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BMW Motorsport News – Issue 42/14.
Sun Nov 23 18:49:08 CET 2014 Press Release
Wittmann crowned ADAC motorsport personality of the year – champions' party for BMW Team RMG at the Nürburgring.
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DTM: ADAC crowns Marco Wittmann the motorsport personality of
the year.
At the ADAC SportGala at the ADAC
headquarters in Munich (DE) the automobile association honoured this
season's winners. Everyone was eager to see who would be the ADAC
motorsport personality of 2014. DTM champion Marco Wittmann (DE)
received the trophy, the large Christophorus made of Nymphenburg
porcelain, from ADAC sports president Hermann Tomczyk. “Marco Wittmann
impressively showed that he was the deserved winner of the title in
the most popular international touring car series,” said Tomczyk. Each
year a specialist jury made up of representatives from the ADAC and
journalists picks the ADAC motorsport personality of the year. This
year it was Wittmann who was chosen in the most important category.
BMW Motorsport director Jens Marquardt picked up the award for the BMW
Team RMG driver.
DTM: Champions' party for BMW Team RMG at the Nürburgring.
At a party in the BMW Lounge at the Nürburgring (DE), BMW Team
RMG looked back on the successful 2014 DTM season once again. Team
members, partners and friends of the team from Niederzissen (DE) –
including BMW Motorsport director Jens Marquardt – accepted team
principal Stefan Reinhold's (DE) invitation to celebrate winning the
drivers' and team standings, and the “Rookie of the Year” title for
Maxime Martin (BE). “It was a fantastic party,” said DTM champion
Marco Wittmann (DE). “It's been a few weeks since our big success,
which makes it twice as much fun to celebrate with the guys. But you
can tell that everyone is really looking forward to next season already.”
FIA Formula E Championship: Second race of the season in
Malaysia.
The Putrajaya ePrix saw the second round of
the FIA Formula E Championship take place this weekend in Malaysia. As
the “Official Vehicle Partner”, BMW once again sent the BMW i8 Safety
Car and the BMW i3 Medical Car onto the track to ensure safety in the
trendsetting race series for Formula vehicles with electric drive. BMW
DTM driver António Félix da Costa (PT) also made his racing debut for
Team Amlin Aguri and finished eighth. He had to miss the first race in
Beijing (CN) as it coincided with a DTM race. Victory in the Putrajaya
ePrix went to Sam Bird (GB). He won from Lucas di Grassi (BR) and
Sébastien Buemi (CH).