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BMW Motorsport is merged with BMW M GmbH

Restructuring in Munich: BMW Motorsport will be merged with BMW M GmbH from April 1, 2021, as Motorsport-Magazin.com has learned. Mike Krack, who has been working for BMW again since 2014 after various positions, will take over the management of the motorsport department.

In his role, the previous BMW Head of Race and Test Engineering, Operations & Organization reports to BMW M GmbH Managing Director Markus Flasch, who took over as Head of Motorsport on a temporary basis after Jens Marquardt left in November 2020.

The merger is intended to create a foundation for the future of motorsport at BMW - and that is currently wide open. In addition to the exit from the DTM and the announced departure from Formula E, BMW also reduced its works involvement in the IMSA series: This year, two BMW M8 GTEs will only compete in the remaining three endurance races of the US racing series.

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For some time now, the focus has been on the development of the new customer sports car BMW M4 GT3, which will replace the discontinued model BMW M6 GT3 from 2022. In its final year, the M6 ​​competes in the DTM thanks to customer outings by Walkenhorst Motorsport and ROWE Racing. For the M4 GT3, which is to be homologated in September, races outside of the competition are planned for 2021.

BMW is in a transition year in motorsport. Rumors of a future entry into the newly created hypercar class have been circulating in the scene for some time. Audi and Porsche will be involved in the LMDh (Le Mans Daytona hybrid) category from 2023, while Toyota, Glickenhaus, Peugeot (from 2022) and Ferrari (from 2023) have decided to develop an LMH (Le Mans Hypercar).

BMW M GmbH is a subsidiary of BMW founded in 1972 as BMW Motorsport GmbH. Racing visionary Jochen Neerpasch managed the fortunes from 1973 to 1979 as chairman of the management board. In 1992 the BMW Individual business group was integrated into BMW Motorsport GmbH and in 1993 the company was renamed BMW M GmbH.