
BMW M235i Pixum Team #309 Fischer / Konnerth 24 Hours of Nurburgring 2015 Minichamps 1:43

Specifications
- Brand
- BMW
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:43
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- New Model
- SKU
- 437152509
- Year
- 2015
- Era
- 2010s
- Body Type
- Touring Models
- Vehicle Class
- One-Make Cup Series
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- New
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4012138130852
About the BMW M235i Pixum Team #309 Fischer / Konnerth 24 Hours of Nurburgring 2015 Minichamps 1:43
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 diecast BMW M235i Racing reproduces the #309 Pixum Team entry driven by Fischer and Konnerth at the 2015 24 Hours of Nürburgring. The sealed one-piece body carries printed cup-class livery over BMW's compact coupe racer, cast in dense zinc alloy for shelf presence.
BMW's M235i Racing gave amateur and semi-professional teams an accessible route into serious Nürburgring competition, a compact coupe built to cup-class rules rather than full GT3 specification. This example carried the Pixum Team through the 2015 24 Hours wearing race number 309.
Minichamps' 1:43 Pixum M235i in Sealed Diecast
Zinc Alloy Weight and a Continuous Cup Livery
Minichamps casts this M235i Racing in zinc alloy, and the model's density is obvious the moment it comes off the display stand, real mass packed into BMW's compact coupe shape. The body is a single sealed casting, with doors and hood molded shut, and on a cup-class livery subject that construction works to the model's advantage: the Pixum Team's graphics wrap continuously across the doors and roof without a shut line breaking the design. The tampo-printed decals sit flat against the surface, holding sharp edges on the sponsor logos and the number 309 rather than the slightly raised look a waterslide transfer leaves behind.
Cup-Class Aero and Correct Racing Stance
BMW's cup-class aerodynamic additions, a modest front splitter, side skirts, and a compact rear wing, come through with accurate proportion, restrained compared to a full GT3 kit but correctly scaled for the class this car actually raced in. The wheels sit at the correct cup-racing offset, and the roof-mounted roll structure and side-exit exhaust read as distinct shapes rather than flat paint. Nothing on this casting opens, and for a subject built around livery accuracy rather than mechanical display, that sealed construction lets Minichamps hold tight panel-line tolerances across a compact, busy shape.
The M235i Racing and Nürburgring's Endurance Cup Culture
A Cup Car Built for Endurance Racing
BMW developed the M235i Racing as an entry point into serious touring and GT competition, built on the compact 2 Series coupe but reworked with a roll cage, upgraded brakes, and suspension tuned specifically for endurance racing rather than road use. The car found its natural home in Germany's VLN endurance series and the wider Nürburgring 24 Hours program, where one-make cup classes let amateur and semi-professional teams race genuinely competitive machinery without the budget a full GT3 program demands. The Nürburgring 24 Hours itself runs on a combined circuit incorporating the legendary Nordschleife, a course whose length and unpredictable weather punish any car or driver lineup with a weakness, regardless of class.
Pixum Team and the Grid's Cup-Class Backbone
Pixum Team ran this M235i as a cup-class entry in the 2015 race, with Fischer and Konnerth sharing driving duties through the demanding round-the-clock format every 24-hour race requires. Cup classes like this one form the backbone of the Nürburgring 24 Hours' enormous starting grid, often the largest in international motorsport, and give BMW a visible presence across dozens of entries even when its factory-backed GT3 cars occupy the headlines. For collectors, a documented cup-class entry like this one fills out the lower rungs of a Nürburgring 24-hour grid display, the entries that make up the bulk of the field rather than the podium contenders alone.
A Cup-Class Piece for a Nürburgring Grid Display
At 1:43, this M235i sits well alongside GT3 and other cup-class entries from the same Nürburgring grid, letting a collector build out a full field rather than a handful of factory-backed headliners. The Pixum Team livery adds variety to a display otherwise dominated by works colors, and pairing this piece with a Z4 GT3 from the same event shows the class spread a single 24-hour race actually fields. Cup-class cars are typically the more affordable entries in a Nürburgring collection, making this M235i a practical way to add grid depth without stretching a budget built around headline GT3 cars. That combination of accessible pricing and genuine event documentation makes it a sensible pick for anyone building toward a complete 2015 field rather than chasing only the class winners.















