Augusto Farfus in Nordschleife and GT World Challenge

May 18

Part 4/4 of Augusto Farfus interview where Augusto remembers winning at Nürburgring, speaks about the lineup in GT World Challenge Endurance and his daughter, Vicky, new member of the Iron Dames program.

Winning at Nordschleife

CRR: We saw you winning NLS 3 in 2022. You took over Max Hesse in the last lap. Your joy was genuinely nice to see. What keeps you still so enthusiastic about winning after so many years?

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Nürburgring 2022: Augusto Farfus wins NL3 together with Connor De Philippi in ROWE BMW M4 GT3 #98.

Augusto Farfus: “I wake up in the morning and I go to the track with butterflies in my stomach. Every time. I enjoy the challenge. I enjoy the mystery “Am I going to win?” That specific race I enjoyed because Max was a junior back then. I was deeply involved in the junior program. A year and half later I was challenging him for the victory. To win over him was of course a joy AND also a success for BMW because we achieved, with 3 young guys, to make then fast. It was the same at Paul Ricard: winning a race with them was very special. I go to the track to win races. “

GT World Endurance lineups in 2023 and 2024.

CRR: This season, with ROWE in GT World Endurance, you drive with two of them. A better lineup this year to win the championship?

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Le Castellet: Together with Max Hesse and Dan Harper, Augusto Farfus won the first round of the GT World Challenge Endurance.

Augusto Farfus: “Very difficult to say. Of course, I am with two guys who know the championship very well, know the type of racing and are very strong and fast. It was different with Valentino (Rossi) last year. There is a difference in reading the race with Valentino but he is growing very fast. I don’t think Valley has to be considered as a weak link in the chain. He is very fast. Several factors played for me to go to ROWE this year but at the end we are all one team.”

Vicky with the Iron Dames

CRR: Vicky, your daughter, is now within the Iron Dames team for go-karting. Why not coach her yourself? .

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Le Castellet 04/2024. Augusto Farfus with daughter Vicky while Dan Harper is driving #998 ROWE Racing BMW M4 GT3 during first round of the GT World Challenge Endurance.

Augusto Farfus: “I’m coaching her. We are just coming from a race weekend. Iron Dames is such an incredible package in motorsports. They are helping so much the females. They have an enormous platform to help my daughter. Of course, I’m involved in guiding her to the different steps, but I want her to be independent. I don’t want her to be seen as Farfus’ daughter who succeeded because of her dad.

Iron Dames did a selection last year. They selected 8 girls worldwide for a test in Spain. They chose Vicky. I just want Vicky to follow her own path.”

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Le Castellet: Together with Max Hesse and Dan Harper, Augusto Farfus won the first round of the GT World Challenge Endurance.

CRR: What has been your finest racing moment so far?

Augusto Farfus: “The victory in 2018 with Charly Lamm on his last race in Macau in the FIA World Championship when we won the World Cup. I was speechless when I went on the podium with him.”

CRR: Where do you see yourself 10 years from now?

Augusto Farfus: “Happy. I just want to enjoy life. Maybe I’ll be racing, maybe a team manager, maybe running a restaurant. I just want to be able to enjoy time with my family. I’m very pleased and honored that everything I have, I achieved by racing race cars.”