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Two race, two wins: Timo Glock wins in Spielberg on Sunday – BMW Team RMG triumphs in both races

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Two races, two wins – a perfect weekend for #bmw at the Red Bull Ring (AT): #timoglock (DE) celebrated the third win of his career in the popular touring car series in Sunday's #dtm race in #spielberg. The day before, Marco Wittmann (DE) got the 70th win in BMW's 250th #dtm race. This gave #bmw Team RMG reason to celebrate two days in a row.

Glock started Sunday's race from third on the grid and took the lead in the opening phase. A lead he refused to surrender at the wheel of the DEUTSCHE POST #bmw #m4dtm right down to the finish line. Five other #bmw drivers made it into the points thanks to another united team performance. Augusto Farfus (BR) finished in fourth place in the Shell #bmw #m4dtm. Right behind him, Maxime Martin (BE, SAMSUNG #bmw M4 DTM) and Tom Blomqvist (GB, Ice-Watch #bmw M4 DTM) finished in fifth and sixth. On the day after his Saturday victory in the Red Bull #bmw #m4dtm, Wittmann finished seventh. Bruno Spengler (CA) finished in ninth place in the #bmw Bank #m4dtm.

António Félix da Costa (PT) was unlucky: Starting from second on the grid, the #bmw Team Schnitzer driver also had his sights set on a good position for a large part of the race, before Edoardo Mortara (IT, Audi) hit the rear of his car in a duel, sending him into the gravel. He ended up finishing the race in 21st place. Martin Tomczyk (DE, #bmw M Performance M4 DTM) finished in 19th.

Reactions to the fourth race of the 2016 #dtm season.

Jens Marquardt (BMW Motorsport Director): “That was a very strong race by Timo. We had just the right strategy against the strong competition from Audi. It proved to be a very good decision to bring Timo in for an early pit stop. Mattias Ekström came on very strong again, but in the end it was enough. It was a perfect weekend for #bmw Team RMG, getting the wins in both races. My congratulations on this outstanding achievement, and well done to all the other #bmw drivers who finished in the points. They all did a fantastic job. Overall I am very happy with this weekend. As is so often the case, it was worth coming to #spielberg.”

Timo Glock (BMW Team RMG, 1st place): “This race was a dream. It couldn't have gone any better. I was able to pull away on the initial laps and then assert my lead after that. After the minor error in qualifying and the misfortune in Hockenheim, this was very satisfying, and #bmw Team RMG had a perfect weekend with the wins for Marco and me. This makes me really happy. In general, it was a magnificent weekend for #bmw.”

Facts and Figures.

Circuit/length/duration: 
Spielberg, 4.326 kilometres, 60 minutes plus 1 lap

Conditions: 
Sunny, 25 degrees Celsius

BMW Motorsport results: 
16 #timoglock (DE), #bmw Team RMG, DEUTSCHE POST #bmw #m4dtm – 1st place

18 Augusto Farfus (BR), #bmw Team MTEK, Shell #bmw #m4dtm – 4th place

36 Maxime Martin (BE), #bmw Team RBM, SAMSUNG #bmw #m4dtm – 5th place

31 Tom Blomqvist (GB), #bmw Team RBM, Ice-Watch #bmw #m4dtm – 6th place

11 Marco Wittmann (DE), #bmw Team RMG, Red Bull #bmw #m4dtm – 7th place

7 Bruno Spengler (CA), #bmw Team MTEK, #bmw Bank #m4dtm – 9th place

100 Martin Tomczyk (DE), #bmw Team Schnitzer, #bmw M Performance Parts #m4dtm – 19th place

13 António Félix da Costa (PT), #bmw Team Schnitzer, #bmw #m4dtm – 21st place

 

Useful information: 
Timo Glock won a race for the third time in his #dtm career. He celebrated his first two wins in Hockenheim (DE) in 2013 and in Oschersleben (DE) in 2015.

Glock was on the podium for the third time in his fifth race in #spielberg. He finished in third place in both 2013 and 2014.

BMW Team RMG is the first #bmw team to have won two #dtm races on a weekend since the reintroduction of the Saturday race in 2015.

The rear of António Félix da Costa's car was hit during Edoardo Mortara's (IT) overtaking manoeuvre, which sent him into the gravel. This saw him drop right down the field.

For the first time since the Saturday race in Oschersleben in 2015, seven of the eight #bmw M4 DTMs started from the top ten.

