BMW Motorsport - Formula One Season Review 2006.

Contents. Season 2006 in review. 2 Interview with BMW Motorsport Director Mario Theissen. 3 Season's soundbites. 6 Facts and figures. 10 GP Bahrain. 12 GP Malaysia. 12 GP Australia. 12 GP San Marino. 13 GP Europe. 13 GP Spain. 13 GP Monaco. 13 GP Britain. 14 GP Canada. 14 GP USA. 15 GP France. 15 GP Germany. 15 GP Hungary. 16 GP Turkey. 16 GP Italy. 16 GP China. 17 GP Japan. 17 GP Brazil. 17 Results and statistics. 19

Season 2006 in review.
On the right track.

Munich/Hinwil, 22nd October 2006. 16 months to the day after BMW announced a
major shift in its Formula One involvement - the Munich company disclosed its
takeover of the majority stake in Sauber on 22nd June 2005 -
the first season with a BMW led team is already history. As its maiden year in
motor sport's top-echelon event draws to a close, the new BMW Sauber F1 Team
can report a positive final outcome.

The German-Swiss team finished fifth in the constructors' championship.
In the duel with Toyota, the BMW Sauber F1 Team managed to secure
a narrow 36 : 35 victory. In the season's 18 races, Mönchengladbach driver Nick
Heidfeld made it into the points ten times, collecting a tally of 23
and finishing ninth in the drivers' championship. Robert Kubica of Poland, who
replaced Jacques Villeneuve (7 points) from round 13 on, contributed six points
and finished 16th. Heidfeld secured the first podium place of the season in
Budapest when he crossed the finishing line in third place. Kubica likewise
came third at Monza in only his third Formula One GP.

The BMW Sauber F1 Team drivers made the third round of qualifying
19 times in all. Jointly they got into the top ten qualifying seven times.

BMW Motorsport Director Mario Theissen draws a commensurately positive
conclusion: "All in all, this is more than the motor sport world could have
expected of a newly established team. But far more important than that is the
fact we managed to make steady progress throughout the season and narrowed the
gap to the competition. The grand prix stage is gradually revealing all the
hard graft and determined effort that go on behind the scenes."