+++ Spectacular conclusion to the GT3 season. +++ Raffaele Marciello secures second place on the Macau podium in the #53 BMW M4 GT3 EVO of ROWE Racing. +++ Strong comeback drive lifts Sheldon van der Linde to sixth place. +++
+++ Eighth and final round of the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship on the Bahrain International Circuit. +++ Hypercar class: The #20 Shell BMW M Hybrid V8 from BMW M Team WRT finishes the eight-hour race in eighth place, while the #15 car retires in the final hour. +++ In the LMGT3 class, the two BMW M4 GT3 EVOs finish in seventh and 15th positions. +++
+++ Raffaele Marciello aims for redemption in his second Macau appearance for BMW M Motorsport after missing out on victory last year +++ Sheldon van der Linde will once again compete in the colours of BMW M Motorsport Premium Technology Partner Shell +++ Marciello won the qualification race in 2024, while van der Linde finished on the podium in third place in the main race +++
BMW M Motorsport looks back on an intense 2024 season that, in addition to victories, titles, and podium finishes, has produced some other impressive figures. The three current race cars, the BMW M Hybrid V8, the BMW M4 GT3, and the BMW M4 GT4, together celebrated 215 wins, completed more than 1,000 races, and covered over one million kilometres.
Mixed emotions for the BMW M Motorsport teams and drivers after the FIA GT World Cup in Macau (CHN). Throughout much of the weekend, the pace of the four BMW M4 GT3s on the Guia Circuit was very strong, culminating in a one-two finish for Raffaele Marciello (SUI) and Dries Vanthoor (BEL) in Saturday's qualification race. Consequently, the duo started the main race from the front row.
The FIA GT World Cup in Macau (CHN) is a highlight at the end of a racing season – and this year, BMW M Motorsport will approach this highlight on the legendary Guia Circuit with an exceptional line-up. Four BMW M4 GT3s will be driven through the narrow streets of the Asian metropolis by four BMW M works drivers on 16th/17th November.
The countdown for the unveiling of the 20th BMW Art Car is underway. On 21st May, the BMW M Hybrid V8, designed by artist Julie Mehretu and set to compete at the 24 Hours of Le Mans on 15th/16th June, will be presented at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France. The artist is already providing glimpses into her work. Additionally, it is now confirmed that the Art Car will carry the starting number 20.
Our BMW M Motorsport News allows us to give you a regular overview of the race action in various championships around the world and any success enjoyed by the BMW M Motorsport teams.
BMW M Motorsport has secured a top-notch addition in anticipation of the extensive racing programme in the coming years. Raffaele Marciello (SUI) will compete as a BMW M works driver starting from the 2024 season.
Augusto Farfus (BRA) has added another podium finish to his impressive record at the Macau (CHN) street race. Driving the #11 BMW M4 GT3 for ROWE Racing, Farfus finished third in Sunday’s main race.
After an absence of four years, BMW M Motorsport is returning to the most spectacular GT city race in the world in 2023 – the FIA GT World Cup in Macau (CHN). On 18th/19th November, BMW M Team WRT and ROWE Racing will each field a BMW M4 GT3, as they take on the ultimate challenge in the concrete canyons of the legendary ‘Guia Circuit’.
BMW M Motorsport is counting on continuity in the driver line-up for the 2022 season. In the coming months, 19 BMW M works drivers will be competing around the world in the new BMW M4 GT3 for a range of BMW M Motorsport teams, and will also play a key role in the testing phase for the new BMW M LMDh. All 19 drivers are already familiar faces from previous years in the BMW M Motorsport family.
Team L'Espace Bienvenue tops off strong season in GT4 France with two titles – BMW M4 GT4 in action in Macau.
The BMW M4 GT4 livery contest has a winner. Chan Wen Bin (MYS) fought off numerous competitors with his proposed design for the BMW M4 GT4 and can now look forward to a cash prize of 3,000 US dollars and his design being used on a real racing car.
The customer racing range of products in the BMW M Motorsport programme is getting a new top-of-the-range model. From the 2022 season, privateers and privateer teams around the world will have the opportunity to do battle for wins and titles in a GT3 model based on the next generation of the BMW M4. The BMW M4 GT3 will be the new top vehicle in the customer racing offering.
The fifth race on the fifth continent draws the Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) season to a close this weekend. At the legendary track in Kyalami, BMW Team Schnitzer is set to compete with a BMW M6 GT3 and will send a local hero, Sheldon van der Linde, to do battle.In addition to the team from Freilassing, Walkenhorst Motorsport will also be competing in South Africa.
In a repeat of his result in the qualification race, Augusto Farfus (BRA) of BMW Team Schnitzer finished fourth again in the actual FIA GT World Cup in Macau (CHN) on Sunday. Last year’s winner, at the wheel of the #42 BMW M6 GT3, was in contention for a podium place at times during the 18-lap race. Joel Eriksson (SWE) climbed two places to finish seventh for FIST-Team AAI in the #91 car.
BMW Team Schnitzer’s Augusto Farfus (BRA) gave a flawless display in the qualification race to keep his hopes of successfully defending his title at the FIA GT World Cup in Macau (CHN) alive. After twelve laps of racing, the Brazilian, in the #42 BMW M6 GT3, crossed the finish line in fourth place. Joel Eriksson (SWE) came home ninth for FIST-Team AAI in the #91 BMW M6 GT3, despite suffering technical issues during the race.
This coming weekend, the ‘Guia Circuit’ in Macau (CHN) hosts the grand finale of the 2019 GT season: the FIA GT World Cup.
Two BMW works drivers will line up at this year’s FIA GT World Cup on 16th and 17th November in Macau (CHN): Augusto Farfus (BRA) and Joel Eriksson (SWE). Farfus will once again take the wheel of the BMW M6 GT3 of BMW Team Schnitzer at the world-famous ‘Guia Circuit’, where he won last year. Eriksson will compete in the FIST-Team AAI BMW M6 GT3.
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