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BMW Motorsport News - Issue 20/2020.
Mon Oct 26 11:08:31 CET 2020 Press Release
Trevor Racing celebrates title win with the BMW M6 GT3 – Successes for BMW teams in GT4 European Series and BTCC.
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Eset V4 Cup: Gregor Zsigo wins the drivers’ title in the GT3
Sprint competition.
The Eset V4 Cup season drew to a
close last weekend with three races at the Hungaroring (HUN). Gregor
Zsigo (HUN) claimed the drivers’ title in a thrilling finale in the
GT3 Sprint category, competing for Trevor Racing in his BMW M6 GT3.
Fifth place in his class was sufficient in the final two races. In the
last endurance race of the season, Zsigo claimed fourth place in the
class together with his team-mate Štefan Rosina (SVK). That equated to
second place in the overall standings. Ferenc Ficza (HUN) finished
second with the Trevor Racing BMW M4 GT4 in the GT4 overall endurance
and sprint standings.
GT4 European Series: class win for the BMW M4 GT4.
The Borusan Otomotiv team celebrated a win in the Pro-Am class
with the BMW M4 GT4 at the penultimate race weekend of the GT4
European Series at Spa-Francorchamps (BEL). In the second race on
Saturday, Cem Bölükbasi and Yagiz Gedik (both TUR) secured fifth place
overall and first place in their class. Joakim Walde and Alfred
Nilsson (both SWE) also reached the podium in the Pro-Am class,
finishing third in the Lestrup Racing BMW M4 GT4. Bölükbasi and Gedik
were the best-placed BMW M Customer Racing Team in the first race,
finishing fourth in their class.
BTCC: Turkington wins to reclaim overall
lead.
The penultimate weekend in the British Touring Car
Championship (BTCC) saw Colin Turkington (GBR) reinforce his ambitions
of retaining the title with an impressive performance. He claimed
victory in the first two of three races at Snetterton (GBR) in his BMW
330i M Sport, before battling his way up from tenth on the grid to
finish third in the final race. That impressive points haul helped
Turkington reclaim the lead in the drivers’ championship ahead of the
season finale at Brands Hatch (GBR). His team-mate Tom Oliphant (GBR)
missed out on the top ten in each race. Team BMW nonetheless remains
at the top of the team and manufacturers’ standings.