Backing Down From A Good Fight? BMW Ends LeMans Speculation Stating It Has No Desire To Follow The Pack

For BMW the LeMans endurance races saw both great wins and disappointing runs. The 24-hour race scheduled for this year will see the ‘usual’ suspects playing to win it with Audi, Toyota, Porsche and Nissan duking it out. Is there any room for BMW in there?

 According to BMW Motorsport boss Jens Marquardt, no. In a recent interview for Autosport, the man came out straight up and said that the company he represents would just be fifth in line in case it decided to start a new LMP1 project and that just doesn’t fit its philosophy.
 

Yonder7 - 6/9/2015 2:33:45 PM

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cyberlancer: Agree ...or finances are not as good as they say...

Dr550 - 6/9/2015 6:03:31 PM

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Back in midseason 2008, BMW F1 driver Kubica was the points leader. He was begging for new aero upgrades to stay competitive but BMW decided to focus on the 2009 auto. He eventually lost the lead and for 2009 BMW pulled out of F1 for good due to financial reasons. What could have been.