Today we have some very nice European racing action from the Nürburgring Nordschleife. The video was filmed during the 3rd lap of a 4-hour-race that took place there.
The car with the camera is a modified BMW Z4 Motorsport, but since this car "only" has about 400 horsepower the guys at Getrag decided to mount a […]

BMW's M1 Procar series will see a small rebirth as it makes it's return to the German Grand Prix in Hockenheim July 19th and 20th.
In a previous article on Ridestory, I referred to the history of the original M1 and the Procar series born from it.
Current BMW Motorsport Director Mario Theissen talked about the upcoming […]

The field is set for Sunday’s French Grand Prix.
Despite mixed results from Friday and Saturday’s practices at the Magny-Cours circuit, which saw the hometown Renaults quickest on the timesheets, it was the red cars of Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa that dominated qualifying.
The pole marks the 200th for such grid slot for […]

Robert Kubica joined a small fraternity of drivers yesterday when he secured his first-ever Formula One victory at the Canadian Grand Prix. He becomes the fifth driver to claim maiden victory in Canada, hot on the heels (wheels?) of McLaren rival Lewis Hamilton, who won his first race here in 2007.
Kubica, Nick Heidfeld, […]

Robert Kubica has just led teammate Nick Heidfeld and the entire BMW Sauber team home to a 1-2 victory at the Grand Prix of Canada. This is Kubica's first victory, the Bavarian team's first win of the season, and its first ever as a constructor. 
The win propels Kubica into first in the driver's championship, and […]

The grid is set for Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix, and today’s qualifying sessions delivered a few surprises.
Chief among them is Lewis Hamilton’s pole in the McLaren, a lap at 1:17.886 and fully .6 seconds quicker than the 2nd-place car of BMW driver Robert Kubica.
In this sport of tenths, six of them over one lap […]

Could he be in the running, scrapping it out with the talented Lewis Hamilton?

BMW's Formula 1 drive, Nick Heidfeld in collaboration with the folks at bmw-tv.de, has decided to take the Formula 1 fans in a virtual lap around the Monaco F1 circuit. He gets into a lot of details on how the F1 car should be driven around the Monaco track.
I was talking the other day with […]

It is five days until F1’s Friday practice commences at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal. The track is a temporary course on the St. Lawrence River, and it spans the manmade Ile Notre Dame. Each year it is gathered up from the island’s meandering streets, lots of curb, big bleachers, and some Armco barriers. 
What […]

To race fans, we may be seeing the earliest stage of a new trend in auto racing…hybrid technology. But in this case it's not to improve fuel economy but enhance the cars performance in a way that's more environmentally friendly.
 Just announced yesterday, BMW Motorsports is developing a hybrid drive to be used on it's Formula […]

Mixed weather conditions in Monaco. Just the thing to stir up the nattering, passless procession that inevitably occurs here each May.
As the lights went out for the start, the rain fell in earnest. Polesitter Felipe Massa in the Ferrari got away quickly, but Lewis Hamilton in 3rd got the jump on the 2nd place […]

Despite rain-slicked streets around Monaco this morning, the sunshine did its job to dry and warm the circuit before the 750-hp machines made their qualifying runs.
Though the McLaren-Mercedes cars of Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen looked to be the cars to beat following Thursday and Friday practices, it was the Ferrari of Felipe Massa […]

Monaco. The name itself–the very place–invokes visions of royalty and glamour, of deep blue sea and deeper pockets of green.
For fans of Formula One, Monaco means even more. It means Alberto Ascari and his 1955 plunge into the Harbor. It means Graham Hill and his five victories, Ayrton Senna and his six.
With its undulating, narrow […]

In the two weeks since the Malaysian Grand Prix, most of the talk and F1 gossip should have centered on the early season battle of pace between Ferrari, McLaren, and an impressive BMW Sauber. Instead, most of the rumors and finger-wagging had to do with Max Mosely, president […]

BMW Sauber solidified its early season placement near the top of the F1 pecking order with fine results at the Grand Prix of Malaysia.
Following Saturday qualifying, there was a bit of drama as McLaren drivers Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen were each handed a five-spot penalty for blocking the racing line on their slow-down […]