Mario Farnbacher returns to the Nürburgring on 20th August. The Franconian will again be taking part in the VLN Langstreckenmeisterschaft on the Nordschleife, driving for the Farnbacher Racing Team. The focus is on testing new car parts for the next season. After the recent IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship round, the 24-year-old now proceeds to…
The eighth race of the IMSA SportsCar Championship in Elkhart Lake was a huge disappointment for Mario Farnbacher. Although the Franconian and his Spanish teammate Alex Riberas had secured a third pole position, the Road America race meant one setback after another. Finally, the duo had to be content with twelfth place. Mario Farnbacher…
Mario Farnbacher is keeping his IMSA SportsCar Championship title chances alive. Despite a setback during the race in Lime Rock Park, the Franconian is still within striking distance of the standings leaders.
After a strong performance in the qualifying Mario Farnbacher started from second position into the race. Thanks to a perfect start, the German was able to take over the lead as well as the command over the race right away. However, the 24-year-old was not on the lucky side of life and had to…
Mario Farnbacher has seldom experienced such a helter skelter of good and bad times as in the Canadian Bowmanville race. The 24-year-old and his teammate Alex Riberas dominated the entire weekend in the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park near Toronto. However, a broken wheel suspension dashed all hopes for a second win of the season…
Mario Farnbacher put up a fierce fight for the lead in an exciting race. For over six hours, the German and his two teammates Alex Riberas and Ian James dueled with their fellow contestants. But in the end, the 24-year-old’s fantastic performance wasn’t quite enough to recover the lead and the Team of Alex…
The fourth round of the VLN had hardly started, before it came to an abrupt end for Mario Farnbacher. A fault in the power train of the Lexus RC F GT3 meant early retirement from the race and the 24-year-old from Lichtenau couldn’t even take the wheel. Dense fog and heavy rain dominated the…
With a fourth place in the American sports car championship race in Detroit, Mario Farnbacher has successfully defended second in the overall rankings. The 24-year-old and his teammate Alex Riberas drove a successful hot pursuit on the street circuit situated on the doorstep of the US metropolis. “We can be satisfied with the weekend”,…
Hopes fulfilled: Mario Farnbacher has achieved his goal of reaching the Top 15 after his second participation in the Nürburgring 24h. In a nerve-racking race, dominated by difficult conditions, Farnbacher brought home a fifteenth place and captured the victory in the highly competitive SP7 class.
Mario Farnbacher is eagerly anticipating the start of this year’s “ADAC Zurich 24h Race”. Europe’s biggest car race sees the 24-year-old driving a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup for the Black Falcon Team TMD Friction. Farnbacher is taking part in the Eifel endurance classic for the second time and is aiming for a class victory.