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  • BMW national teams and WTCC travel to Marrakech for first time.
    Created: Sunday, April 26, 2009
     After a break of over four weeks, the FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) returns to action with one of the season’s true highlights: the series will make its debut in Marrakech (MA) this weekend, marking the first time in its history that the WTCC has staged two races on the African continent. However, the “Circuit de Marrakech” is not the only one celebrating its debut. The BMW 320si WTCC has had a facelift prior to races five and six of the season. BMW 3 Series production cars have sported the new design modifications since last year, and it is now time to introduce the car’s even more elegant, sporting profile to the racetrack.   Marrakech also sees the new “compensation weight” come into play for the first time. This is aimed at balancing out the difference in performance between individual models of car. Based on the lap times achieved in Curitiba (BR) and Puebla (MX), the BMW 320si WTCC with the five-speed H-pattern gearbox ...
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  • BMW RAHAL LETTERMAN RACING TEAM M3s WILL START 3RD AND 4TH IN LONG BEACH DEBUT
    Created: Friday, April 17, 2009
    Making their debut on Long Beach's famous street circuit, the BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team BMW M3s qualified fourth and fifth in the GT2 class for tomorrow's Tequila Patron American Le Mans Series race at Long Beach. Following a post-qualifying inspection the provisional polesitter's time was disallowed, moving the two M3s to the third and fourth starting positions.   Dirk Müller, who will co-drive the No. 92 M3 tomorrow with Tommy Milner, set the fourth fastest time in the 25-minute session with a 1:21.300 minute lap around the 1.968-mile temporary street circuit.   “I was taking it easy in the beginning of the session because I wanted to feel the track’s grip level,” said Müller. “I tried a confidence lap first which is always a good thing to do on a street course because the walls are so hungry. On my third lap I tried to squeeze a bit more than I should have and caught the curb in turn five. I broke the front splitter and that was ...
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  • BMW RAHAL LETTERMAN RACING TEAM SCORES SECOND PODIUM AT LONG BEACH
    Created: Friday, April 17, 2009
    With a third-place GT2 class finish by the No. 92 M3 of Tommy Milner and Dirk Müller in the Tequila Patron American Le Mans Series at Long Beach the BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team reached the ALMS podium for the second consecutive race. The duo completed 70 laps around the 1.968-mile temporary street circuit in the one-hour-and-forty-minute contest.   Bill Auberlen and Joey Hand scored their first points of the season, finishing eighth in the No. 90 M3 after losing four laps following a collision with a lapped competitor just past the one-hour mark.   Today’s finish moves BMW to fourth in GT2 Manufacturer points. Milner and Müller now stand fifth in GT2 Driver points.   The race began under a bright Southern California sun with a track temperature of 100.4 F, as Tommy Milner started the No. 92 M3 from third and Bill Auberlen behind the wheel of the No. 90 M3 in fourth.   At the 30-minute mark with 21 laps completed, Milner held onto the thir...
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  • MILNER AND MÜLLER RACE NO. 92 BMW RAHAL LETTERMAN RACING TEAM M3 TO SECOND IN GT2 AT ST. PETE
    Created: Wednesday, April 15, 2009
    Tommy Milner and Dirk Müller raced the No. 92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team M3 to a second place GT2 class finish today at the Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg. The duo completed 86 laps in the one-hour-and-fifty-five minute race. The podium finish was the first for the Milner/Müller duo and for the new BMW of North America M3 racing program. The race began under bright Florida sunshine with Bill Auberlen starting the No. 90 M3 from third and Tommy Milner behind the wheel of the No. 92 M3, fourth on the grid. Both M3s settled into the fourth and fifth spots as the race passed the 30-minute mark. Auberlen was the first to pit on lap 28. After a quick pit stop for tires and fuel, Joey Hand attempted to pull away, but the car would not fire. The crew performed some quick diagnostics, but unfortunately the No. 90 M3 was retired. Milner had moved the No. 92 M3 into third before pitting on lap 35. Müller returned to the race in fourth, but was soon back in a ...
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  • BMW RAHAL LETTERMAN RACING TEAM M3s WILL START ST. PETE RACE FROM THIRD AND FOURTH ON GT2 GRID
    Created: Monday, April 13, 2009
    After setting the fastest GT2 class time in the one-hour practice session immediately before qualifying, the BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team M3s qualified in the third and fourth GT2 class starting positions for tomorrow’s Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg.   Joey Hand, co-driving the No. 90 M3 with Bill Auberlen, will start third after recording a 1:13.262 minute lap on his fourth circuit around the 1.8-mile, 14-turn temporary street course. Dirk Müller’s third lap of the 20-minute session, 1:13.458 minutes, will put him next to Hand, fourth in the GT2 field. Müller will co-drive with Tommy Milner.   Earlier today, the 11-car GT2 field was greeted with a torrential downpour half way through the morning’s one-hour practice session. Both cars took to the track, but the chance to collect data during the team’s first laps at the 1.8-mile, 14-turn street circuit was limited.   The one-hour and-fifty-five minute Acura Sports ...
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