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BMW Motorsport News – Issue 39/14.
Sun Oct 26 18:43:44 CET 2014 Press Release
Great honours for DTM champion Marco Wittmann – Rolf Derscheid and Michael Flehmer win VLN title.
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DTM: Even more awards for the champion.
DTM
champion Marco Wittmann (DE) received multiple honours in the week
following the season finale in Hockenheim (DE). The ADAC announced
that an expert jury had voted Wittmann 2014 racer of the year.
Wittmann was also entered into the Golden Book of his home town Fürth
(DE) and was then congratulated on his achievements by the Lord Mayor
of Fürth, Dr. Thomas Jung, the Mayor of Nürnberg, Dr. Klemens Gsell,
and Dr. Birgit Kreß, the Mayor of the municipality of Markt Erlbach
(DE), where Wittmann spent his childhood, in front of around 100
guests at an official champion's party in Nürnberg. Among the
well-wishers were the heads of the Motorsport Club Nürnberg (MCN),
organiser of the DTM race at the Norisring (DE), of which Wittmann is
a member. During the champion's party, which BMW Motorsport Director
Jens Marquardt also attended, Henning Putzke, head of BMW Motorrad
Deutschland presented the DTM champion with a BMW Maxi Scooter Edition
Wittmann in the colours of his Ice-Watch BMW M4 DTM.
DTM: Maxime Martin at press conference for “Essen Motor
Show”.
Only a few days after the 2014 season finale of
the DTM in Hockenheim (DE) and BMW DTM works driver Maxime Martin (BE)
already had his next appointment. In Essen (DE), he took part in the
press conference ahead of the “Essen Motor Show”. In front of numerous
media representatives, Martin reported on his successful debut season
in the DTM with BMW Team RMG, in which he celebrated one victory and
ended up “Rookie of the Year”. He also stressed that the “Essen Motor
Show” is extremely popular in his home country of Belgium: “The 'Essen
Motor Show' is very well known in Belgium, I'll definitely be going.”
In 2014, the “Essen Motor Show” will be held at the Essen fair venue
from 29th November to 7th December. More than 500 exhibitors will be
presenting everything to do with sporty cars, motorsport, tuning,
classic cars, and motorcycles. As in previous years, the DTM will have
its own exhibition space. The organisers are expecting around 360,000 visitors.
VLN: Derscheid/Flehmer celebrate overall
victory.
Rolf Derscheid (DE) and Michael Flehmer (DE)
are the new overall winners of the VLN endurance championship at the
Nürburgring (DE). In their BMW 325i, the duo won the final race of the
season in the V4 class and extended their lead further. It's the first
overall victory in the series for both of them. In 2011, Carsten
Knechtges (DE), Manuel Metzger (DE) and Tim Scheerbarth (DE) won the
last title for a BMW team up to now. Max Partl (DE) and Jörg Weidinger
(DE), who started the BMW M235i Racing Cup finished sixth in the VLN
overall standings.
BMW M235i Racing Cup: MPB Racing celebrates first victory at
season finale.
BMW Motorsport junior Jesse Krohn (FI) and his fellow
countryman Matias Henkola (FI) celebrated the MPB Racing team's first
victory at the VLN season finale in the BMW M235i Racing Cup class.
The duo in the BMW M235i Racing number 686 car had a 5.6 second
advantage over Emin Akata (DE) and Michael Schrey (DE) of the
Walkenhorst Motorsport team after about three hours of racing. This
second place was enough for Akata and Schrey to secure second place in
the drivers' standings behind Daniel Zils (DE), Uwe Ebertz (DE) and
Norbert Fischer (DE), who have already secured the championship. The
trio from the Adrenalin Motorsport team retired early in the final
race. Third place in the 39th DMV Münsterlandpokal went to Friedhelm
Mihm (DE), Heiko Eichenberg (DE) and Thomas Jäger (AT) from the Sorg
Rennsport team.
FIA WTCC: Franz Engstler celebrates another victory in the TC2
class.
On the penultimate weekend of the FIA World
Touring Car Championship (WTCC) in Suzuka (JP), Franz Engstler (DE)
won the TC2 class in the first race. In his BMW 320 TC, he had a 2.5
second advantage over SEAT driver John Filippi (FR). Engstler didn't
finish the second race. However, he had already wrapped up the
championship in the TC2 class before the race weekend. The final stop
of the year is the legendary street circuit in Macau (MO).
GT4 European Series: Van der Ende and Van Oranje win the
title.
The title in the Pro Class of the GT4 European
Series has been won by a BMW team. Third place at the penultimate race
of the season in Monza (IT) was enough for Ricardo van der Ende (NL)
and Bernhard van Oranje (NL) of Racing Team Holland by Ekris
Motorsport to secure the title in their BMW M3 GT4. The Dutchmen also
won the team title in the Pro Class after Simon Knap (NL) and Jörg
Viebahn (DE) won the race on Sunday. A BMW driver also won the title
in the Am Class. André Grammatico (FR) took the title in his BMW M3
GT4 thanks to his victory in the second race on Sunday. Liesette
Braams (NL) and Rob Severs (NL) won the first Amateur Class race in
their BMW M3 GT4, but missed out on winning the title in the second
race in their battle with Grammatico.