Schnitzer Motorsport






BMW Schnitzer CSL 1973


Schnitzer Motorsport is a motorsport team based in Freilassing near Munich, Germany. From the early days of its establishment, the team has operated an automobile racing squad for BMW, and has remarkable results in touring car and sports car racing scenes. The team often runs the cars for BMW under the name of "BMW Motorsport".


Currently as of 2012, the team has operated the DTM team for BMW under the name of "BMW Team Schnitzer".




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Major wins


    • 2.1 Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results




  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





History


The team was founded in 1967 by the brothers Josef (August 7, 1939–August 31, 1978) and Herbert Schnitzer (b. June 5, 1941). Their stepfather Karl Lamm had a car repair shop and dealer business. The brothers started racing in 1962, and Josef Schnitzer won the 1966 German Championship in a BMW 2000ti. In 1968, both retired from active race driving to focus on the business and the race team.


In the 1970s, the Schnitzer's younger half-brothers Karl ("Charly") and Dieter Lamm joined the team, with Charly Lamm acting as team manager at the race tracks. In 1978, Josef Schnitzer died in an accident, and Herbert Schnitzer remained as the boss.


Apart from having the BMW dealership and Motorsport team based in Southern Germany's Bavaria, they also own a BMW tuning specialist concern in the far north near the border of Belgium and the Netherlands, in Aachen. As this city has the license plate code AC, they called this branch AC Schnitzer.




In the 2000s, Schnitzer Motorsport competes in the European Touring Car Championship (ETCC) and World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) as a BMW squad, BMW Team Germany.


Since the 1960s, the Schnitzer team has been mainly active with BMW and BMW M cars in Touring car racing like the European Touring Car Championship, the Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft, the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft and the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC). In the 2000s, they mainly competed as "BMW Team Germany" in the WTCC with drivers Jörg Müller, Dirk Müller, and Augusto Farfus from 2005 to 2009.


In 1977 and 1978 Schnitzer tried to take on the mighty Porsche 935 in the DRM. They developed a Group 5, 560 PS (412 kW) turbocharged silhouette version of the RA40 Toyota Celica and raced it with modest success. The best finish of the Celica LB Turbo was a fourth at Nürburgring in 1977, but with dismal reliability the next year Schnitzer withdrew and returned their focus to BMWs.[1]




Schnitzer's BMW M3 GT2 at the 2010 1000 km of Zhuhai.


Schnitzer was also active in Sports car racing and Endurance racing, e.g. the ALMS and Le Mans Series.
On 26 January 2011 it was announced that Schnitzer Motorsport, under the name Team Schnitzer, would run Andy Priaulx's GT2 M3 in the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup[2]


In 2012, BMW Team Schnitzer, along with BMW Team RBM, and Reinhold Motorsport GmbH, each line up with two BMW M3 DTM cars in the DTM.[3]


In September 2018, Charly Lamm announced that he will step down from his role at Schnitzer at the end of the year.[4] He died unexpectedly on 24 January 2019.[5]




Major wins


Championships


  • 1978 Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft (Harald Ertl, BMW 320i Turbo)

  • 1983 European Touring Car Championship (Dieter Quester, BMW 635 CSi)


  • 1986 European Touring Car Championship (Roberto Ravaglia, BMW 635 CSi)


  • 1987 World Touring Car Championship (Roberto Ravaglia, BMW M3)

  • 1988 European Touring Car Championship (Roberto Ravaglia, BMW M3)

  • 1989 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (Roberto Ravaglia, BMW M3)

  • 1989-1991 Italian Touring Car Championship (1989: Johnny Cecotto and 1990-1991: Roberto Ravaglia, BMW M3, BMW M3 Evolution)

  • 1991 Nissan Mobil 500 Series (Emanuele Pirro, Joachim Winkelhock, BMW M3 Evolution)


  • 1993 British Touring Car Championship (Champion: Joachim Winkelhock and Runner-up: Steve Soper, BMW 318i)


  • 1994 Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship (Joachim Winkelhock, BMW 318i)

  • 1995 Japanese Touring Car Championship (Steve Soper, BMW 318is) and 1995 Super Tourenwagen Cup (Joachim Winkelhock)

  • 1998 Super Tourenwagen Cup (Johnny Cecotto), BMW 320i


  • 2001 American Le Mans Series GT (Jörg Müller, BMW M3 GTR V8)


  • 2012 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (Bruno Spengler) (BMW M3 DTM)


Races


  • 1976 1000km Nürburgring (Albrecht Krebs, Dieter Quester, BMW 3.5 CSL)

  • 1985-1986 Spa 24 Hours (Roberto Ravaglia, Gerhard Berger, Marc Surer, Dieter Quester, Altfrid Heger, Thierry Tassin) (BMW 635 CSi)

  • 1988 Spa 24 Hours (Roberto Ravaglia, Altfrid Heger, Dieter Quester) (BMW M3)

  • 1988-1991 Wellington 500 (Roberto Ravaglia, Emanuele Pirro, Johnny Cecotto, Joachim Winkelhock, BMW M3, BMW M3 Evolution)

  • 1990 Spa 24 Hours (Johnny Cecotto, Fabien Giroix, Markus Oestreich, BMW M3 Evolution) [6]

  • 1991 24 Hours Nürburgring (BMW M3 Evolution)

