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  • BIMMERWORLD RACING PUTS THREE IN THE TOP TEN AT THE SEBRING SEASON OPENER
    Created: Thursday, March 24, 2005
    RADFORD, VA (Mar 25, 2005) ? The BimmerWorld Racing team started out strong this past weekend in the World Challenge Touring Car season opener. After fair starting positions, all three drivers advanced through the field to finish with three cars in the top 10. On Thursday morning as final preparations on the cars' wet setup were made due to a large storm, the qualifying session was canceled. "I was disappointed with the decision" explained team owner and driver James Clay. "I felt we would have put on a strong showing resulting in good starting positions, but I also realized while watching several cars from other groups spin after hydroplaning on the straights that it was just unsafe and a good move by SCCA." As a result, the cars were gridded for the race based on combined practice times. "We would have approached practice with different goals if we could have anticipated this, but overall the cars are capable and while not optimum for a shot at the race win, ...
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  • BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX - PREVIEW - April 1-3, 2005
    Created: Wednesday, March 23, 2005
    After a confident start to the 2005 season, the BMW WilliamsF1 Team travels to the unique desert setting of Sakhir for the Bahrain Grand Prix. The team hopes to capitalise on an intense period of development which has seen an unprecedented number of changes brought to the FW27. With varying fortunes in the first two races of the year, the team's driver pairing of Nick Heidfeld and Mark Webber will be seeking to lead the team in a strong and consistent performance in the Middle East before the start of the European season. Nick Heidfeld:I feel very confident after my podium in Malaysia, so I am looking forward to the next race in Bahrain. The circuit can be very dirty as it lies in the middle of the desert, so we might see even less people going out at the beginning of the sessions than usual, in particular on the Friday. I think last year's race in Bahrain was one of the most exciting Grands Prix of the season, so it's likely that the fans will see another great race. Like Malaysia, Ba...
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  • 20 FORMULA BMW USA DRIVERS COMPLETE FIRST TEST AT ROAD ATLANTA
    Created: Tuesday, March 22, 2005
    Woodcliff Lake, NJ - March 23, 2005... 20 young drivers began the next step in their racing careers as they took to the Road Atlanta circuit, in Braselton, Ga. on Monday and Tuesday of this week for the first official test of the 2005 Formula BMW USA Championship season. The first of 10 scheduled official test days, the two days spent at Road Atlanta gave most their first look at their season's competition. Perhaps more importantly, each driver received a good education of the technical 2.54-mile, 12-turn circuit that will host the final two rounds of the Championship on Sept. 29 ? Oct. 1. Formula BMW USA coaches Peter Argetsinger and Oswaldo Negri were on hand to provide support as the Atlanta weather did its best to show a little bit of everything, from cool, to cold and wet....
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  • FORMULA BMW USA SIGNS SIX TO 2005 JUNIOR SCHOLARSHIPS
    Created: Sunday, March 20, 2005
    18 TALENTED DRIVERS NOW REGISTERD FOR CHAMPIONSHIPWoodcliff  Lake,  NJ  ?  March  21,  2005?  BMW  of  North  America,   LLC announced today the six 2005 Formula BMW USA Juniors who will receive a $40,000   scholarship   and   automatic   enrollment   in   Formula   BMW   USA?s Education and Coaching Program.    The   drivers   who   earned   the   scholarships   include   two   Americans,   three Canadians and one Frenchman. Coming from Canada are, Adrien Herberts, 15, of Coquitlam, British Columbia; Kevin LaCroix, 16, of St-Eustache, Quebec; and Robert  Wickens,  16,  of  Etobicoke,  Ontario.  Junior  scholarship  winner  Wade Van  Hooser  declined  the  scholarship  and&nbs...
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  • NO TRAINING WHEELS NEEDED: NEW BMW KIDS' BIKE GROWS WITH YOUNG RIDERS
    Created: Wednesday, March 16, 2005
    Woodcliff Lake, NJ - March 14, 2005... The new BMW Kids' Bike lets riders avoid a wobbly beginning by starting out as a ride-on bike without pedals, allowing children to develop balancing skills until they are ready for the power of pedaling. The user-friendly bicycle has an easy-to-install pedal system and an adjustable seat so it can grow with the rider. By starting a biking adventure with their feet first, children can use the sleek two-wheeler BMW as a running bike, practicing steering and hand-braking skills, and developing a natural sense of balance at their own pace.  (gallery)When young riders are ready, the sturdy plastic pedals and steel chain can be fitted to the BMW Kids' Bike. The pedals have safety reflectors, and the pedal brake system features a hand-operated brake on the right handle bar and a back-pedal brake. In the tradition of BMW technology and design, the Kids' Bike features a resilient bike frame made of high-quality brushed aluminum. The striking frame is ...
