Youth first at FK Performance Motorsport. The Bremen-based team is running a second BMW M4 GT3 Evo in the 2026 ADAC GT Masters, with Storm Gjerdrum (16/NOR) and Fabio Rauer (19/Stolberg) at the wheel. With an average age of 18 years, three months and 27 days at the time of the season opener, the two youngsters form the third-youngest duo in the history of the ADAC GT Masters. Tom Kalender and Elias Seppänen were just 13 days younger in the opening race of the 2024 season. Top of this statistic are Martin Matzke and Jiri Skula. They had an average age of 17 years, four months and one day when they made their ADAC GT Masters debut in 2007.
FK Performance Motorsport is entering its fourth season in the ADAC GT Masters. In each of the past two years, the BMW team finished runner-up in both the Driver and Team championships. The team currently has six race wins and two pole positions to its name, and was named the best BMW customer racing team in the world by the manufacturer in 2025.
Storm Gjerdrum is a familiar face returning to the ADAC GT Masters. The 16-year-old made a guest appearance at the Salzburgring last year and is now set to contest his first full season. He has tasted success in the ADAC Touring Car Junior Cup and ADAC GT4 Germany in the past, and now comes up against his big brother Emil, who also starts in the ADAC GT Masters. “Switching to the GT3 class at my age is a great opportunity and a dream come true,” says Gjerdrum. “My goal for this season is to challenge at the very front and regularly achieve good results for the team.”
His team-mate Fabio Rauer also began his career in the ADAC Touring Car Junior Cup, since when he has worked his way up through various GT4 series. His greatest success to date came last year, when he won the title at the first attempt in his rookie season in a national GT3 series in Italy. “After winning the title in Italy, this is the next big step for me – I would now like to challenge at the front here too,” says Rauer, revealing his goals for the ADAC GT Masters. “It is particularly nice to line up in Germany on the DTM platform.”
A few weeks ago, FK Performance Motorsport announced that Tim Zimmermann (29/Langenargen) and Leyton Fourie (20/ZAF) would again share the driving duties in a BMW M4 GT3 Evo. The duo was in contention for the title right down to the final weekend of 2025, eventually ending the season as runners-up.
