BMW M Team WRT concluded the 2023 season in the Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) with another podium finish. At the Gulf 12 Hours in Abu Dhabi (UAE), the #46 BMW M4 GT3 fought for victory to the finish line. After twelve hours of racing on the Yas Marina Circuit, Valentino Rossi (ITA), Dries Vanthoor (BEL), and Nick Yelloly (GBR) secured second place with only a twelve-second gap.
BMW Motorrad Motorsport is opting for continuity with a strong new addition in the upcoming 2024 season of the FIM EWC. In the BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team, Markus Reiterberger (GER) and Ilya Mikhalchik (UKR) will continue to compete, as they have since the beginning of the factory commitment in the FIM EWC. They will form the core trio with a new teammate on the #37 BMW M 1000 RR, well-experienced Sylvain Guintoli (FRA).
The BMW Motorrad Motorsport factory rider family is expanding further with the addition of Frenchman Sylvain Guintoli and Briton Bradley Smith. As riders of the newly formed test team, they will bring their extensive expertise to the development and testing of the BMW M 1000 RR.
The new BMW M4 GT4 of the G82 model series celebrated impressive successes in its first season in the hands of BMW M Motorsport teams around the world. In total, the car achieved more than 180 podium finishes, including more than 70 class victories.
+++ Two-time Masters champion to tee off at the BMW International Open (3rd to 7th July 2024, GC München Eichenried) +++ German golf legend to make rare appearance in his home country +++ Langer bids farewell to the DP World Tour in Munich +++ Tickets for the anniversary tournament available with 10 percent Christmas discount +++
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.
After ten years as a BMW M works driver, John Edwards (USA) is ending his professional racing career. BMW M Motorsport thanks him for the excellent collaboration and fondly remembers their shared successes. The highlight was the GTLM class victory at the 2020 24 Hours of Daytona (USA) with the BMW M8 GTE.
Preparations for the 2024 season of the FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) are picking up the pace. Newcomer Toprak Razgatlioglu (TUR) completed his first days of testing as a BMW Motorrad WorldSBK factory rider on Sunday and Monday. Together with the ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK team and his team-mate Michael van der Mark (NED), Razgatlioglu took to the track in Portimão in Portugal.
For the 61st time, BMW M Motorsport honoured the most successful private teams and drivers for their performances in BMW race cars around the world at the BMW M Sports Trophy Awards last Saturday. Turner Motorsport topped the team ranking this time, while Michael Schrey (GER) triumphed in the driver ranking.
The debut season for BMW M Motorsport in the FIA World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC) is on the horizon. The release of the official entry list confirms the participation of BMW M Team WRT in both the Hypercar and LMGT3 classes. The Belgian team will field two BMW M Hybrid V8s and two BMW M4 GT3 cars.
+++ Technology transfer from the automotive industry to the ice track +++ Data-driven optimisation of material and driving line in luge +++ Individualised spikes from the 3D printer for faster starts in bobsled +++ Two home World Championships as season highlights +++
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.
The motorsport world turned its attention to Macau last weekend. As part of the 70th Macau Grand Prix, the 55th edition of the Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix took place, and the race on the spectacular Guia Circuit street course ended with a top-four lockout for the BMW Racers. Leading the pack was Peter Hickman (GBR), who raced his BMW M 1000 RR of FHO Racing BMW Motorrad Team to his fourth Macau victory.
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.
At the season finale of the Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC), the Gulf 12 Hours on 10th December 2023, in Abu Dhabi (UAE), BMW and the three BMW M works drivers, Philipp Eng (AUT), Sheldon van der Linde (RSA), and Dries Vanthoor (BEL), are vying for titles in the manufacturer and driver standings. Valentino Rossi (ITA) will compete at the Yas Marina Circuit in the #46 BMW M4 GT3 of BMW M Team WRT for the first time.
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.
The 2023 WorldSBK season concluded with the finale at Jerez de la Frontera. BMW Motorrad Motorsport and the two teams demonstrated that the BMW M 1000 RR had the potential for top six result in Spain as well. However, the necessary racing luck was missing to translate that into the corresponding results. The best race results were achieved by Scott Redding and Michael van der Mark from the ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team, both securing eighth positions.
+++ BMW Group invites persons with physical disabilities to a safety training course +++ Maren Hammerschmidt and Vanessa Hinz experience sheer driving pleasure from a new perspective +++ Athletes from the Bavarian disabled and rehabilitation sports association (Behinderten- und Rehabilitations-Sportverband Bayern e.V.) train at the BMW M Driving Experience +++
+++ Benedikt Doll visits BMW Group Plant Dingolfing +++ Doll: “I could spend weeks here” +++ German National Biathlon Team starts the new season with electrified BMW vehicles +++
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’.
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