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  • Anchor Racing Post-Dominican Republic News
    Created: Monday, March 14, 2005
    Chicago, IL (March 15, 2005) ?After a strong qualifying session on Saturday, Anchor Racing had a disappointing end to the Miller Grand-Am Cup 200 in Santo Domingo. Qualifying third in his No. 99 Anchor Racing/UnderArmour/BMW M3, Anders Hainer raced hard against his thirty-five competitors on Sunday?s endurance race.  Following his stint, Hainer turned the car over to teammate Boris Said, who battled for the lead.  During the second hour, a power failure caused a 1 ¾ hour full course caution period. The race resumed with one-hour remaining, but the Caribbean heat and humidity took a toll on many drivers and racecars.  Following the caution period, Said experienced electrical problems in the No. 99 and was forced to retire the car.The No. 93 Anchor Racing/Hyper Sport Engineering/BMW M3 driven by Joe Foster and Rick Skelton started fourth and had an exciting race on the tight, 1.6 mile track. Skelton took the checkered flag in fifteenth position. ?We had a good qualifying ...
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  • Anchor Racing Qualifies Strong in the Dominican Republic
    Created: Friday, March 11, 2005
    Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (March 12, 2005) ? Anders Hainer was the fastest of the three Anchor Racing drivers in today?s qualifying for the Miller Grand-Am Cup 200 at Las Americas Autodromo in Santo Domingo.  With a field of 35 Grand-Am Cup GS racecars, Hainer qualified an impressive third in the No. 99 Anchor Racing/UnderArmour/BMW M3 with a lap time of 1:23.746 (71.144 mph).  "On a bigger track like Daytona, you have some time to take a little breather for 30 seconds on each lap, but here we will be hard at it all the time,? reported Hainer.  ?I am just going to try to keep it clean, hand it over to Boris and let him finish the job. He is a great driver, and we have a good shot at winning."  Legendary driver, Boris Said, is also looking forward to competing in the 1.6 mile track. ?Anders did a great job of qualifying today,? said Boris.  ?The track is very tight, but should be a lot of fun.  I?m looking forward to tomorrow?s race.? ...
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  • MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX - PREVIEW / March 18th - 20th 2005
    Created: Thursday, March 10, 2005
    The second round of the season takes Formula One to the Far East and the colourful Sepang region of Malaysia, just south of the country's capital, Kuala Lumpur. Following mixed fortunes for the team at the season opener in Melbourne last weekend, the BMW WilliamsF1 Team is looking ahead to the Malaysian Grand Prix, at which they hope to achieve a more rewarding result on Sunday 20th March. The Sepang circuit is a state of the art, purpose-built facility, one which guarantees drama both on and off the track. With its wide straights, overtaking opportunities are at an optimum at Sepang which should provide some thrilling racing action. The track's technically challenging nature, combined with the region's unpredictable, and extreme, weather conditions, will test both man and machine to the limit. In addition, Malaysia will be a severe trial for race engines, which will, for the first time, be tested over a second consecutive GP weekend. In ambient temperatures expected to be 36°C, the r...
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  • 2004 - THE BMW GROUP'S MOST SUCCESSFUL FINANCIAL YEAR
    Created: Wednesday, March 09, 2005
    Product and market initiative improves result by 10.9% / Dividend increase and share buy-back proposed Munich. The BMW Group proved its underlying strength in 2004 again and continued to grow profitably. Despite difficult market conditions, the BMW Group has succeeded in strengthening earnings potential by pursuing its premium brand strategy. The profit from ordinary activities rose by 10.9% to a new high of euro 3,554 million (2003: euro 3,205 million).The net profit increased by 14.1% to euro 2,222 million (2003: euro 1,947 million). Earnings per share were euro 3.30 (2003: euro 2.89) per share of common stock and euro 3.32 (2003: euro 2.91) per share of preferred stock. Cash flow increased by 15.1% to euro 5,167 million (2003: euro 4,490 million). Despite the currency impact, revenues in 2004, at euro 44,335 million, were 6.8% higher than in the previous year (2003: euro 41,525 million). The return on sales at a group level thus improved by 0.3 percentage points to 8.0% (2003: 7.7%)...
