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BMW M4 DTM VISITS THE JAPANESE SUPER GT CHAMPIONSHIP
Four weeks after the final round of the 2017 DTM season at Hockenheim (GER), the BMW M4 DTM was back in action in the Far East this weekend. The three manufacturers involved in the DTM thrilled the huge crowd of fans at the Japanese Super GT Championship in Motegi (JPN) season finale, where they presented … Continue reading
BMW DTM DRIVERS PREPARE FOR START OF THE SEASON
The six BMW DTM drivers underwent an intense training regime this week. They were in Viareggio (ITA) from Sunday to Wednesday for a four-day fitness camp. Team doctor Riccardo Ceccarelli (ITA) and his Formula Medicine team had put together an extensive and diverse training schedule to ensure that the drivers are perfectly prepared for the … Continue reading
BMW MOTORSPORT TESTS THE NEW BMW M4 DTM IN PORTUGAL
BMW Motorsport continued the development of the new BMW M4 DTM for the 2017 season with a three-day test in Portimão in the south of Portugal. The technical regulations require a number of significant changes to be made, including to the car’s aerodynamics. BMW Motorsport used the test to evaluate the new racing car and … Continue reading
RACING FOR WINS AND TITLES AROUND THE WORLD: AN OVERVIEW OF THE 2017 BMW MOTORSPORT PROGRAMME
BMW Motorsport used the traditional Season Review event in Munich (DE) to announce significant information about the 2017 driver set-up and present details of the individual programmes for various racing disciplines. DTM – consistency in the cockpit. BMW Motorsport will be represented by two teams and six drivers in the 2017 DTM season. The race … Continue reading
BMW MOTORSPORT ATTENDS FOUR-DAY DTM YOUNG DRIVER TEST IN JEREZ
BMW Motorsport offered BMW Motorsport Juniors Ricky Collard (GB) and Joel Eriksson (SE) the opportunity to gain ample experience at the wheel of the BMW M4 DTM this week, at the DTM Young Driver Test in Jerez de la Frontera (ES). During the four-day test, which ran from Tuesday to Friday, both Collard and Eriksson … Continue reading
DTM CHAMPION MARCO WITTMANN: “I HAD TO FIGHT FOR EVERY POINT.”
Marco Wittmann (DE) did it: Thanks to his fourth place at the season finale at the Hockenheimring (DE) he was crowned DTM champion for the second time. This makes Wittmann the first BMW driver to win two drivers’ championships in the DTM. He is also the first DTM driver ever to have managed to claim … Continue reading
MARCO WITTMANN WINS HIS SECOND DTM DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP
The race for the title in the DTM Drivers’ Championship is over: Marco Wittmann (DE) of BMW Team RMG is the new DTM champion. Fourth place in the final race of the year at the Hockenheimring (DE) was enough for the 26-year-old at the wheel of the Red Bull BMW M4 DTM to win the … Continue reading
MARCO WITTMANN FINISHES SECOND AT HOCKENHEIM TO EXTEND HIS LEAD IN THE DTM DRIVERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP
Marco Wittmann (DE) finished runner-up in the penultimate race of the DTM season. In doing so, he extended his lead in the Drivers’ Championship ahead of the season finale on Sunday. Now with 194 points to his name, the BMW Team RMG driver holds a 17-point lead over his only remaining rival, Edoardo Mortara (IT, … Continue reading
TITLE TO BE DECIDED AT FINALE: BMW TEAMS AND MARCO WITTMANN BATTLE FOR THE FINAL DTM POINTS OF 2016
The battles for the drivers’, team and manufacturers’ titles in the DTM will all be decided at the Hockenheimring (DE) this weekend. Races 17 and 18 on the 4.574-kilometre track mark the grand finale of a thrilling and turbulent 2016 season. Marco Wittmann (DE) heads into the final races as the front-runner of the drivers, … Continue reading
WITTMANN FINISHES FOURTH AT THE HUNGARORING FOR BMW AND EXTENDS OVERALL DTM LEAD
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 … Continue reading
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