As the name suggests, motorsport is integral to BMW’s M division. We recall its ten most famous successes
. After the drama and controversy of aerodynamically unstable Mercedes flipping out, it came down to BMW versus Toyota. On Sunday morning, the Williams-built #17 BMW had a four-lap lead when its throttle stuck, causing it to crash. Once the Toyota threat was ended by a puncture, the #15 was left to score BMW’s only overall Le Mans win . Beside Nelson Piquet’s 1983 F1 world title, it remains BMW’s greatest motorsport achievement.
Starting third at Imola, he dropped the McLarens of David Coulthard and Mika Häkkinen to lead all the way. He and especially team-mate Juan Pablo Montoya pushed2008 Canadian Grand PrixThe brittle marriage between BMW and Williams ended in 2005, whereupon BMW bought the Sauber team to do Formula 1 on its own terms.
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