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Gabriele Piana (ITA) and Hofor Racing are the winners of the Drivers’ and Team competitions in this year’s BMW Sports Trophy. BMW Motorsport traditionally honours the most successful privateers from the previous season at the end of the year. The ‘Night of Trophies’ at BMW Group Classic in Munich (GER) on Friday saw the coveted trophies presented at a joint evening with BMW Motorrad Motorsport for the first time.
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.
Impressive premiere in the double-cone building at BMW Welt. On Thursday, BMW hosted its first major sim racing event in Munich (GER). BMW SIM LIVE 2019 saw ten of the best sim racers in the world go head to head with ten BMW works drivers, passionate BMW Motorsport fans, media representatives and influencers in exciting races.
A well-known driver will take his place at the wheel of the BMW M4 DTM at next week’s 2019 DTM Young Driver Tests at Jerez de la Frontera (ESP), namely Robert Kubica (POL). The 34-year-old is closely associated with BMW, having spent his first years in Formula 1, from 2006 to 2009, with the BMW Sauber F1 Team. Kubica now returns to BMW Motorsport to test a DTM race car.
Onexox TKKR SAG Team wins the ARRC title with Azlan Shah Kamaruzaman - Successful finale in Thailand for Azlan Shah Kamaruzaman - Podium for Danilo Lewis at the final round of this season’s SuperBike Brasil.
In preparation for the 2020 FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK), the BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team has completed its first test of the winter at Jerez de la Frontera (ESP). The team, with riders Tom Sykes (GBR) and new addition Eugene Laverty (GBR), spent two days evaluating a host of new components for the BMW S 1000 RR on Thursday and Friday.
Right after the most successful season of his career to date, Bernd Wiesberger announced that he will be teeing off at the BMW International Open 2020 (24th to 28th June 2019, Golfclub München Eichenried). More top-class pros are set to follow. Tickets for the highlight of the golfing year in Germany can be ordered now, with a Christmas discount of ten percent.
Countless battles, three safety car periods and a beaming birthday boy, Marco Wittmann (GER), was on the podium. Part two of the ‘SUPER GT x DTM Dream Race’, the first joint event held by the DTM and SUPER GT Championship on Japanese soil, delighted Fuji (JPN) fans on Sunday. Wittmann, celebrating his 30th birthday, battled his way to second place in the Schaeffler BMW M4 DTM.
Thanks to a great recovery performance, the Walkenhorst Motorsport team celebrated its first podium finish of the season at the Intercontinental GT Challenge finale. Having started the race from 16th position, Mikkel Jensen (DEN), Christian Krognes (NOR) and Nick Catsburg (NED), in the #34 BMW M6 GT3, concluded the 9 Hours of Kyalami (RSA) in second place.
Two pole positions and one win was the fantastic result which BMW i Andretti Motorsport driver Alexander Sims (GBR) secured at the season opener of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship in Diriyah (KSA). In the second race, on Saturday, Sims celebrated a commanding victory from first place on the grid – the first in his Formula E career.
The first joint race of cars from the DTM and the SUPER GT Championship has taken place. On Saturday, BMW Team RBM contested the first of two ‘Super GT x DTM Dream Race’ events in front of the impressive backdrop of Mount Fuji. Local hero Kamui Kobayashi in 14th place at the wheel of the BMW M4 DTM was the best-placed BMW driver. Marco Wittmann (Schaeffler BMW M4 DTM) finished 18th, Alessandro Zanardi in the ZF BMW M4 DTM retired with a technical issue.
Alexander Sims (GBR) finished eighth in the opening race of Season 6 of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship in Diriyah (KSA). The BMW i Andretti Motorsport driver started from pole position following a magnificent performance in qualifying. He led the field in the #27 BMW iFE.20 for the first half of the race. However, he was unable to prevent a number of rival cars from passing him in the closing stages.
The ‘SUPER GT x DTM Dream Race’ event has begun with the first test sessions being held at the ‘Fuji International Speedway’ (JPN). Before taking to the track in his #4 ZF BMW M4 DTM, Alessandro Zanardi (ITA) had already completed some laps around the circuit with his handcycle. ‘Fuji International Speedway’ will be the venue for the para-cycling competitions of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games (JPN). Zanardi has a good chance of qualifying for the games.
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.
This coming weekend, Season 6 of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship will kick off at the Diriyah E-Prix (KSA) with two races. Our preview provides you with the most important facts about the circuit and the key factors for a successful Diriyah E-Prix.
The waiting is over: this weekend, BMW M Motorsport will compete at the first joint race event between the DTM and the Japanese SUPER GT Championship in Japan. Three BMW M4 DTMs will be in action at the ‘SUPER GT x DTM Dream Race’ at Fuji. They will be driven by the BMW M Motorsport ‘Dream Team’, consisting of two-time DTM champion Marco Wittmann, BMW works driver and Brand Ambassador Alessandro Zanardi, and local favourite Kamui Kobayashi.
Peter Hickman (GBR) dominated the race weekend in Macau (CHN) on his new BMW S 1000 RR – however, the second red flag of the race prevented him from potentially adding another Macau victory to his collection. The 53rd staging of the Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix at the famous ‘Guia Circuit’ was red-flagged twice before eventually being abandoned. Hickman was classified second in the final result.
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