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Electrically powered driving pleasure on the road, sailing on the Atlantic, on skis over the ice of Greenland – the final stage of his longest adventure to date takes the extreme climber to BMW Welt in Munich.
BMW i Andretti Motorsport kicked off the official test drives for the ABB FIA Formula E Championship at Valencia (ESP) with very good results. At the “Circuit Ricardo Tormo”, both BMW works drivers Alexander Sims (GBR) and António Félix da Costa (POR) set a best time of the day each at the wheel of their BMW iFE.18 cars.
The BMW Motorrad Motorsport racers continue to pick up titles on a weekly basis. Tyco BMW rider Keith Farmer (GBR) was crowned champion of the British Superbike Championship Superstock class (BSB STK) at the weekend. This is the ninth title overall for the BMW Motorrad Motorsport community this season.
BMW Team Studie wins the Team title in the Blancpain GT Series Asia – Victory and Team title for BimmerWorldRacing in the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge.
BMW M Motorsport ended the 2018 DTM season with a strong team result. Marco Wittmann (GER), at the wheel of the BMW Driving Experience M4 DTM, finished second in the final race of the year to take his place on the podium for the sixth time this season. All six BMW drivers came home in the top-ten and picked up points in the 20th race of the season.
Saturday’s race at the Hockenheimring (GER) saw Timo Glock (GER, DEUTSCHE POST BMW M4 DTM) return to the strong form he showed at the season-opener at the same venue. The German came home third to claim a podium result in the penultimate race of the 2018 DTM season. This was BMW’s 15th podium of the season. Bruno Spengler (CAN, BMW Bank M4 DTM) finished ninth to score two points.
John Edwards (USA), Jesse Krohn (FIN) and Chaz Mostert (AUS) will start the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season finale, Motul Petit Le Mans, from the GTLM class pole position. On the other side of the globe, BMW Team MTEK qualified in second place for the FIA World Endurance Championship 6 Hours of Fuji (JPN).
The 2018 DTM season draws to a close at the weekend with races 19 and 20 at the Hockenheimring (GER). Even before the grand finale, sights are already set on the future: On Thursday, the ITR announced its plans for the coming years. Aston Martin will join the DTM as a new manufacturer. In an interview, BMW Motorsport Director Jens Marquardt talks about the future of the DTM, the collaborative work in recent months, and the role of BMW.
BMW Team RLL will look to close the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the inaugural season for the BMW M8 GTE with a third consecutive GTLM class victory, this time at the 21st annual Motul Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta (USA).
• MINI John Cooper Works Rally driver Jakub ‘Kuba’ Przygonski secures the FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup title at penultimate round. • Przygonski and co-driver Colsoul complete Rallye du Maroc 2nd overall. • X-raid MINI JCW Team drivers Cyril Despres and Carlos Sainz each secure stage wins in MINI John Cooper Works Buggy cars.
With the first European rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) Super Season complete, BMW Team MTEK is making the 9,500 kilometre journey to the Fuji International Speedway in Japan for the “Six Hours of Fuji”, the first of two rounds in Asia.
The BMW Motorrad Motorsport family can celebrate titles number seven and eight. The 2018 Italian National Trophy 1000 (INT) champion is Federico D’Annunzio (ITA). In the Malaysia Superbike Championship (MSC), Amirul Hafig Azmi (MAS) was crowned champion in the Superstock class (MSC STK) after a brilliant performance on the final weekend of the season.
Races 19 and 20 this weekend at Hockenheim (GER) draw the 2018 DTM season to a close. BMW M Motorsport and the BMW DTM teams are aiming to head into the winter break on a high.
• Cyril Despres, Stéphane Peterhansel and Carlos Sainz join the MINI Family. • Three rally raid legends ready to take on the 2019 Dakar with MINI John Cooper Works Buggy cars. • Despres and Sainz to compete in MINI John Cooper Works Buggy at Rallye du Maroc, 3rd-9th October 2018, as part of testing ahead of 2019 Dakar.
The alpha Racing-Van-Zon-BMW team had twice the reason to celebrate when team principal Werner Daemen’s crew won the titles in two international championships at the weekend. Markus Reiterberger (GER) was crowned Superstock European champion in the FIM Superstock 1000 European Championship. Ilya Mikhalchik (UKR) clinched the title in the International German Championship (IDM).
• Three MINI John Cooper Works Rally to compete at Rallye du Maroc, 3rd-9th October 2018. • MINI driver Jakub ‘Kuba’ Przygonski and co-driver Tom Colsoul poised to secure the FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup title. • Yazeed Al Rajhi / Timo Gottschalk and Boris Garafulic / Filipe Palmero also to compete in Morocco as part of final pre-Dakar 2019 testing.
Captain Thomas Bjørn (DEN) and his European team regain the Ryder Cup with a 17.5-10.5 victory in Paris (FRA) and thrill the 270,000 fans at Le Golf National.
The following applies to consumption figures for vehicles with new type approval, September 2017 onward: The figures for fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and energy consumption are obtained in accordance with the specified measuring procedure (EC Regulation No. 715/2007), as issued and amended. The figures are for a basic-version vehicle in Germany. The bandwidths allow for differences in the choice of wheel and tire sizes and items of optional equipment and can be changed by the configuration.
Obtained on the basis of the new "Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedure" (WLTP), the figures are converted back to the "New European Driving Cycle" (NEDC) for the sake of comparability. Values other than those stated here may be used for the purposes of taxation and for other vehicle-related duties relating to CO2 emissions.
More information about official fuel consumption figures and the official specific CO2 emissions of new passenger cars can be obtained from the "guideline on fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and current consumption of new passenger cars", available here: https://www.dat.de/co2/.
The first-ever BMW X7.
The all-new BMW 3 Series Sedan.
BMW at the Mondial de l’Automobile Paris 2018.
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The new BMW Z4.