BMW M Motorsport (formerly BMW Motorsport) is the division of

BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, trading as BMW Group (commonly abbreviated to BMW (), sometimes anglicised as Bavarian Motor Works), is a German multinational manufacturer of vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Th ...

responsible for motorsport-related activities, including works-run competition programmes in

touring car racing Touring car racing is a motorsport road racing competition that uses race-prepared touring cars. It has both similarities to and significant differences from stock car racing, which is popular in the United States. While the cars do not move a ...

sports car racing Sports car racing is a form of motorsport road racing that uses sports cars with two seats and enclosed wheels. They may be either purpose-built Sports prototype, sports prototypes, which are the highest level in sports car racing; or grand to ...

motorcycle racing The motorcycle sport of racing (also called moto racing and motorbike racing) includes motorcycle road racing and off-road racing, both either on circuits or open courses, and track racing. Other categories include hill climbs, drag racing and ...

. The current organisation is a result of a restructure in April 2021, bringing together the

BMW M BMW M GmbH, formerly known as BMW Motorsport GmbH, is a subsidiary of BMW AG that manufactures high-performance luxury cars. BMW M ("M" for "motorsport") was initially created to facilitate BMW's racing program, which was very successful in ...

high-performance division with the competitive motorsport division. Key personnel include Franciscus van Meel, CEO of BMW M GmbH, and Andreas Roos, Head of BMW M Motorsport.

Teams

GTP/Hypercar (Endurance sportscar)

BMW M Team RLL *

IMSA SportsCar Championship The IMSA SportsCar Championship, currently known as the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship under sponsorship, is a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada and organized by the International Motor Sports Association (I ...

BMW M Team WRT *

FIA World Endurance Championship The FIA World Endurance Championship, abbreviated as WEC, is a world championship for automobile endurance racing organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The se ...

GT racing (sportscar)

GT3

Ceccato Racing: * Italian GT Championship

Century Motorsport Century Motorsport is a professional motor racing team based in Fenny Compton, Warwickshire, in the United Kingdom. They currently participate in the Ginetta GT4 Supercup, the British GT Championship The British GT Championship is a sports ...

: * GT World Challenge Europe,

British GT Championship The British GT Championship is a sports car racing series based predominantly in the United Kingdom. The series was originally created by the British Racing Drivers' Club in 1993 and, for its first two seasons, was known as the National Sports G ...

FK Performance Motorsport: *

ADAC GT Masters The ADAC GT Masters is a grand tourer-based auto racing series founded by the international Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) and supported by the German ADAC automotive club. Similar to an earlier ADAC GT Cup series in the 1990s, the new GT ...

Paul Miller Racing *

ROWE Racing ROWE Racing is the motor racing team of the German lubricant manufacturer Rowe Mineralölwerk. Since 2011, ROWE Racing has competed in series such as the Nürburgring Endurance Series, the GT World Challenge Europe (former Blancpain GT Series), th ...

* GT World Challenge Europe, Nürburgring 24 Hours, Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie Schubert Motorsport: *

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, commonly abbreviated as the DTM, is a sports car racing series sanctioned by ADAC. The series is based in Germany, with rounds elsewhere in Europe. The series currently races a modified version of Group GT3 gra ...

ST Racing: * GT World Challenge America Team AAI: * Thailand Super Series Team KRC * GT World Challenge Asia Team Studie: *

Super GT Super GT (stylized as SUPER GT) is a sports car racing series that began in 1993. Launched as the , generally referred to as the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC), the series was renamed to Super GT in 2005. It is the top level of ...

Team RMG: * Nürburgring 24 Hours, Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie

Team WRT W Racing Team (known as Team WRT) is a Belgium, Belgian auto racing team founded in 2009 by engineer and former head of Volkswagen Motorsport René Verbist, racing driver Vincent Vosse, and entrepreneur Yves Weerts. Between 2010 and 2022 the team ...

: *

Intercontinental GT Challenge The Intercontinental GT Challenge is a sports car racing series developed by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation, SRO Group in 2016. It consists of international Endurance racing (motorsport), endurance races for grand tourer racing cars complying w ...

, GT World Challenge Europe Turner Motorsport: *

, GT World Challenge America

GT4

* Auto Technic Racing * Bimmerworld Racing * Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport *

* Giti Tire Motorsport By WS Racing * Fast Track Racing * FK Performance Motorsport * Hofor Racing by Bonk Motorsport * Inspire Racing * JJ Motorsport * Random Vandals Racing * Rooster Hall Racing * Schubert Motorsport * Stephen Cameron Racing * Team Avia Sorg Rennsport * Turner Motorsport * Walkenhorst Motorsport * W&D Racing Team

DTM

* Team RMG - also responsible for M's test and development efforts in GT. See

for BMW's historical involvement in DTM. From 2021 onwards the DTM series ran GT3 cars For 2023, announcements are on hold pending reorganisation of the DTM series under new ownership.

Racecars

Current

* BMW M235i Racing * BMW M240i Racing * BMW M2 CS Racing * BMW M4 GT3 * BMW M4 GT4 * BMW M4 GT4 Concept * BMW M Hybrid V8

Factory drivers

2025 factory drivers

Alphabetical order. Full season details TBC.

Notable former factory drivers

* Tom Blomqvist * Nicky Catsburg * Stef Dusseldorp *

John Edwards Johnny Reid Edwards (born June 10, 1953) is an American lawyer and former politician who represented North Carolina in the United States Senate from 1999 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the vice presidential nominee under ...

* Joel Eriksson * Antonio Felix da Costa * Timo Glock * Colton Herta * Erik Johansson * Mikkel Jensen * Maxime Martin *

Chaz Mostert Chaz Michael Mostert (born 10 April 1992) is an Australian professional racing driver competing in the Supercars Championship, Repco Supercars Championship. He currently drives the No. 25 Ford Mustang GT for Walkinshaw Andretti United. Mostert ...

* Markus Palttala * David Pittard * Alexander Sims * Bruno Spengler * Nick Yelloly

References

External links

* {{BMW German auto racing teams European Le Mans Series teams German racecar constructors FIA World Endurance Championship teams American Le Mans Series teams British Touring Car Championship teams 24 Hours of Le Mans teams Official motorsports and performance division of automakers