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settembre 09, 2018 - BMW Motorsport

Race 2 - Anniversary podium: Wittmann reaches the rostrum in the 100th DTM race for BMW since 2012

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Nürburgring. In BMW Team RMG’s home race at the Nürburgring (GER), #marcowittmann (GER) finished third to reach the podium in the BMW Driving Experience M4 #dtm. After completing 40 laps, he was just 3.439 seconds behind the winner, René Rast (GER, Audi). Wittmann now has 137 points and is the best-placed BMW driver in the overall standings, in fifth place. The BMW drivers once again gave a strong team performance with five BMW M4 DTMs making it into the top ten, scoring a total of 45 points.

 

Behind Wittmann, Bruno Spengler (CAN, BMW Bank M4 DTM) secured fourth place. Joel Eriksson (SWE, BMW M4 DTM), Augusto Farfus (BRA, Shell BMW M4 DTM) and Philipp Eng (AUT, SAMSUNG BMW M4 DTM) followed in sixth, seventh and eighth positions. #timoglock (GER) had to be content with 16th place after an early collision and subsequent drive-through penalty. As was the case on Saturday, BMW Team RBM claimed the fastest pit stop with Eriksson’s car.

 

BMW Motorsport, BMW Team RBM and BMW Team RMG were competing in their 100thDTM race since BMW’s comeback in 2012. Farfus and Spengler have been involved in every one of those 100 races.

 

The race weekend in the Eifel also saw the debut of the BMW M Motorsport Days. More than 300 domestic and international guests experienced a wide-ranging and spectacular programme of events. The highlights included a BMW M Driving Experience and taxi rides on the Nordschleife in the BMW M5. Visitors also had the chance to take a look at a very special exhibition car: the BMW Concept M8 Gran Coupé. The new BMW M Town campaign also made its first appearance as part of the BMW M Motorsport Days. It also provided the first opportunity for the public to see the new BMW X3 M and the new BMW X4 M.

 

Reactions to Sunday’s race at the Nürburgring:

 

Jens Marquardt (BMW Motorsport Director):

“Marco Wittmann did well to move up through the field today – and he was rewarded with a podium finish. Getting five cars into the top eight is a great result for BMW. Of course, after Bruno Spengler claimed second place on Saturday, we’d have liked to have topped the podium. However, all in all, we can definitely be satisfied with the race weekend here at the Nürburgring. I am very positive about the fact that we reached the podium and scored plenty of points in the 100th race since our #dtm comeback in 2012. 

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