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In the final qualifying session of the 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the GTLM field proved to be as fiercely-fought as ever: All cars finished within 0.8 seconds at Road Atlanta (US). Driving the number 100 BMW M6 GTLM, John Edwards (US) set the sixth-fastest time in class with a time of 1:18.382 minutes. He was just 0.251 seconds slower than Ford’s Richard Westbrook (GB) who secured pole position.
The mission Rio de Janeiro is completed, and now it is time for Alessandro Zanardi (IT) to return to the race cockpit. From 14th to 16th October, the BMW works driver and BMW Brand Ambassador will compete in the season finale of the 2016 Italian GT Championship in Mugello (IT). Zanardi will race a BMW M6 GT3 entered by BMW Team Italia and ROAL Motorsport and specially modified by BMW Motorsport.
Munich (DE), 29th September 2016. The 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (IWSC) will come to an end this weekend at Road Atlanta (US). BMW Team RLL will finish its eighth consecutive year racing for BMW and the first season for the all-new BMW M6 GTLM at Petit Le Mans, near Braselton, Georgia.
Final preparations for the 2017 Dakar Rally under long distance race conditions (six days, 1885 km) sees the line-up of five MINI ALL4 Racing entries to the prestigious Rally Oilibya of Maroc 2016.
Vincent Lonbois is the 2016 champion in the International Road Racing Championship, Lukáš Pešek wins the title in the Superbike class of the Alpe Adria Road Racing Championship and Benjamin Colliaux celebrates in the French European Bikes Championship – Successful weekend for the BMW S 1000 RR with eight wins and a total of 19 podiums – BMW racers dominate the famous Frohburger Dreieckrennen.
The Board of Management of BMW AG has decided to strategically realign its automobile racing activities. In doing so, the company is setting course for a future BMW Group motorsport programme that is as extensive as it is diversified. The commitments contribute to BMW M, BMW i and MINI. The threads for the development of the cars and their race outings will henceforth come together in BMW Group Motorsport.
Buildbase BMW Motorrad rider Taylor Mackenzie celebrated an early title win in the Superstock class of the British Superbike Championship. In an interview, he speaks about his successful season and the dominance of the BMW S 1000 RR in the series.
In front of 39,500 spectators at the Hungaroring (HU), Marco Wittmann (DE) claimed 18 hard-fought points by finishing in seventh place on Saturday and in fourth place on Sunday. He now has a lead of 26 points to take to the DTM season finale in Hockenheim (DE) on 15th and 16th October.
Marco Wittmann (DE) can approach the DTM season finale in three weeks’ time at Hockenheim (DE) with a 26-point lead in the drivers’ championship. He drove his Red Bull BMW M4 DTM to fourth place in Sunday’s race at the Hungaroring (HU), extending his lead over Edoardo Mortara (IT, Audi), who scored no points in the 16th race of the year and remains in second place overall. Wittmann now has a total of 188 points.
Marco Wittmann (DE, Red Bull BMW M4 DTM) remains a model of consistency in the current DTM season: despite difficult conditions, he came home seventh to finish in the points again in race 15 of the season at the Hungaroring (HU).
More than one million spectators, about 70,000 runners from 130 countries, and 5,500 volunteers: the German capital will once again be transformed into a gigantic open-air stadium for the 43rd BMW BERLIN MARATHON on 25th September. The marathon festival is the highlight of the extensive BMW Running commitment. As at all the major marathon events in Germany, the fully-electric BMW i3 will be used as the official timing and lead car.
Speaking at a press conference just before the first free practice session ahead of DTM races 15 and 16 of the season at the Hungaroring, near Budapest (HU), BMW works driver António Félix da Costa (PT) announced details of his plans for the future: the 25-year-old will bid farewell to the DTM at the end of the season and will then focus on his involvement in the FIA Formula E Championship with the Andretti Formula E team for the time being.
Pekka Päivärinta/Kirsi Kainulainen are crowned 2016 Sidecar World Champions, Taylor Mackenzie celebrates the Superstock title in the British Superbike Championship – Busy weekend for the BMW riders in several international and national championships.
The tradition continues: At the 183rd staging of Munich's Oktoberfest, BMW once again invited its sports ambassadors and many prominent athletes from various disciplines to the traditional “BMW Wiesn Sport-Stammtisch” (BMW Wiesn Sport regulars table) at the largest and most famous fair in the world.
The 2016 DTM season enters the finishing straight with races 15 and 16 in Budapest (HU). After the two races at the 4.381-kilometre Hungaroring on the outskirts of the Hungarian capital, only the grand season finale in Hockenheim (DE) in mid-October awaits the eight BMW drivers. Budapest certainly promises plenty of excitement in all three competitions.
At the season finale in Donington, Pekka Päivärinta and Kirsi Kainulainen secure the title in the FIM Sidecar World Championship – Sidecar powered by BMW S 1000 RR engine, technical support by BMW Motorrad Motorsport – Title win for Taylor Mackenzie in the BSB Superstock class.
Thursday, 29. September 2016. 12:45 CEST. Paris. Here you will see the full-length live transmission of the BMW Group Conference.
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Fuel consumption figures based on the EU test cycle, may vary depending on the tyre format specified. Further information on official fuel consumption figures, specific CO2 emission values and the electric power consumption of new passenger cars is included in the guideline “Guideline for fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and electric power consumption of new passenger cars", which can be obtained from all dealerships, from Deutsche Automobil Treuhand GmbH (DAT), Hellmuth-Hirth-Str. 1, 73760 Ostfildern-Scharnhausen and at http://www.dat.de/en/offers/publications/guideline-for-fuel-consumption.html.
The BMW Group at the Mondial de l'Automobile Paris 2016.
30 years of the BMW M3 – the story behind the legend.
The new MINI John Cooper Works Clubman.
The new MINI Seven.
MINI at the Paris Motor Show 2016.