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BMW i ANDRETTI MOTORSPORT LOOKING TO BACK UP STRONG PERFORMANCES IN MEXICO

Having started the season with three impressive displays, the BMW i Andretti Motorsport team now travels to the Mexico City E-Prix, with its sights set on challenging for top results with both BMW iFE.18s in round four of this season’s ABB FIA Formula E Championship. The BMW i8 Coupe Safety Car is also set to attract its fair share of attention, as it sports its new design for the first time at the race weekend in Mexico.

STRONG GRID NUMBERS SET TO RISE FOR 2019 12H MUGELLO

Interest continues to grow for the L’autodromo del Mugello’s return to the 24H SERIES calendar. With just a little more than a month to go before the Hankook 12H MUGELLO on 29-30 March, provisional grid numbers for the 2019 European Championship season opener have already surpassed 50, and look set to increase further with entries still available for GT and TCE teams and drivers.

ALESSANDRO ZANARDI: “IT HAS BEEN SIMPLY FANTASTIC ALL THE WAY”

BMW works driver Alessandro Zanardi (ITA) attracted global attention with his start at the 24 Hours of Daytona (USA) in the BMW M8 GTE. The Italian was the focus of reporting all over the world and was the fans’ favourite at Daytona. Run by BMW Team RLL, the #24 BMW M8 GTE that Zanardi shared with John Edwards (USA), Jesse Krohn (FIN) and Chaz Mostert (AUS), had been modified with a special hand-operated braking system by BMW M Motorsport. After several minor set-backs in the race, the quartet came home ninth in the GTLM class. Victory went to the sister car, the #25 BMW M8 GTE, with Connor De Phillippi (USA), Augusto Farfus (BRA), Philipp Eng (AUT) and Colton Herta (USA) at the wheel. In an interview, Zanardi looks back at the “24 Hours of Daytona” project.

ERIK JOHANSSON IS THE NEW BMW MOTORSPORT JUNIOR FOR 2019

After an intensive three-day selection procedure, the decision has been made: Erik Johansson (SWE) has been accepted onto the 2019 BMW Motorsport Junior Programme. The 22-year-old former BMW Customer Racing driver triumphed over three other candidates in Wednesday’s shoot-out in the BMW Motorsport simulator. As a reward, a substantial part of his training programme will see him contest the entire coming season of the Italian GT Championship at the wheel of the BMW Team Italia BMW M6 GT3. On Monday and Tuesday, 16 candidates underwent a comprehensive programme of physical, mental and communication tests. The top four participants then went through to the simulator shoot-out.

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