Preview: iRacing NEC Round 5
As announced by the team on Friday, Fischer Motorsport will donate 2 EUR to the Eifel flooding disaster relief fund of the German Red Cross (DRK) for every lap any of the team’s cars will complete in Sunday’s Round 5 of the 2021 iRacing Nürburgring Endurance Championship.
"The Nürburgring and Eifel are our home, even if only virtually. Even if it’s just a little bit in the big context of things, we want to help by donating to the relief fund and support those, who have been hit the hardest by this horrible disaster."
"Our thoughts are with everyone that has lost loved ones in this disaster, or who have lost their homes or businesses.", team manager Benjamin Fischer said.
With an usual average distance of 30 laps, if both cars of Fischer Motorsport complete the race on Sunday, the team will donate 120 EUR to the relief fund.
"But if we fail to finish or crash out early, god forbid, then we will donate a minimum of 100 EUR regardless. We just want to help, that’s the main thing here.", Fischer added.
With the news of the flooding disaster on everybody’s mind, the championship battle and on-track action has moved out of the main focus.
The team will be trying to bounce back from a disappointing race in Round 4 of the NEC, two weeks ago, when the No. 84 BMW with Florian Volk and Benjamin Fischer crashed out of the race, only after suffering electrical problems before that.
The No. 85 BMW with Pascal Theis and Niclas Pedersen finished the race two weeks ago, but will hope to improve upon an eighth place finish.
"We have another good reason to do our best this weekend. Hopefully we can bring some relief to the people affected in the Eifel region, even if it’s just a small bit. But if we needed extra motivation to do well on the race track this weekend, well this is it.”, Pascal Theis said.
The race is scheduled to go green on Sunday at 15:45 CEST / 9:45 am EDT.
Fischer Motorsport encourages all fans and friends to consider donating to the Eifel flooding disaster relief fund.
The German Red Cross (DRK) and the county of Bitburg-Prüm have set up relief fund bank accounts for those affected by the flooding, with the DRK of Bitburg-Prüm county:
Kreissparkasse Bitburg-Prüm
IBAN: DE59 5865 0030 0008 0509 99
BIC: MALADE51BIT
Volksbank Eifel eG
IBAN: DE29 5866 0101 0002 0470 05
BIC: GENODED1BIT
Use the following context for the bank transfer: „Unwetterkatastrophe Eifelkreis“