BMW Motorsport News – Issue 25/2017.

DTM: Two victories for BMW at Norisring.

It was 25 years ago that BMW was last victorious at Norisring (GER).
This weekend, the BMW drivers returned to the top step of the podium
at the Dutzendteich –even doing so twice. Bruno Spengler (CAN) and
Maxime Martin (BEL) claimed historic successes for BMW. On Saturday,
Spengler triumphed on the tight Nuremberg street circuit in his BMW
Bank M4 DTM: he secured the first Norisring victory for BMW since 1992
and the 25th win since the DTM comeback in 2012. Martin
completed a 1-2 success for BMW by finishing second. In Sunday’s race,
which had to be red-flagged and re-started after a serious accident,
Martin proved to be unbeatable. The Belgian crossed the line first in
his SAMSUNG BMW M4 DTM and achieved the next milestone in DTM history
for BMW – the 75th victory overall. In the Drivers’
championship, Martin improved to third overall courtesy of his results
from the Norisring weekend.

 

IWSC: The BMW M6 GTLM celebrates its first victory in Watkins Glen.

At the fifth round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in
Watkins Glen (USA) , the #25 BMW M6 GTLM was the first of the GTLM
class to cross the line. Alexander Sims (GBR) and Bill Auberlen (USA)
shared duties at the wheel for the six hours of racing. It was the
maiden victory for BMW Team RLL and BMW of North America with this car
model that has competed in North America since the 2016 season. The
sister car of Martin Tomczyk (GER) and John Edwards (USA) retired. The
two BMW M6 GTLMs had started the race from second and third on the
grid. To honour the American July 4th holiday, both cars
were livered in a special holiday fireworks theme. In the GTD class,
two BMW drivers stepped onto the podium: Jens Klingmann (GER) and
Justin Marks (USA) who secured third place in the Turner Motorsport
BMW M6 GT3.

 

International GT Open: Second victory for BMW Team Teo Martín.

BMW Team Teo Martín maintained its winning ways in the International
GT Open. On Sunday, Victor Bouveng (SWE) and Fran Rueda (ESP)
celebrated their second victory of the season in the BMW M6 GT3. The
fourth meeting of the year was held at Hungaroring near Budapest
(HUN). Bouveng/Rueda started Sunday’s race from pole position. Rueda
pulled away right from the start and Bouveng further extended the lead
after the driver change with the duo securing a comfortable win. In
Saturday’s first race, the pair had finished sixth. Their team-mates
Lourenço Beirão (POR) and Tiago Monteiro (POR) were fifth on Saturday
but had to retire in Sunday’s race after their BMW M6 GT3 was damaged
at a contact.