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SCHNITZER MOTORSPORT AND BMW: A REVIEW OF HALF A CENTURY OF SHARED MOTORSPORT HISTORY
Schnitzer is a name very closely linked with the history of the BMW brand in international motorsport. For more than half a century Schnitzer Motorsport and BMW were in action on racetracks of the world together and celebrated superb successes in a variety of categories. This collaboration also played a significant role in shaping the … Continue reading
FAREWELL TO BMW TEAMS RBM AND SCHNITZER, BMW TEAM RMG NOW INVOLVED IN THE GT3 DEVELOPMENT
The international motorsport landscape is currently undergoing a raft of changes – and as a result, this also applies to the works-based BMW Motorsport team line-up. Therefore, the long collaboration with the iconic BMW Teams RBM and Schnitzer will not continue. BMW Team RMG will be working with BMW Motorsport to develop the new BMW … Continue reading
THREE TEAMS AND MANY BMW WORKS DRIVERS TO COMPETE IN THE BMW M6 GT3 AT THE NURBURGRING 24 HOURS
The Nürburgring 24 Hours (GER) will take place on 26th/27th September, several months later than originally planned. Although the 50th anniversary of the endurance classic on the Nordschleife will be held in difficult circumstances, BMW M Motorsport still fields a strong contingent as it looks for overall victory number 20 for BMW. Some of the best … Continue reading
EXTENSIVE RACE AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR BMW TEAM SCHNITZER IN THE 2020 GT SEASON
BMW Motorsport and BMW Team Schnitzer will, in addition to collaborating closely at race appearances, primarily work on car development together in the 2020 season. The team from Freilassing (GER) will take on a key role in development and testing with the new BMW M4 GT3. Herbert Schnitzer junior’s team will also contest races at … Continue reading
THREE BMW M6 GT3 TO CONTEST THE 9 HOURS OF KYALAMI
The fifth race on the fifth continent draws the Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) season to a close this weekend. At the legendary track in Kyalami (RSA), BMW Team Schnitzer is set to compete with a BMW M6 GT3 and will send a local hero, Sheldon van der Linde (RSA), to do battle. With the second … Continue reading
AUGUSTO FARFUS AND BMW TEAM SCHNITZER RETURN TO MACAU
This coming weekend, the ‘Guia Circuit’ in Macau (CHN) hosts the grand finale of the 2019 GT season: the FIA GT World Cup. The top GT teams and drivers will battle it out to be crowned champions on the most demanding street circuit in the world. Last year, Augusto Farfus (BRA) and BMW Team Schnitzer … Continue reading
BMW WORKS DRIVERS AUGUSTO FARFUS AND JOEL ERIKSSON TO COMPETE IN THE BMW M6 GT3 AT MACAU
Two BMW works drivers will line up at this year’s FIA GT World Cup on 16th and 17th November in Macau (CHN): Augusto Farfus (BRA) and Joel Eriksson (SWE). Farfus will once again take the wheel of the BMW M6 GT3 of BMW Team Schnitzer at the world-famous ‘Guia Circuit’, where he won last year. Eriksson will … Continue reading
FIFTH PLACE FOR BMW TEAM SCHNITZER AT THE SUZUKA 10 HOURS
The BMW Team Schnitzer just missed out on the first podium finish of the season in the penultimate race of the Intercontinental GT Challenge season, the Suzuka 10 Hours (JPN). After Augusto Farfus (BRA) had secured pole position on Saturday in the #42 BMW M6 GT3, he and his team-mates Martin Tomczyk (GER) and Nick … Continue reading
FOURTH ROUND, FOURTH CONTINENT: THE BMW M6 GT3 AT THE 10 HOURS OF SUZUKA
The fourth and penultimate race of this season’s Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) will take place in Japan this weekend. Walkenhorst Motorsport and BMW Team Schnitzer will each field one BMW M6 GT3 in the 10 Hours of Suzuka. This time, Augusto Farfus (BRA) and Martin Tomczyk (GER) will be supported by Nick Yelloly (GBR) as … Continue reading
SUZUKA 10 HOURS WELCOMES ANOTHER STELLAR ENTRY
The 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli campaign stages its penultimate round of the season next weekend (August 23-25) when the world’s only global GT3 championship travels to Japan for the BH Auction SMBC Suzuka 10 Hours. 27 of 36 entries contesting the 48th Summer Endurance Race have been nominated to score Intercontinental GT … Continue reading
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