BMW celebrates 50 WTCC victories

The victory claimed by Andy Priaulx in the second race at Brno was BMW’s 50th in the FIA World Touring Car Championship since 2005.

BMW Motorsport director Mario Theissen paid a well deserved tribute to this successful programme: “Our heartiest congratulations to BMW Team RBM and Andy Priaulx. We are proud to have celebrated our 50th victory in the WTCC. There have been many memorable moments, such as Priaulx’s triumphs in Macau, or Alessandro Zanardi’s first win at Oschersleben in 2005. With the BMW 320i and also the BMW 320si we regularly featured at the sharp end during the past 124 races and were able to post victories even under very difficult circumstances. I hope we can improve our position during the course of this year so as to be fighting for the championship at the finale in Macau. My thanks to all the drivers, teams, and team members of BMW Motorsport who made these 50 victories possible.”

A total of eight drivers obtained victories for BMW in the WTCC since 2005: Andy Priaulx (17), Augusto Farfus (11), Jörg Müller (10), Dirk Müller (4), Alessandro Zanardi (4), Félix Porteiro (2), Duncan Huisman (1) and Sergio Hernández (1).