tires. The predicted rain did not arrive at the track, so I came into the pits on the third lap to pick up the slicks.” That pit stop, along with a puncture on the fourth lap, caused Bulldog Racing’s MINI John Cooper Works to lose valuable time. Sebastian completed 15 laps, his fastest time was a 09:56.38.

Charlie Cooper (GBR) set his new best time on the MINI John Cooper Works with 10:33.30 on his seventh lap and did not suffer any punctures.