|
 |
Dear BMW Sports Trophy participant or partner,
During the 2016 season the BMW Sports Trophy Info Mail again regularly keeps you informed about interesting topics and news relating to this competition. For over 50 years, customer racing has formed an important component of all BMW’s motorsport activities. Launched in the 1960s, the BMW Sports Trophy allows BMW to provide an extra incentive for all those privateer drivers at the wheel of sporty BMW cars. The BMW Sports Trophy Team Competition, which honours the commitment of privateer teams, has entered its fourth season.
|
|
|
|
VLN: BMW M6 GT3 in Top 3 – Bonk drivers dominate BMW M235iR Cup.
|
|
|
|
|
|
A successful race on Saturday in the “Green Hell” for numerous BMW teams: three BMW M6 GT3s finished in the top ten at the highlight of the VLN Endurance Racing Championship season, the six-hour race on the Nürburgring Nordschleife. BMW works driver Jörg Müller, Felipe Fernández Laser, BMW Motorsport Junior Jesse Krohn and Victor Bouveng all made it to the podium. They saw the chequered flag in third place, driving the number 36 car from Walkenhorst Motorsport powered by Dunlop. The quartet also recorded the fastest lap time of 08:04.638 minutes. This was the first appearance in a BMW M6 GT3 for Laser. Müller and Krohn gave themselves a very special birthday present, in the form of the podium finish. BMW works driver Philipp Eng also delivered a convincing performance in his seventh VLN race of the year. After securing 11th in qualifying, Stef Dusseldorp and the winner of the 24-hour race in Spa-Francorchamps put on a faultless display of driving. After 43 laps of the Nordschleife, they crossed the line in fifth in the ROWE Racing team’s BMW M6 GT3. The third car in the top ten was the Frikadelli Racing Team’s BMW M6 GT3, in seventh place. The Walkenhorst team’s number 50 BMW Z4 GT3 rounded off the good overall result for BMW, with a 12th place finish in the “Green Hell”. Victory in the six-hour race went to Porsche. Alexander Mies and Michael Schrey remain the drivers to beat in the BMW M235i Racing Cup class, as they recorded their seventh win in seven races. The duo from Team Bonk Motorsport extended their lead in the Cup standings and in the overall VLN championship. Second position in the BMW M235i Racing Cup class went to Thomas Jäger and Rudi Adams from the Scheid-Honert Motorsport team. The Team Securtal Sorg Rennsport BMW M235i Racing finished in third place with Heiko Eichenberg and Kevin Warum at the wheel.
|
|
|
|
|
24H Barcelona: Two class wins at the “Circuit de Catalunya”.
The 24H series paid a visit to Barcelona this weekend. The sixth race of the season took place at the “Circuit de Catalunya”, which also hosts the Spanish Grand Prix in Formula 1. A total of nine BMW cars were competing at the “24H Barcelona”. After 601 laps, Daan Meijer, Pieter van Soelen, Mark van der Aa and Koen Bogaerts from Team JR Motorsport celebrated the class win in the SP-3 category, securing 17th in the overall standings. Second position in the class went to Patrick van Glabeke, Martin Lanting, Bob Herber and Harry Hilders, who were also competing for JR Motorsport. In the A3 category, Mark Bus, Simon Knap, Rob Severs and Bas van de Ven crossed the line in third place after 24 hours in their MDM Motorsport car. Jimmy de Breucker, Mario Timmers, Del Bennett, Fortia Pares and Alvaro Vela claimed victory in the BMW M235i Racing Cup class for the DUWO Racing team. Porsche secured the overall victory at the “24H Barcelona”.
|
|
 |
|
Preview of the weekend: First season finale.
This weekend, Donington Park will host the final round of this season’s British GT Championship. Among those at the heart of the action will be the two BMW Z4 GT3s belonging to the AmDTuning.com and ABBA with Rollcentre Racing teams. The BMW M6 GT3 will be in action in several racing series: in the International GT Open, BMW Team Teo Martín will be going all out to defend its the lead in the team competition at the Red Bull Ring. The Italian GT Championship travels to Vallelunga, where BMW Team Italia will be looking to follow on from its recent impressive performances. The Czech city of Brno hosts the penultimate race weekend of the season in the Eset V4 Cup. Two BMW M6 GT3s will be on track. Beside the Racing Trevor team, Šenkýř Motorsport will also be contesting its first race with BMW’s new GT flagship. The team will also field a BMW Z4 GT3 and a BMW M3 GTR.
|
|
|
|
|
IMPRINT.
BMW AG details: This is a newsletter from Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Motorsport ZL-V Sports & Business Management (Anton-Ditt-Bogen 20, 80939 Munich). The legal representatives of BMW AG are the members of the management board (Harald Krüger, Chairman, Milagros Caiña Carreiro-Andree, Klaus Draeger, Friedrich Eichiner, Klaus Fröhlich, Ian Robertson, Peter Schwarzenbauer, Oliver Zipse).
Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Norbert Reithofer
Commercial register: Amtsgericht München. Registergericht: HRB 42243.
Value-added tax identification no.: DE129273398.
|
|
|
|
|