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  • START OF MATCH RACE TRAINING WITH "TURBO-CHARGED" USA-71 AND USA-76 IN VALENCIA
    Created: Monday, March 07, 2005
    BMW ORACLE Racing debuts with testing of the new version 5 yachtS Valencia. BMW ORACLE Racing today became the first America's Cup team to start a 2005 full-scale two-boat testing program on the Mediterranean waters off the coast of Valencia, Spain, site of the 32nd America's Cup. The Challenger of Record launched their "turbo-charged" Version 5 boats, USA-71 and USA-76, in Valencia last week for structural tests and instrument calibration in preparation for the start of its two-boat sailing season today from the Real Club Nautico. BMW ORACLE Racing, returning to Valencia for its second year of full-time sailing operations, is embarking on three months of training and testing in the lead-up to the next Louis Vuitton Acts in Valencia in June. "These next three months are critical for our research and development program as well as for the development of our sailing team," said Chris Dickson, CEO, BMW ORACLE Racing. "The tests we will conduct in our full-scale te...
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  • BMW GROUP INCREASES SALES BY 7% IN FEBRUARY
    Created: Monday, March 07, 2005
    65,085 cars already delivered in the months to February Munich. BMW Group sales are continuing to grow. In February, the number of automobiles delivered rose by 7% to 83,228 (previous year: 77,775). Year-to-date, the volume of BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brand vehicles sold increased by 8.5% to 165,085 (previous year: 152,174). The USA remains the highest market and sales in the first two months of the new year show an increase of 15.6% to 41,260 automobiles sold (previous year: 35,696). In Germany, the number of cars delivered year to date rose by 8% to 37,771 units (previous year: 34,964). Amongst the major markets, Spain is noticeable, with an unusually high growth of 32.4% to 8,684 automobiles delivered (previous year: 6,561).Sales prospects remain positive for the rest of the year: in its entire history, the BMW Group has never been able to offer its customers such a broad product portfolio as it can now. In addition, the company has the youngest range of automobiles in the industry...
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  • BMW TEAM PTG SALVAGES A SEVENTH PLACE FINISH IN GRAND PRIX OF MIAMI
    Created: Sunday, March 06, 2005
    Two F1 Air-sponsored M3s to Debut Homestead, Fla. - March 5, 2005... The No. 21 M3 of Bill Auberlen and Joey Hand salvaged a seventh place finish at today's Grand Prix of Miami as BMW Team PTG experienced possibly it's most frustrating race ever. The duo covered 103 laps in the two-hour-and-forty-five-minute contest, finishing two laps behind the winner. As the most experienced M3 drivers on the team, Auberlen and Hand made the most of a bad day. They raced within the top-five for most of the day, but throttle problems in the closing laps of the race made a try for the podium by Auberlen impossible.While Auberlen and Hand battled, the opening laps of the Grand Prix of Miami were extremely disappointing for the other three BMW Team PTG M3s. Within the first hour of the race the No. 22 M3 retired with mechanical problems and the No. 16 and the No. 17 F1 Air M3s were many laps down after having to stop to repair collision damage. After reporting problems on lap eight, the No. 22 M...
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  • AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX - RACE
    Created: Saturday, March 05, 2005
    Weather: Dry, overcast. Temp: Air 19-21°C, Track 24-28°C Melbourne (AUS). The BMW WilliamsF1 Team collected four points today in the season opening Australian Grand Prix. Mark Webber today equalled his best ever Grand Prix finish, achieving 5th place again at the Albert Park circuit, just as in 2002. Team-mate Nick Heidfeld was involved in an unfortunate accident with Michael Schumacher with 15 laps to go, which put an early end to his race.Mark Webber: 5th Chassis: FW27 03 - Best time: 1:26.493min (lap 37, 8h overall) Coming 5th is not a bad start at all, but I think that we actually had an opportunity for a better result today. I lost one position to Coulthard at the first corner, when I was looking after my tyres and trying not to lock my wheels. After that I was stuck behind him, which was a bit frustrating. We have put the first race behind us and we have learned a lot about the car and the tyres. The car has proved to be reliable and this is very important.Nick Heidfeld: DNF (a...
