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’.
This weekend sees the 2023 WorldSBK season draw to a close at Jerez de la Frontera. BMW Motorrad Motorsport is eager to build on the good results of previous rounds at the finale. Garrett Gerloff (finished in fourth place in both the main races at the penultimate round of the season at Portimão, trailing first place by less than three seconds. Michael van der Mark returned to the top ten there after an injury-enforced break.
+++ Australian defeats Alison Lee (USA) in a playoff +++ 60,000 spectators witness a world-class field at Seowon Valley Country Club +++ Fully electric BMW Courtesy Car fleet for players at the only LPGA tournament in Korea +++
The 2023 DTM season came to a close at the Hockenheimring (GER), with an impressive crowd of 88,000 spectators. René Rast (GER) treated fans to a remarkable comeback in the Sunday race, climbing from 23rd on the grid to secure a third-place finish. Sheldon van der Linde (RSA) wrapped up his last DTM race for now with the number 1 finishing in fourth place.
+++ World-class field for the BMW Ladies Championship (19th to 22nd October 2023, Seowon Valley Country Club, KOR) +++ Nelly Korda (USA) set to make her first appearance +++ BMW provides two fully electric hole-in-one cars +++
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 final weekend of the GTWC Sprint Cup in Zandvoort saw the BMW M Team WRT crews standing several times on the podium. Valentino Rossi and Maxime Martin impressed with third in Saturday’s race. Charles Weerts and Dries Vanthoor finished an epic Sunday’s race in second position. They were joined on the podium by WRT’s Niklas Krütten and Calan Williams in third, who were crowned Champions in the GTWC Gold Cup and the GTWC Sprint Gold Cup.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Spanish
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The new BMW R 12 nineT and R 12.
The new BMW M 1000 XR.
The all-new BMW X2 and the first-ever BMW iX2.
The new BMW R 1300 GS.
BMW Motorrad presents the new BMW F 900 GS, F 900 GS Adventure and F 800 GS.