  • 1992 Guia Race (1–2–3 finish, Winner: Emanuele Pirro, Runner-up: Joachim Winkelhock and Third: Roberto Ravaglia, BMW M3 Evolution)

  • 1992 Pukekohe 500 (Emanuele Pirro, Joachim Winkelhock, BMW M3 Evolution)

  • 1994 Guia Race (1–2 finish, Winner: Joachim Winkelhock, Runner-up: Steve Soper, BMW 318i)

  • 1998 24 Hours Nürburgring (BMW 320d)


  • 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans (BMW V12 LMR)

  • 2004-2005 24 Hours Nürburgring (1–2 finishes two years in a row, BMW M3 GTR V8)

  • 2010 24 Hours Nürburgring (Jörg Müller, Augusto Farfus, Uwe Alzen, Pedro Lamy, BMW M3 GT2)

  • 2018 FIA GT World Cup (Augusto Farfus, BMW M6 GT3)



Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results


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Year
 Entrant
 Car
 No
 Driver
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
 10
 11
 12
 13
 14
 15
 16
 17
 18
 Pos
 Points

2012
 BMW Team Schnitzer
BMW M3 DTM
 7
Canada Bruno Spengler
HOC
Ret
LAU
1
BRH
2
SPL
Ret
NOR
3
NÜR
1
ZAN
6
OSC
1
VAL
6
HOC
1








1st
149
8
Germany Dirk Werner
HOC
17
LAU
19
BRH
16
SPL
Ret
NOR
10
NÜR
12
ZAN
8
OSC
4
VAL
9
HOC
5







9th
 29

2013
 BMW Team Schnitzer
BMW M3 DTM
 1
Canada Bruno Spengler
HOC
5
BRH
2
SPL
1
LAU
7
NOR
6
MSC
19
NÜR
14
OSC
21†
ZAN
20
HOC
3








3rd
82
2
Germany Dirk Werner
HOC
2
BRH
12
SPL
8
LAU
13
NOR
11
MSC
8
NÜR
15
OSC
13
ZAN
21†
HOC
8







13th
 30

2014
 BMW Team Schnitzer
BMW M4 DTM
 9
Canada Bruno Spengler
HOC
6
OSC
12
HUN
3
NOR
11
MSC
2
SPL
10
NÜR
12
LAU
15
ZAN
16
HOC
12








11th
42
10
Germany Martin Tomczyk
HOC
7
OSC
9
HUN
13
NOR
Ret
MSC
13
SPL
4
NÜR
8
LAU
8
ZAN
3
HOC
7







6th
 49

2015
 BMW Team Schnitzer
BMW M4 DTM
 13
Portugal António Félix da Costa
HOC
1
13
HOC
2
20
LAU
1
19
LAU
2
14
NOR
1
12
NOR
2
12
ZAN
1
2
ZAN
2
1
SPL
1
13
SPL
2
10
MSC
1
11
MSC
2
22
OSC
1
3
OSC
2
4
NÜR
1
9
NÜR
2
15
HOC
1
11
HOC
2
7
 11th*
 79*
77
Germany Martin Tomczyk
HOC
1
Ret
HOC
2
4
LAU
1
12
LAU
2
11
NOR
1
6
NOR
2
11
ZAN
1
Ret
ZAN
2
Ret
SPL
1
Ret
SPL
2
12
MSC
1
17
MSC
2
Ret
OSC
1
8
OSC
2
20
NÜR
1
WD
NÜR
2
9
HOC
1
15
HOC
2
10
 19th
 27*

2016
 BMW Team Schnitzer
BMW M4 DTM
 13
Portugal António Félix da Costa
HOC
1
7
HOC
2
Ret
SPL
1
22
SPL
2
21
LAU
1
15
LAU
2
14
NOR
1
9
NOR
2
DSQ
ZAN
1
6
ZAN
2
17
MSC
1
20
MSC
2
19
NÜR
1
20
NÜR
2
19
HUN
1
16
HUN
2
3
HOC
1
4
HOC
2
Ret
 17th
 43
100
Germany Martin Tomczyk
HOC
1
12
HOC
2
9
SPL
1
5
SPL
2
19
LAU
1
Ret
LAU
2
18
NOR
1
12
NOR
2
10
ZAN
1
19
ZAN
2
11
MSC
1
21
MSC
2
23
NÜR
1
16
NÜR
2
12
HUN
1
23
HUN
2
9
HOC
1
20
HOC
2
10
 21st
 16

* Season still in progress.
† Driver did not finish, but completed 75% of the race distance.



References





  1. ^ Chong, Rod (2009-02-19). "Bigger Than Life: The Schnitzer Celica". Speedhunters.com. Archived from the original on 2011-01-19. Retrieved 2011-01-31..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "WTCC: Full ILMC season for Andy Priaulx". TouringCarTimes. Archived from the original on 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2011-01-26.


  3. ^ BMW Motorsport presents the teams for its DTM project. BMW Motorsport. 10 March 2011.


  4. ^ Tamara Aller (19 September 2018). "Schnitzer legend Charly Lamm steps back from team manager role". Retrieved 19 November 2018.


  5. ^ "BMW Motorsport mourns the loss of Charly Lamm". 25 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.


  6. ^ http://www.racingsportscars.com/etcc/photo/Spa-1990-07-22.html?sort=Results




External links








  • Official website (in German)


  • The history of the Team Schnitzer - by AC Schnitzer official website










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