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  • BMW Team PTG Salvages a Seventh Place Finish in Grand Prix of Miami
    Created: Friday, March 04, 2005
    Homestead, Fla. ? March 5, 2005? The No. 21 M3 of Bill Auberlen and Joey Hand salvaged a seventh place finish at today?s Grand Prix of Miami as BMW Team PTG experienced possibly it?s most frustrating race ever. The duo covered 103 laps in the two-hour-and-forty-five-minute contest, finishing two laps behind the winner. As the most experienced M3 drivers on the team, Auberlen and Hand made the most of a bad day. They raced within the top-five for most of the day, but throttle problems in the closing laps of the race made a try for the podium by Auberlen impossible. While Auberlen and Hand battled, the opening laps of the Grand Prix of Miami were extremely disappointing for the other three BMW Team PTG M3s.  Within the first hour of the race the No. 22 M3 retired with mechanical problems and the No. 16 and the No. 17 F1 Air M3s were many laps down after having to stop to repair collision damage....
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  • PETROBRAS EXTEND FORMULA ONE COMMITMENT
    Created: Thursday, March 03, 2005
    Melbourne, 03March, 2005. The BMW WilliamsF1 Team today confirmed that long term technical partner, Petrobras, has extended and broadened its commercial partnership with the team into the medium term. Petrobras, the Brazilian petroleum company, has been providing advanced fuel engineering competence to the team since 1998, and under the terms of this extended relationship, will continue to provide a leading edge technical partnership to the team.The extended relationship is symbolised by the increased branding on the team race cars, but also less visibly by the introduction of a completely new race fuel for the 2005 season.In light of the new engine regulations, which require the team's BMW powerplants to compete for two race weekends, Petrobras have developed a new race fuel which helps to extend the life of critical engine components while retaining a strong performance characteristic.Petrobras' world-class competence in this field is derived from extensive investment in anal...
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  • AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX - FREE PRACTICE - March 4th 2005
    Created: Thursday, March 03, 2005
    Weather: dry, partly cloudy. Temp: 19-20°C Air, 26-31°C Track Melbourne (AUT). On the first Friday of the 2005 F1 season Mark Webber and Nick Heidfeld had two uneventful practice sessions for the Australian Grand Prix with both the drivers achieving reasonable mileage. Nick HeidfeldChassis: FW27 04 First session: 11th 1.29,172 minSecond session: 3rd 1.25,940 minIt's been a better fist day than I had expected after the winter testing. I only had a small electronic issue this morning that slightly delayed my programme and prevented me from completing all the laps that we had planned. In the afternoon everything went according to plan and it was a nice finish to this first day.Mark WebberChassis: FW27 03 (Spare car FW27 02)First session: 7th 1.28,269 minSecond session: 15th 1.27,329 minWe've got the first free practice sessions out of the way, which is always a good thing to do at the start of the season and we have now completed our tyre comparison. In the second session we had...
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  • BMW Team PTG Notes and Quotes Grand Prix of Miami
    Created: Thursday, March 03, 2005
    BMW Team PTG M3s Will Start 5th, 6th, 13th and 21st in Grand Prix of Miami Justin Marks was the fastest of the four BMW Team PTG drivers in today?s 15-minute GT class qualifying session for tomorrow?s Grand Prix of Miami. Marks? lap of 1:21.864 minutes around the 2.3-mile Homestead-Miami Speedway road course was good enough to secure the fifth starting position for the No. 16 BMW Team PTG F1 Air M3. This weekend is the debut for the two new F1 Air-sponsored M3s. Just one-tenth of a second slower than Marks, Joey Hand qualified the No. 21 BMW Team PTG M3 in the sixth starting position (1:21.985), for an all-M3 row three. Chris Gleason will start the No. 22 BMW Team PTG M3 13th after posting a time of 1:23.235 minutes. RJ Valentine, in the second F1 Air M3, will start 21st (1:24.454). Originally scheduled for 4:15 p.m., the GT qualifying session was moved forward to 1:00 p.m. this afternoon to accommodate the variable weather conditions and the change in the IRL practice schedule. In 200...
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