BMW M Motorsport season review 2024: 215 wins, over 1,000 races, and over 1,000,000 kilometres. – AutoMart Canada

Munich. BMW M Motorsport looks back on an intense 2024 season
that, in addition to victories, titles, and podium finishes, has
produced some other impressive figures. The three current race cars,
the BMW M Hybrid V8, the BMW M4 GT3, and the BMW M4 GT4, together
celebrated 215 wins, completed more than 1,000 races, and covered
over one million kilometres. There was also cause for celebration in
automotive gaming
.

With the BMW M Hybrid V8 prototype, BMW M Motorsport faced the
toughest competition in global motorsport. Its debut year in the FIA
World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC) and its second year in the IMSA
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (IMSA series) posed significant
challenges for engineers, teams, and drivers. After initial
disappointments, a strong upward trend emerged, culminating in the
first 1-2 finish for BMW M Team RLL in the IMSA series and the first
podium for BMW M Team WRT in the FIA WEC. The hard work is reflected
in the numbers, with a total of 82,400 racing and testing kilometres,
equivalent to 460 hours.

The BMW M4 GT3, in its third season, secured 50 victories and ten
global titles. Key achievements include team titles for Schubert
Motorsport in the DTM and Team WRT in the Fanatec GT World Challenge
Europe powered by AWS, as well as the driver’s title for Charles
Weerts (BEL) in the Intercontinental GT Challenge. The BMW M4 GT3
secured podium positions at the major 24-hour races at Daytona (USA),
Nürburgring (GER), Le Mans (FRA), and Spa-Francorchamps (BEL),
although failing to score a big win this time. At the FIA GT World Cup
in Macau (CHN), the car achieved a 1-2 in the qualification race and
second and third places in the main race. Over the season, the GT3
flagship accumulated more than 380,000 racing kilometres.

The BMW M4 GT4, in its second season, won the first-ever SRO global
GT4 Manufacturer’s title. The title was determined over 50 events with
95 races across Europe, Asia, Australia, and America. In 2024, BMW M
Motorsport customer teams raced the BMW M4 GT4 in 770 races, winning
164 of them. Successes with the three current BMW M Motorsport race
cars were complemented by numerous triumphs for private teams with the
BMW M2 CS Racing, BMW M240i Racing, and many other self-built BMW
models from various generations.

The 2024 season was also a complete success for BMW M Motorsport in
automotive gaming. BMW M Team Redline triumphed at the prestigious
Esports World Cup, the grand finale of the ESL R1 racing series, both
in the team standings and with Kevin Siggy (SLO) in the driver’s
standings. His teammate Sebastian Job (GBR) was named “Sim Racer of
the Year” at the 2024 Esports Awards.

Andreas Roos (Head of BMW M Motorsport): “The figures
for the 2024 season of BMW M Motorsport are impressive and underline
our strong commitment to various areas of motorsport. From the top
class in prototype racing to professional GT3 sport, pure customer
racing with the BMW M4 GT4 and many other cars, as well as automotive
gaming, BMW M Motorsport is one of the biggest competitors worldwide.
I am very pleased with this strong performance and congratulate all
the teams and drivers who were able to celebrate successes in BMW M
Motorsport cars in 2024. Next season, we are determined to go even
further with the BMW M Hybrid V8 and the further developed EVO models
of our GT cars, aiming for the top step of the podium at the major
season highlights.”

Björn Lellmann (Head of Customer Racing at BMW M
Motorsport): “Congratulations and thank you to all BMW M
Motorsport customer teams that contributed to our impressive season
figures in the GT sector. Customer racing has been one of the central
pillars of our racing programme for decades, and the successes on the
track and the loyalty of our teams confirm our commitment to continue
this tradition with full force. In 2025, the BMW M4 GT3 EVO and the
BMW M4 GT4 EVO will play the leading roles, but we also have our
newcomer in the pipeline, the entry-level BMW M2 Racing, which we are
preparing for its debut season in 2026 with intensive testing. I can’t
wait for it to start again in January with the first endurance
highlights in Dubai and at Daytona.”