• Six MINI crews complete Dakar 2019 – five inside the top ten. • MINI John Cooper Works Rally crew of Joan ‘Nani’ Roma and co-driver Tom Colsoul secure second place overall. • Carlos Sainz in a MINI John Cooper Works Buggy wins the closing stage of Dakar.
• MINI John Cooper Works Rally crew Joan ‘Nani’ Roma / Alex Haro complete Stage 9 in second to maintain second in the overall ranking. • Five MINI crews finish inside the top ten. • Stéphane Peterhansel retires from Stage 9 due to racing incident.
• MINI crews make it a one-two-three at end of Stage 7. • Stéphane Peterhansel takes his second stage win in a MINI John Cooper Works Buggy. • Joan ‘Nani’ Roma places MINI John Cooper Works Rally in second. • Carlos Sainz takes third place in Stage 7.
BMW DTM drivers Spengler and Wittmann test the BMW iFE.18 – BMW Customer Racing teams triumph in Dubai.
• Stéphane Peterhansel and his MINI John Cooper Works Buggy retain second place overall after Stage 5. • Six MINI crews finish Stage 5 before Dakar officials stop the race due to severe fog. • Five MINI crews inside the top ten after first five stages of Dakar. • Today’s official rest day allows competitors time to recharge, reflect and prepare for the week ahead.
BMW works driver and brand ambassador Alessandro Zanardi’s (ITA) start in the BMW M8 GTE at the 24 Hours of Daytona (USA) in two weeks is not only possible thanks to technical adjustments that BMW M Motorsport engineers made to the car, but also thanks to innovative and creative solutions for procedures during the race. Primarily, the driver changes between Zanardi and his team-mates in the #24 BMW M8 GTE require a sophisticated choreography.
In just over two weeks (26th/27th January), the BMW works driver will contest the 24-hours of Daytona (USA) in the BMW Team RLL BMW M8 GTE. For Zanardi this means the transition between totally different challenges: from sprint to endurance races, from the BMW M4 DTM to the BMW M8 GTE and from racing alone to a shared start with team-mates.
• Stéphane Peterhansel takes his first stage win in a MINI John Cooper Works Buggy at Dakar 2019. • Four MINI crews complete Stage 3 inside the top five. • Five MINI crews inside the top six after day three of Dakar 2019.
Before a Formula E car like the BMW iFE.18 can win races on the track, a great deal of virtual development and preparation work is required. The engineers working on the BMW i Motorsport project use a custom developed and built simulator for that work.
• Four MINI crews complete Stage 2 inside the top ten. • Nani Roma takes second place in Stage 2. • Yazeed Al-Rajhi secures fifth. • Sixth place result for Cyril Despres. • Carlos Sainz finishes Stage 2 in eighth.
After the “Roar before the Rolex”, the official test ahead of the 24-hour race at Daytona (USA), BMW works driver Alessandro Zanardi (ITA) headed straight to New York (USA), where the Italian received a great and rare honour.
In Las Vegas today, BMW Group subsidiary Designworks unveiled a new camper concept and virtual reality experience, in partnership with The North Face, to imagine the future of protection from the elements.
• First stage of Dakar 2019 ends with three MINI cars in the top five. • All eight MINI crews arrive at Pisco – five inside the top ten. • Carlos Sainz in the MINI JCW Buggy sits comfortable in second. • Jakub ‘Kuba’ Przygonski (POL) places MINI JCW Rally third.
Marco Wittmann to test the BMW iFE.18 for the first time – Large BMW contingent at the 24 Hours of Dubai.
In an interview, the BMW works driver and BMW brand ambassador talks about the significance of the 24-hour race of Daytona, the reception of the American fans, his impressions in the crucial stage of preparations and the challenges in the actual race.
The BMW iFE.18, with which the BMW i Andretti Motorsport team won the opening round of this season’s ABB FIA Formula E Championship, consists of many features developed internally at BMW, as well as the standard parts stipulated in the regulations. The most obvious of these is the Racing eDrive01 drivetrain. However, the engineers at BMW i Motorsport had many other areas, in which to apply their know-how. An overview.
Munich. This year’s (6-17th January) edition of the Dakar will see MINI Motorsport and its motorsport partner X-raid represented by two vehicle types: MINI John Cooper Works Buggy and MINI John Cooper Works Rally.
In this interview, BMW Motorsport Director Jens Marquardt reviews 2018 and looks forward to the new season to explain why BMW i Motorsport and BMW M Motorsport are a perfect match.
• Interview with the MINI JCW Buggy drivers Stéphane Peterhansel, Carlos Sainz and Cyril Despres ahead of Dakar 2019. • Trio of Dakar legends has claimed a total of 20 overall wins. • Sainz: “We have the strongest team that will be competing at Dakar 2019.”
The BMW M6 GT3 will be appearing in the upcoming Intercontinental GT Challenge season as part of the BMW Motorsport programme. BMW Team Schnitzer and Walkenhorst Motorsport will each compete with one car in the opening race of the global race series in Bathurst (AUS) on 3rd February 2019.
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BMW leads the pack with four Canadian premieres presented by a hometown hero.