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BMW Racing News -
2006 Archive | American LeMans Series
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Written by Jeff Seabrook
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Saturday, 22 July 2006 |
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Portland, Ore. – July 21, 2006… BMW Team PTG rebounded after a disappointing previous weekend’s Utah Grand Prix to run strongly in practice and qualifying for tomorrow’s Portland Grand Prix. Bill Auberlen qualified the No. 21 BMW Team PTG M3 he will share with Joey Hand fourth for the team’s second best qualifying effort of the season. His time of 1:13.375 minutes around the 1.944-mile Portland International Raceway was only .606 seconds from pole sitter Jaime Melo’s Ferrari. “It is so hot here that I knew I would only get one lap to set a quick time,” said Auberlen. “As I was exiting the pits I moved over to give a competitor room, but he slowed and held me up costing me valuable time. A little more than a tenth of a second would have put me second in class.” Bryan Sellers, driving the No. 22 BMW Team PTG M3, qualified eighth with a lap of 1:14.010 minutes. He will co-drive with Justin Marks. He said, “We have struggled a bit with balance so far this weekend, but have made progress every session. With a little more time I believe we could have certainly moved up a few positions, but the No. 22 M3 is definitely raceable. This is by far the hottest the inside of the car has ever felt. The shifter is so hot that you can’t keep your hand on it for long. I don’t think there is anything we can do except hydrate and prepare for a long, hot race.” BMW Team PTG last raced in Portland in the 2001 with Boris Said and Hans Stuck winning the GT class from the pole in a M3 GTR. The two-hour-and-forty-five-minute Portland Grand Prix is scheduled to start at 6:00 p.m. PT tomorrow and will be broadcast on CBS television Sunday, July 23 at 3 p.m. ET. Write Comment - 0 Comments so far. |
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BMW Racing News -
2006 Archive | American LeMans Series
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Written by Jeff Seabrook
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Tuesday, 18 July 2006 |
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Tooele, Utah. – July 18, 2006… Bill Auberlen and Joey Hand, driving the No. 21 BMW Team PTG M3, finished a team-best sixth in last weekend’s Utah Grand Prix at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah. Starting from the eighth position the duo completed 58 laps of the 4.5-mile, 24-turn circuit in the two-hour-and-forty-five-minute contest. Combined with two consecutive top-five finishes in the last two races the sixth place moves the duo to 13th in GT2 driver points. Justin Marks and Bryan Sellers, driving the No. 22 BMW Team PTG M3, finished ninth, completing two laps less than their teammates after having to make an unscheduled pit stop late in the race. They stand 18th in driver points. Auberlen started the No. 21 M3, running as high as sixth, before pitting for tires and fuel just before the one-hour mark. He remained in the car for another hour before Hand entered the car after service. Hand reentered the race in seventh and on an exciting final lap split the two Panoz Esperantes to finish sixth. Marks pitted the No. 22 M3 following Auberlen and, following the same strategy, stayed in the car. He pitted a second time to hand off to Sellers for the final 45 minutes of the race. Following the last of the races caution periods and within the final 15 minutes of the race Sellers pitted with a vibration. The crew replaced the tires and Sellers continued, but the third stop dropped him to the ninth finishing position. “After a solid performance at Mid-Ohio and reaching the podium at Lime Rock we were certainly hoping for better results than we achieved this weekend,” said Larry Koch, M Brand and Motorsport Manager for BMW of North America, LLC. “The team never gave up despite quite a few problems that this new track threw at us. Portland is next and we won the last time we raced there.” Round 6 of the American Le Mans Series, the Grand Prix of Portland will be held on July 19 – 22 at Portland International Raceway. The race will be televised on CBS television on July 23 beginning at 3:00 p.m. ET. BMW Team PTG last raced in Portland in the 2001 with Boris Said and Hans Stuck winning the GT class from the pole in a M3 GTR. Write Comment - 0 Comments so far. |
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BMW Racing News -
2006 Archive | Formula 1 Championship
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Written by Jeff Seabrook
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Monday, 17 July 2006 |
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Weather: sunny, dry and very hot, 34-36°C air, 47-56°C track
Magny Cours (FRA). Nick Heidfeld secured another World Championship point for the BMW Sauber F1 Team in the French Grand Prix, after moving up from 11th on the grid to eighth. Jacques Villeneuve started from 16th and finished 11th in the hot Magny Cours race.
Nick Heidfeld: 8th
BMW Sauber F1.06-02/BMW P86
My car was okay, I scored a point and more was not possible today. Unusually for me, my start was only average. I didn't gain any positions, but I didn't lose any either. On the first lap I overtook David Coulthard in the hairpin, and that was important as at the finish he was only a few seconds behind me. All in all my race was trouble free and I rarely got stuck in traffic, although I was wrongly shown blue flags for Pedro de la Rosa.
Jacques Villeneuve: 11th
BMW Sauber F1.06-05/BMW P86
The beginning was exciting and I had to overtake Rubens Barrichello, but after that it was quite a boring race. The car was very good. When I came in for the pit stops the tyres were good and then for a few laps I needed to run them in, but by the end of the runs they were quick again. It was the right choice, we thought it was a big risk but, as we expected, once the track rubbered in it worked well. The only problem was my qualifying result.
Mario Theissen (BMW Motorsport Director):
It was a typical Magny Cours race with not a lot of overtaking and few incidents. In view of this our hopes of climbing from midfield to the front were limited. Despite this Nick scored a point from 11th on the grid and Jacques made up five positions. Taking into account the starting positions, this is an acceptable result. This track also demonstrated there is a significant gap to the top of the field. Before Hockenheim we will work hard on the development of the car.
