Munich. At the end of the season, BMW M Motorsport honours the
most successful drivers and teams for their performances in recent
months with the BMW M Sports Trophy awards. Victory in this year’s
Drivers Competition went to American Sean Quinlan. He enjoyed many
successes at the wheel of the BMW M4 GT4 in GT4 America and GT
America. In the Team Competition, FK Performance Motorsport took
first place, courtesy of its title wins in the DTM Trophy and the
Nürburgring Endurance Series. Furthermore, selected drivers were
given the opportunity to join BMW M Motorsport in Almeria (ESP) this
week for a test.
“Even though the current pandemic situation is once again preventing
us from celebrating our traditional end-of-season event together with
the private BMW M Motorsport drivers and teams, we will obviously not
miss out on honouring the winners of this season’s BMW M Sports
Trophy,” said Jonas Krauss, Sales Head of Motorsport. “Through their
success in BMW M Motorsport cars, drivers and teams catch the eye all
over the world, making them outstanding ambassadors for the BMW brand.
Congratulations to Sean Quinlan and FK Performance Motorsport, who
have won the BMW M Sports Trophy Driver and Team Competitions for the
first time. A glance at the winners list for both competitions shows
emphatically just how international the BMW M Sports Trophy is.”
Quinlan scored points towards the Drivers Competition at the wheel of
the BMW M4 GT4 mostly in the GT4 class of GT America and the Pro-Am
class of GT4 America. In GT America, he took six class victories and
was second overall. In GT4 America, he claimed one race win in the
Pro-Am class and a further four podiums, finishing third in the
Drivers’ Championship. “It is a great honour for me to win the Driver
Competition,” said Quinlan. “The BMW M Sports Trophy was a big thing
for us this year, and we kept an eye on the points to see whether we
might achieve a top result. I had more joy than expected in GT
America, in particular. Thank you to BMW M Motorsport for the
fantastic support throughout the entire season. I am already really
looking forward to next season, in which we will start in the IMSA series.”
Second and third places went to the champions in ADAC GT4 Germany and
the DTM Trophy, Michael Schrey (GER) and Ben Green (GBR). Gabriele
Piana (ITA), winner of the BMW M Sports Trophy Drivers Competition for
the past two years and ADAC GT4 Germany champion alongside Schrey in a
BMW M4 GT4 in 2021, finished fourth this year.
In the Team Competition, there was no beating FK Performance
Motorsport. The team can look back on an outstanding season. In the
DTM Trophy, both the Team and the Driver title, courtesy of Ben Green,
went the way of FK Performance Motorsport. The team achieved the same
feat in the BMW M2 CS Racing Cup NLS, which was held within the
Nürburgring Endurance Series. The two team principals, Martin Kaemena
and Fabian Finck, are responsible for this success. “For everyone in
our team, being recognised as the best private BMW M Motorsport team
in the world is a fantastic reward for all the hard work,” said
Kaemena. Finck added: “Our team has done an outstanding job this
season. As well as everything we do to create a good atmosphere within
the team, the sporting success is obviously the biggest motivation. As
such, it is great that there is such a strong manufacturer involvement
as the BMW M Sports Trophy. The intensity, with which BMW M Motorsport
supports its private teams within the framework of this competition,
is unique at this moment in time.”
BMW M Motorsport attends test in Almeria with selected drivers.
Last week, selected drivers were given the opportunity to show what
they are capable of at the wheel of the BMW M6 GT3, under the watchful
eyes of BMW M Motorsport engineers and BMW works driver Philipp Eng
(AUT). This opportunity was primarily offered to those drivers who had
caught the eye with impressive performances in various BMW M
Motorsport cars. The drivers in action in Almeria, Spain, were Robby
Foley (USA), Ben Green, Benjamin Lessennes (BEL), Thomas Neubauer
(FRA), David Pittard (GBR), Ben Tuck (GBR) and Marius Zug (GER).
The top 25 in the BMW M Sports Trophy Drivers Competition:
The top 10 in the BMW M Sports Trophy Team Competition: