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  • Formula BMW Americas confirms four 2008 Junior drivers
    Created: Friday, February 29, 2008
    Woodcliff Lake, NJ. – February 29, 2008 Formula BMW Americas confirmed today the four young men who will receive BMW Junior scholarships for the 2008 season. They are Ricardo Favoretto, 19, of Sao Paulo, Brazil; Mikael Grenier, 15, of Quebec, Canada; Alexandre Ruiz, 16, of Sao Paulo, Brazil and Gianmarco Raimondo, 17, of St. Catherine, Ontario, Canada. Favoretto, a 2007 Junior, finished second in the 2007 Formula BMW USA Rookie championship. Grenier, Ruiz and Raimondo won their scholarships at the scholarship shoot-outs held last year at the Formula BMW Racing Center at the Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo, in Valencia, Spain. Raimondo was awarded the scholarship when Juan Arenas chose not to participate. Each 2008 Formula BMW Americas Junior will receive $80,000 towards participation in the championship and automatic complimentary enrollment in the Education and Coaching program. The BMW Junior program has a proud tradition dating back to the mid-1970s. Sin...
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  • Farfus claims third place for BMW in maiden WTCC qualifying of the year.
    Created: Friday, February 29, 2008
    In the first qualifying session of the 2008 FIA World Touring Car Championship, Augusto Farfus (BR) finished up the most successful driver of the BMW national teams. With a 1:24.482-minute lap he was third quickest at the “Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba”. BMW Team Germany’s second driver, Jörg Müller (DE), also claimed an encouraging grid position for the season opener: The 38-year-old will start the first of the two sprint races from sixth place. Pole position went to Yvan Muller (FR/SEAT), who lapped the 3.695-kilometre circuit in 1:24.295 minutes. Defending world champion Andy Priaulx (GB) of BMW Team UK was unhappy with the balance of his car and had to make do with 12th place on the grid. The two BMW Team Italy-Spain drivers, Félix Porteiro (ES) and Alessandro Zanardi (IT) follow in 13th and 14th positions. Local hero Farfus was happy with his performance in qualifying, which was red-flagged for ten minutes due to an accident involv...
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  • Strong field of drivers for Formula BMW Europe
    Created: Sunday, February 24, 2008
    Munich (25th February 2008). The newly created Formula BMW Europe is shaping up some two months before the start of the season. The first race weekend on the undercard of the F1 Grand Prix in Barcelona (25th-27th April) will see 26 contestants on the grid. Up-and-coming young drivers from around the globe have signed up for the series. The field of participants embraces 13 nationalities: next to European drivers from Denmark, Germany, France, Britain, the Netherlands, Spain and Romania there will also be talented youngsters from Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Malaysia, Mexico and the United Arab Emirates lining up on the grid. Once again there were two ex-Formula One drivers who chose Formula BMW Europe as the motorsport platform for their offspring. Frenchman Erik Comas is sending his son Anthony out into the action after his stint last year in Formula BMW UK, where he gleaned his first experience. In 2007 Patrick Tambay accompanied his son Adrien to the German Formula BMW races and watc...
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  • WTCC season kick-off in Brazil: The pursuit of BMW continues.
    Created: Sunday, February 24, 2008
    Munich, 25th February 2008. This weekend, the 2008 FIA World Touring Car Championship commences at the “Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba”. The two races in Brazil kick off the longest World Touring Car Championship ever, with a total of 24 races. BMW once again finds itself in the position of being hunted down by the chasing pack. Andy Priaulx (GB) of BMW Team UK wants to add to his haul of three World Championship titles, while BMW is aiming for its fourth consecutive manufacturers’ title. To achieve this goal, the Munich-based manufacturer is sending two more top-class national teams into battle, alongside BMW Team UK. As in 2007, Augusto Farfus (BR) and Jörg Müller (DE) will wear the colours of BMW Team Germany. BMW Team Italy-Spain will be represented by Alessandro Zanardi (IT) and Félix Porteiro (ES). All five drivers have already proved they are capable of winning WTCC races, and are highly motivated to get their season off to a flyi...
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  • Clear the decks for the race version of the latest generation BMW M3
    Created: Wednesday, February 06, 2008
    BMW presented the racing version of the new BMW M3 at the Chicago Auto Show. Powered by a 485 bhp eight cylinder engine, this impressive race car has been designed to compete in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) from 2009 onwards. The car is based on the fourth generation of the BMW M3, the high-performance sports car produced by BMW M GmbH. BMW Motorsport Director Mario Theissen says: “With the sporting genes of the production BMW M3 being clearly evident, developing a racing version of the car was the next logical step. The fact that the road-going vehicle is fitted with a V8 engine as standard provided us with an ideal base. However, the BMW M3 is more than a race car, it has achieved legendary status amongst race fans across the globe. I am convinced that this unique story of the BMW M3 racing cars will now be expanded upon by the addition of further chapters.” “We are very pleased to be returning to the American Le Mans Series with our latest generation BMW ...
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