Willy Rampf (Technical Director):
As it is difficult to overtake here and considering our cars' grid positions, the only sure way to improve our positions was during pit stops. The championship point was well earned. Being realistic about Jacques' chances, there was no hope of him getting points from 16th on the grid, although his overtaking manoeuvre was very good. Both Jacques and Nick drove consistently in a race during which we had no technical problems. We are working hard to improve the car's performance for Hockenheim.
Test in Jerez: 19.07. - Heidfeld/Kubica, 20.07. - Heidfeld/Kubica, 21.07. - Villeneuve/KubicaWrite Comment - 0 Comments so far. |
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BMW Racing News -
2006 Archive | American LeMans Series
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Written by Jeff Seabrook
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Saturday, 15 July 2006 |
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Tooele, Utah. – July 15, 2006… The new Miller Motorsports Park circuit just outside Salt Lake City, Utah proved a challenge for BMW Team PTG as they qualified their two BMW M3s eighth and ninth in the GT2 field for today’s inaugural American Le Mans Series Utah Grand Prix. Joey Hand, who will co-drive the No. 21 BMW Team PTG M3 with Bill Auberlen, qualified eighth with a time of 2:48.759 minutes around the 4.5-mile, 24-turn track. Justin Marks qualified the No. 22 BMW Team PTG M3 ninth with a time of 2:50.414 minutes. He will share the car with Bryan Sellers in the race. BMW Team PTG recently delivered their best finish of the season, a third and fourth, at the New England Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park on July 1. The two-hour-and-forty-five-minute Utah Grand Prix is scheduled to start at 6:00 p.m. local time today. The race will be broadcast on CBS television at 2 p.m. ET tomorrow. Write Comment - 0 Comments so far. |
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BMW Racing News -
2006 Archive | Formula 1 Championship
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Written by Jeff Seabrook
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Monday, 10 July 2006 |
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BMW Sauber F1 Team appoints
Markus Duesmann as Head of Powertrain F1
Munich, 10th July 2006. The technical division of the BMW Sauber F1 Team is expanding further: as of 1st January 2007, Markus Duesmann will take the responsibility in Munich as head of Powertrain Formula One. Duesmann takes over the position from Heinz Paschen, who will leave the company by mutual consent.
Duesmann will report directly to BMW Motorsport Director Mario Theissen. Willy Rampf remains Technical Director of the BMW Sauber F1 Team.
Theissen says: "Markus Duesmann has approached BMW, because he was looking for a new challenge. His ideas for the way of working and leading a team match our point of view. We are convinced Markus Duesmann is the right person to fill this key position. His experience will aid us to continue the building process for one team based in two locations, in Munich and Hinwil. For six years Heinz Paschen has formed a solid basis for our work thanks to his constant efforts and invaluable knowledge. All the BMW F1 engines in recent years have been developed under his guidance."
Duesmann looks ahead to his new tasks with excitement: "The BMW Sauber F1 Team is undergoing a development phase and this means a great challenge. As head of powertrain F1 my task lies not only in technology, but also in the design of structures and processes as well as in the close co-operation between the two factories. I want to put all my experience into this project and support the team on its way up."
Duesmann was born on 23 June 1969 in Heek (Germany). He grew up in Rheine and gained his degree in mechanical engineering at the Fachhochschule of Steinfurt. He then worked for Mercedes-Benz for four years and afterwards eight years with FEV Motorentechnik in Aachen. After his return to DaimlerChrysler at the beginning of 2004, Duesmann's final position there was head of development F1 engines at Mercedes-Benz HighPerformanceEngines in Brixworth (Great Britain).Write Comment - 0 Comments so far. |
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BMW Racing News -
2006 Archive | Formula 1 Championship
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Written by Jeff Seabrook
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Monday, 03 July 2006 |
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Weather: sunny, dry and very hot, 36-37°C air, 38-55°C track
Indianapolis (USA). After a good qualifying performance the BMW Sauber F1 Team left the U.S. Grand Prix on Sunday empty handed. Nick Heidfeld had moved up to seventh after the start when he was involved in a first corner accident. His car rolled several times, but the German escaped unhurt. Jacques Villeneuve was also seventh when he retired on lap 24 with an engine failure.
Jacques Villeneuve: Retired with engine failure
BMW Sauber F1.06-02/BMW P86
The car was feeling good and we had quite a lot of grip. We were running strong and were quite a bit faster than the three cars ahead of us, so I was just waiting for the pit stops to see what happened. The engine just gave up, sad because it was the first race on this engine so something must have gone wrong. It was very disappointing as we could have been in the points today.
Nick Heidfeld: Accident after the start
BMW Sauber F1.06-04/BMW P86
I escaped unhurt from the accident. I don't know exactly what happened. It looks as if there was another accident before this. I had a very good start, and had already made up three positions so was almost next to Jacques. Then all of a sudden I was airborne. It is such a shame as we have been really strong here.
Mario Theissen (BMW Motorsport Director):
A strong qualifying was followed by a disappointing race. It looks as if Indianapolis for BMW is always associated with some special drama. At the first corner Nick was already involved in an accident. The crash wasn't his fault and ended with the car rolling over several times. Luckily he wasn't hurt. On Jacques' car we had a sudden engine failure. We will only be able to analyse in Munich what caused this failure. In Magny-Cours we have to try and regain some lost ground.
Willy Rampf (Technical Director Chassis):
Obviously it is a great pity that both cars retired here. Nick had a very good start, but unfortunately his race was over in the first corner. Also Jacques was well placed when he retired. Our strategy would have worked out.
Test in Jerez:
05.07. - Kubica/Vettel, 06.07. - Heidfeld/Kubica, 07.07. - Heidfeld/KubicaWrite Comment - 0 Comments so far. |
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