BMW Motorsport News – Issue 28/14.

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: Racing action in the heart of Cologne.
The DTM warmed up for the coming race weekend at the nearby Nürburgring (DE) with a spectacular show for fans in Cologne (DE). The Iconic circuit will host the seventh round of the 2014 DTM season on 17th August. One week before the DTM stars put pedal to the metal in the Eifel Mountains, the popular touring car series took over the city centre in Cologne. On Saturday, the series put on an entertaining programme at the Neumarkt, in the heart of the city. The action moved up a gear on Sunday: the Deutzer Bridge over the Rhine was transformed into a racetrack for DTM cars. Maxime Martin (BE) was flying the flag for BMW Motorsport. Martin put his foot down in the BMW M Performance Zubehör M4 DTM, putting on a spectacular show for spectators against the backdrop of the world famous Cologne Cathedral.

ADAC GT Masters: Hürtgen/Baumann and Team Schubert take the lead in the drivers’ and team championships.
Team Schubert was successful in the fifth round of the ADAC GT Masters season at the Slovakia Ring near Bratislava (SK). The team from Oscherschleben (DE) celebrated a one-two on Saturday: Claudia Hürtgen (DE) and Dominik Baumann (AT) won in the number 19 BMW Z4 GT3, ahead of their team-mates Jens Klingmann (DE) and Max Sandritter (DE), who were second in the number 20 sister car. Hürtgen and Baumann made it onto the podium again in the second race on Sunday, which they finished in third place. This saw the duo take the lead in the ADAC GT Masters drivers' championship. In addition, Team Schubert took the lead in the team rankings. Klingmann and Sandritter retired on the final lap of the second race when there was a collision with another vehicle in heavy traffic.

Japanese Super GT: BMW teams narrowly miss out on the podium in Fuji.
At the fifth race weekend of the Japanese Super GT Championship in Fuji (JP) all of the BMW Sports Trophy Teams made it into the top ten, but narrowly missed out on a podium spot. After 62 laps on the track at the foot of Mount Fuji, Nobuteru Taniguchi (JP) and Tatsuya Kataoka (JP) in the number 4 BMW Z4 GT3 were fourth to cross the finish line. With 96 points, the duo are now second in the drivers' standings. Fifth place went to the BMW Z4 GT3 driven by Akira Iida (JP) and Hiroki Yoshimoto (JP). Jörg Müller (DE) and Seiji Ara (JP) of BMW Sports Trophy Team Studie finished in seventh place and are fourth in the drivers' standings.

CTSCC: Borcheller and LaMarra win at Road America.
Terry Borcheller (US) and Mike LaMarra (US)  scored their first Street Tuner victory of the 2014 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge (CTSCC) season in the number 23 Burton Racing BMW 128i in  Saturday's race at Road America (US). BMW drivers were also fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth in the ST class. Bimmerworld Racing’s three 328is finished fifth, seventh and eighth, while Ted Giovanis (US) and David Murray (US) were sixth in the number 64 Team TGM 328i. In the Grand Sport class, the number 46 Fall-Line Motorsport BMW M3 of John Edwards (US) and Trent Hindman (US) finished fourth to keep 18-year old Hindman at the top of the GS drivers’ championship. The next best BMW M3 was the number 97 Turner Motorsport car of Tom Kimber-Smith (US) and Michael Marsal (US) in 13th.