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BMW TEAM MTEK AND BMW TEAM RLL PREPARED FOR THE “BMW M MOTORSPORT SUPER WEEKEND” AT SEBRING
The sixth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) Super Season and the second round of the 2019 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (IMSA Series) share the same Sebring (USA) event next weekend (14th to 16th March) with several BMW entries competing in three races. On Friday 15th March, BMW Team MTEK will contest the WEC “1000 … Continue reading
DIFFICULT CHALLENGE FOR BMW M MOTORSPORT IN THE RAIN-AFFECTED WEC ROUND AT SHANGHAI
BMW Team MTEK started the China round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) from the front row of the grid, but multiple red-flags and wet conditions made the ‘6 Hours of Shanghai’ a challenge, and the team had to settle for sixth and ninth in the LM GTE Pro class. It was the first … Continue reading
FARFUS WINS QUALIFYING RACE IN MACAU WITH THE BMW M6 GT3 – WEC GRID POSITIONS TWO AND FIVE FOR BMW TEAM MTEK IN SHANGHAI
The BMW teams have enjoyed a successful Saturday on a big weekend in Asia for BMW M Motorsport. Augusto Farfus (BRA) took victory for BMW Team Schnitzer in the qualifying race for the FIA GT World Cup in Macau (CHN). He crossed the finish line first at the wheel of the #42 BMW M6 GT3 … Continue reading
AUGUSTO FARFUS TO TAKE ON NEW CHALLENGES IN GT RACING WITH BMW FROM 2019
Augusto Farfus (BRA) will embark on a new chapter in his successful racing career next season, when he will switch the focus of his commitment as a BMW works driver solely to GT racing. The Brazilian, who drove for BMW in the DTM from 2012 to 2018, during which time he won four races, will … Continue reading
BMW M MOTORSPORT CONTINUES THE FIA WEC SEASON IN SHANGHAI
Following a second-place finish in Japan last month, BMW Team MTEK will make its debut at the Shanghai International Circuit in China this weekend for the fifth round of the 2018/2019 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) Super Season, the “6 Hours of Shanghai”. In the #82 BMW M8 GTE, the “Six Hours of Fuji” runners-up … Continue reading
SUCCESSFUL WEEKEND FOR THE BMW M8 GTE ON TWO CONTINENTS: SECOND POSITION AT FUJI, THIRD PLACE AT ROAD ATLANTA
Two continents, two race series, two podiums: BMW M Motorsport can look back on a successful weekend with the new BMW M8 GTE. António Félix da Costa (POR) and Tom Blomqvist (GBR) finished second for BMW Team MTEK in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) round at Fuji (JPN) driving the #82 BMW M8 GTE … Continue reading
BMW M MOTORSPORT HEADS TO FUJI FOR THE FIRST OF TWO ASIAN WEC ROUNDS
With the first European rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) Super Season complete, BMW Team MTEK is making the 9,500 kilometre journey to the Fuji International Speedway in Japan for the “Six Hours of Fuji”, the first of two rounds in Asia. The #81 BMW M8 GTE will be driven by Martin Tomcyzk … Continue reading
DIFFICULT WEEKEND FOR BMW IN THE SIX HOURS OF SILVERSTONE
BMW Team MTEK has finished in sixth place in the GTE Pro class in the third round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), the Six Hours of Silverstone (GBR), with its #81 BMW M8 GTE piloted by Martin Tomczyk (GER) and Nicky Catsburg (NED). The sister car, the #82 BMW M8 GTE of António … Continue reading
BMW’s WEC SEASON RESUMES AT SILVERSTONE
The third round of the World Endurance Championship Super Season takes place at Silverstone (GBR) this weekend and BMW Team MTEK is ready to battle for a podium position after a promising start to the season. The pair of BMW M8 GTEs, which launched at the start of 2018, had a trouble-free championship debut at … Continue reading
FOUR SERIES – FOUR PIT STOPS: PACE AND PERFECTION IN ALL ASPECTS
Perfect pit stops are important for success in every race series. While it will be primarily about the speed of changing tyres at next weekend’s DTM races in Brands Hatch (GBR), in endurance races such as the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (BEL), it’s the right timing and coordination of the different procedures that is crucial. … Continue reading
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