Whether in the DTM, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, or
countless other championships: week after week BMW teams and drivers
around the world do battle for points, victories and titles. Away from
the track too, members of the large BMW Motorsport family around the
world are also creating headlines. The “BMW Motorsport News” allows us
to regularly summarise all the action for you in a compact and
informative manner. This way, you are always up to speed.
DTM: Timo Glock takes the field for “Champions for Charity”.
Basketball star Dirk Nowitzki is inviting a host of stars and
celebrities to take part in the “Champions for Charity” benefit
football match on 27th July in Mainz (DE), which is being held in
honour of seven-time Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher (DE).
Taking part: BMW DTM driver Timo Glock (DE), who will feature
alongside Sebastian Vettel (DE) in the “Racing Drivers’ National Team”
as they play against Nowitzki’s All Star team. Inspired by the “Game
of Hearts” and “Playing for Kids” matches that were arranged by
Schumacher, the celebrities will be playing together for a good cause.
All profits from the match will be donated to the BasKIDball project
from iSo e.V. and the German Association of Patients with Severe
Craniocerebral Injuries. The Dirk Nowitzki Foundation and Michael
Schumacher’s management team are working together closely to organise
the event, and the family of the 91-time Grand Prix winner would like
to use the match to thank all the fans for their expressions of
condolence and support. Tickets for the match are available online at
www.champions-for-charity.de, and can also be purchased at the Fan
Shop of Bundesliga team 1. FSV Mainz 05. Kick-off is scheduled for
19:00 on Wednesday 27th July.
IWSC: BMW M6 GTLMs on second and third rows in
Canada.
Just one week after round five of the IMSA
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship the teams were back in action. They
had crossed the border from the USA to Canada for round six of the
series at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CA) near Toronto. In
qualifying it was the BMW Team RLL BMW M6 GTLM number 100 of Lucas
Luhr (DE) and John Edwards (US) that set the fourth quickest time,
with the German behind the wheel for the session. The number 25 car of
Bill Auberlen (US) and Dirk Werner (DE), still in its 4th July stars
and stripes livery, was fifth in the class. The Turner Motorsport team
had a strong session with Bret Curtis (US) qualifying the GTD class
number 96 BMW M6 GT3 he shares with Jens Klingmann (DE) fourth.
Michael Marshal (US) qualified the team’s number 97 car he shares with
Markus Palttala (FI) in 11th. The race that lasts 2 hours 40 minutes
started at 11.05 local time and will not finish until late Sunday
evening European time.
ICTSC: BMW teams competing in Canada.
In Saturday’s two-and-one-half-hour Continental Tire SportsCar
Challenge race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, in Bowmanville (CA)
the number 84 BimmerWorld Racing 328i of James Clay (US) and Tyler
Cooke (US) was the highest placed BMW in the field with an 11th place
finish in the Street Tuner (ST) class. The car started from its third
pole class position of the season. A 15th place finish was scored by
BimmerWorld racing team-mates Jerry Kaufman (US) and Kyle Tilley (GB)
in the number 81 BMW 328i. The class was won by the No. 44 Nissan
Altima of Sarah Cattaneo (US) and Owen Trinkler (US).
British GT Championship: Class victory for BMW Z4 GT3 in Spa.
The British GT Championship race took place at Spa-Francorchamps (BE)
last weekend. Lee Mowle (GB) and Joe Osborne (GB) finished ninth in
the AMDtuning.com team BMW Z4 GT3. Richard Neary (GB) and Martin Short
(GB) from Team ABBA with Rollcentre Racing finished 13th overall.