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The BMW Sauber F1.08 was the Formula One racing car with which the BMW Sauber team competed in the 2008 Formula One World Championship. The chassis was designed by Willy Rampf , Walter Reidl, Christoph Zimmermann and Willem Toet with the powertrain being designed by Markus Duesmann .
At Le Mans, the car ran a clean race and managed to finish, though it was down on pace, finishing 7 laps down on the next-best placed Hypercar. Thanks to its reliability, however, only encountering a few issues, it beat both BMWs and Alpines , due to the latter's mechanical issues and accidents, which left the Isotta Fraschini in 14th.
Three unique models that BMW Motorsport created for the South African market were the E23 M745i (1983), which used the M88 engine from the BMW M1, the BMW 333i (1986), which added a six-cylinder 3.2-litre M30 engine to the E30, [133] and the E30 BMW 325is (1989) which was powered by an Alpina-derived 2.7-litre engine.
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BMW WilliamsF1 Team FW24: BMW P82 3.0 V10: M: 5. 6. Ralf Schumacher Juan Pablo Montoya: 92 2nd 2003: BMW WilliamsF1 Team FW25: BMW P83 3.0 V10: M: 3. 4. 4. Juan Pablo Montoya Ralf Schumacher Marc Gené: 144 2nd 2004: BMW WilliamsF1 Team FW26: BMW P84 3.0 V10: M: 3. 4. 4. 4. Juan Pablo Montoya Ralf Schumacher Marc Gené Antônio Pizzonia: 88 4th ...
As well as winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2006, the R10 TDI beat the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP in 2007, and in 2008, (however Peugeot won the 24h in 2009) with a podium clean-sweep (all four 908 entries retired) while breaking a distance record (set by the Porsche 917K of Martini Racing in 1971), in 2010 with the R15 TDI Plus.
In GTD Pro, the No. 1 BMW, which had been in the lead fight most of the race, suffered brake issues, resulting in a loose wheel and an off-track incident that put it two laps behind the no. 62 Ferrari. With the BMW losing time, the 62 Ferrari held a one lap lead over its closest competitor in the No. 77 AO Racing Porsche. [54] [55]