Félix da Costa started from the front row of the grid for the second time in his #dtm career.

Tomczyk was awarded a penalty for obstructing a rival in the qualifying race and was pushed back five starting positions. He started the race from 23rd on the grid.

 

2016 race calendar.

6th -8th May – Hockenheim (DE), 20 th -22 nd May – #spielberg (AT), 3rd -5th June – Lausitzring (DE), 24th -26th June – Norisring (DE), 15th -17th July – Zandvoort (NL), 19th -21st August – Moscow (RU), 9th -11th September – Nürburgring (DE), 23rd -25th September – Budapest (HU), 14th -16th October – Hockenheim (DE).

 

More information. 
You can find the latest #bmw Motorsport media information, the #dtm Press Kit, and copyright-free images for editorial purposes online at www.press.bmwgroup.com/global.

 

BMW Motorsport on the web.

Website: www.bmw-motorsport.com 
Facebook: www.facebook.com/bmwmotorsport 
Instagram: www.instagram.com/bmwmotorsport 
YouTube: www.youtube.com/bmwmotorsport 
Twitter: www.twitter.com/bmwmotorsport 
Google+: www.plus.google.com/+bmwmotorsport

 

About the #dtm. 
The #dtm is the most popular touring car series in the world. The series pits the three premium automobile manufacturers #bmw, Audi and Mercedes-Benz against each other in a sporting contest. #bmw fielded its first works teams from 1984 to 1992, during which time it claimed 49 race victories and won the Drivers’ Championship on three occasions (1984, 1987 and 1989). The manufacturer returned to the #dtm in 2012, since when it has won seven of a possible twelve titles. 18 races, spread over nine weekends, are scheduled for 2016. ARD broadcasts all the races live. Tickets for all the #dtm races are available here: https://tickets.bmw-motorsport.com/index.ht

13 António Félix da Costa (PT), #bmw Team Schnitzer, #bmw #m4dtm – 21st place

 

Useful information: 
Timo Glock won a race for the third time in his #dtm career. He celebrated his first two wins in Hockenheim (DE) in 2013 and in Oschersleben (DE) in 2015.

Glock was on the podium for the third time in his fifth race in #spielberg. He finished in third place in both 2013 and 2014.

BMW Team RMG is the first #bmw team to have won two #dtm races on a weekend since the reintroduction of the Saturday race in 2015.

The rear of António Félix da Costa's car was hit during Edoardo Mortara's (IT) overtaking manoeuvre, which sent him into the gravel. This saw him drop right down the field.

For the first time since the Saturday race in Oschersleben in 2015, seven of the eight #bmw M4 DTMs started from the top ten.

Félix da Costa started from the front row of the grid for the second time in his #dtm career.

Tomczyk was awarded a penalty for obstructing a rival in the qualifying race and was pushed back five starting positions. He started the race from 23rd on the grid.

 

2016 race calendar.

6th -8th May – Hockenheim (DE), 20 th -22 nd May – #spielberg (AT), 3rd -5th June – Lausitzring (DE), 24th -26th June – Norisring (DE), 15th -17th July – Zandvoort (NL), 19th -21st August – Moscow (RU), 9th -11th September – Nürburgring (DE), 23rd -25th September – Budapest (HU), 14th -16th October – Hockenheim (DE).

 

More information. 
You can find the latest #bmw Motorsport media information, the #dtm Press Kit, and copyright-free images for editorial purposes online at www.press.bmwgroup.com/global.

 

BMW Motorsport on the web.

Website: www.bmw-motorsport.com 
Facebook: www.facebook.com/bmwmotorsport 
Instagram: www.instagram.com/bmwmotorsport 
YouTube: www.youtube.com/bmwmotorsport 
Twitter: www.twitter.com/bmwmotorsport 
Google+: www.plus.google.com/+bmwmotorsport

 

About the #dtm. 
The #dtm is the most popular touring car series in the world. The series pits the three premium automobile manufacturers #bmw, Audi and Mercedes-Benz against each other in a sporting contest. #bmw fielded its first works teams from 1984 to 1992, during which time it claimed 49 race victories and won the Drivers’ Championship on three occasions (1984, 1987 and 1989). The manufacturer returned to the #dtm in 2012, since when it has won seven of a possible twelve titles. 18 races, spread over nine weekends, are scheduled for 2016. ARD broadcasts all the races live. Tickets for all the #dtm races are available here: https://tickets.bmw-motorsport.com/index.html