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.
DTM action in Budapest – Mies and Schrey already crowned champions in BMW M235i Racing Cup.
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).
Read here what BMW Motorsport Director Jens Marquardt and the eight BMW DTM drivers had to say after the race.
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.
Klingmann and Curtis win again in the BMW M6 GT3 – Podium finish for Collard in the BTCC at Silverstone.
An exciting penultimate round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (IWSC) at the “Circuit of the Americas” in Austin (US) saw the number 96 BMW M6 GT3 of Turner Motorsport score the second GTD class victory of the season for BMW works driver Jens Klingmann (DE) and Bret Curtis (US).
Alessandro Zanardi (IT) added another gold medal to his collection of para-cycling successes: On Friday, he won the handbike team-relay at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games* (BR) with the Italian national team.
Berthold Hauser, Technical Director at BMW Motorrad Motorsport, looks back on a successful 2016 season so far, in which the experts from Munich have helped BMW S 1000 RR riders around the world to victories, podiums and titles, courtesy of their extensive customer racing programme.
Second race at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games* (BR) and the second medal for Alessandro Zanardi (IT): after winning gold in Wednesday’s time trial, the 49-year old secured silver in a thrilling road race in the handbike H5 category on Thursday.
This year’s tenth IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race will see BMW Team RLL arrive at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin (US), with BMW’s newest GT class competitor, the BMW M6 GTLM, ready for the penultimate race of the 2016 season.
Perfect start for Alessandro Zanardi (IT) to the Paralympic* para-cycling competitions at Rio de Janeiro (BR): In today’s time trial, the 49-year old Italian raced to gold in the H5 category with his handbike. For Zanardi this is the third Paralympic gold medal of his career after winning twice gold and one silver medal at the London games in 2012.
In the Superstock class of the British Superbike Championship, Joshua Elliott and Adam Jenkinson claim a one-two, while Diego Pierluigi is victorious on his BMW S 1000 RR debut in the SuperBike Series Brasil – Racing action for the BMW Motorrad Motorsport riders on three different continents.
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The new MINI John Cooper Works Clubman.
The new MINI Seven.
MINI at the Paris Motor Show 2016.
The new BMW C evolution.
The BMW Group at the Mondial de l'Automobile Paris 2016.