BMW Motorsport News – Issue 42/14.

Whether in the DTM, the United SportsCar Championship, or countless other championships: week after week BMW teams and drivers around the world do battle for points, victories and titles. Away from the track too, members of the large BMW Motorsport family around the world are also creating headlines. The “BMW Motorsport News” allows us to regularly summarise all the action for you in a compact and informative manner. This way, you are always up to speed.

DTM: ADAC crowns Marco Wittmann the motorsport personality of the year.
At the ADAC SportGala at the ADAC headquarters in Munich (DE) the automobile association honoured this season's winners. Everyone was eager to see who would be the ADAC motorsport personality of 2014. DTM champion Marco Wittmann (DE) received the trophy, the large Christophorus made of Nymphenburg porcelain, from ADAC sports president Hermann Tomczyk. “Marco Wittmann impressively showed that he was the deserved winner of the title in the most popular international touring car series,” said Tomczyk. Each year a specialist jury made up of representatives from the ADAC and journalists picks the ADAC motorsport personality of the year. This year it was Wittmann who was chosen in the most important category. BMW Motorsport director Jens Marquardt picked up the award for the BMW Team RMG driver.

DTM: Champions' party for BMW Team RMG at the Nürburgring.
At a party in the BMW Lounge at the Nürburgring (DE), BMW Team RMG looked back on the successful 2014 DTM season once again. Team members, partners and friends of the team from Niederzissen (DE) – including BMW Motorsport director Jens Marquardt – accepted team principal Stefan Reinhold's (DE) invitation to celebrate winning the drivers' and team standings, and the “Rookie of the Year” title for Maxime Martin (BE). “It was a fantastic party,” said DTM champion Marco Wittmann (DE). “It's been a few weeks since our big success, which makes it twice as much fun to celebrate with the guys. But you can tell that everyone is really looking forward to next season already.”

FIA Formula E Championship: Second race of the season in Malaysia.
The Putrajaya ePrix saw the second round of the FIA Formula E Championship take place this weekend in Malaysia. As the “Official Vehicle Partner”, BMW once again sent the BMW i8 Safety Car and the BMW i3 Medical Car onto the track to ensure safety in the trendsetting race series for Formula vehicles with electric drive. BMW DTM driver António Félix da Costa (PT) also made his racing debut for Team Amlin Aguri and finished eighth. He had to miss the first race in Beijing (CN) as it coincided with a DTM race. Victory in the Putrajaya ePrix went to Sam Bird (GB). He won from Lucas di Grassi (BR) and Sébastien Buemi (CH).