The 2025 season marked a defining chapter for RauhRacing. What began as an ambitious idea developed into a full racing year with measurable on-track results, major licensing milestones, and the successful debut of a completely unconventional race car. It was a season built on learning, resilience, and relentless forward momentum.
At the start of the year, RauhRacing entered motorsport without infrastructure, experience, or established resources. By season’s end, both drivers had achieved National A, International D, and Nordschleife permits, laying a solid foundation for future competition across Europe.
To accelerate this path, the team strategically introduced a BMW 330d as a development and licensing platform. Across multiple NATC race weekends, the car delivered exactly what it was meant to: reliable finishes, valuable race mileage, and hard-earned experience under real race conditions — often with minimal equipment and no margin for error.
One of the most significant achievements of the year came with the successful completion of the Nordschleife permit — executed not in a proven race car, but in the early prototype stage of the RauhRacing Renault Twingo.
Despite running on street tires and completing final assembly just days beforehand, the car completed the permit sessions and proved its fundamental concept. An incident caused by another car on the final lap caused damage and delays, but the project survived a moment that could easily have ended the season. The car was repaired, the team regrouped, and development continued.
Late in the season, the Twingo project reached a major breakthrough. With FIA fuel system, compliance work, and Wagenpass completed just in time, the car made its competitive debut at the final NATC weekend of 2025.
The result exceeded expectations:
Minor technical issues affected individual sessions and the endurance race, but considering the compressed timeline, the debut confirmed the viability of the platform and validated the entire development direction.
Off-track progress matched on-track results. Throughout 2025, RauhRacing:
The team also secured crucial partnerships that supported development, logistics, and operations throughout the year.
2025 was intense, demanding, and often unforgiving, but it delivered exactly what RauhRacing needed: experience, credibility, and proof that unconventional cars still belong on race grids.
The focus now shifts toward consolidation, structure, and preparing the next development phase. Progress may appear quieter from the outside, but the groundwork for 2026 and beyond is firmly underway.
A sincere thank-you goes to our partners, organizers, fellow competitors, and especially our crew and community. This season would not have been possible without the people who believed in the project and supported it at every step.
2025 showed what’s possible. 2026 is about building on it.
