Schnitzer Motorsport


Schnitzer Motorsport is a motorsport team based in Freilassing near Munich, Germany. From the early days of its establishment, the team has operated an automobile racing squad for BMW, and has remarkable results in touring car and sports car racing scenes. The team often runs the cars for BMW under the name of "BMW Motorsport".
Currently as of 2012, the team has operated the DTM team for BMW under the name of "BMW Team Schnitzer".

History

The team was founded in 1967 by the brothers Josef and Herbert Schnitzer. Their stepfather Karl Lamm had a car repair shop and dealer business. The brothers started racing in 1962, and Josef Schnitzer won the 1966 German Championship in a BMW 2000ti. In 1968, both retired from active race driving to focus on the business and the race team.
In the 1970s, the Schnitzer's younger half-brothers Karl and Dieter Lamm joined the team, with Charly Lamm acting as team manager at the race tracks. In 1978, Josef Schnitzer died in an accident, and Herbert Schnitzer remained as the boss.
Apart from having the BMW dealership and Motorsport team based in Southern Germany's Bavaria, they also own a BMW tuning specialist concern in the far north near the border of Belgium and the Netherlands, in Aachen. As this city has the license plate code AC, they called this branch AC Schnitzer.
and World Touring Car Championship as a BMW squad, BMW Team Germany.
Since the 1960s, the Schnitzer team has been mainly active with BMW and BMW M cars in Touring car racing like the European Touring Car Championship, the Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft, the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft and the World Touring Car Championship. In the 2000s, they mainly competed as "BMW Team Germany" in the WTCC with drivers Jörg Müller, Dirk Müller, and Augusto Farfus from 2005 to 2009.
In 1977 and 1978 Schnitzer tried to take on the mighty Porsche 935 in the DRM. They developed a Group 5, turbocharged silhouette version of the RA40 Toyota Celica and raced it with modest success. The best finish of the Celica LB Turbo was a fourth at Nürburgring in 1977, but with dismal reliability the next year Schnitzer withdrew and returned their focus to BMWs.
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Schnitzer was also active in Sports car racing and Endurance racing, e.g. the ALMS and Le Mans Series.
On 26 January 2011 it was announced that Schnitzer Motorsport, under the name Team Schnitzer, would run Andy Priaulx's GT2 M3 in the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup
In 2012, BMW Team Schnitzer, along with BMW Team RBM, and Reinhold Motorsport GmbH, each line up with two BMW M3 DTM cars in the DTM.
In September 2018, Charly Lamm announced that he will step down from his role at Schnitzer at the end of the year. He died unexpectedly on 24 January 2019.

Major wins

; Championships
; Races
YearEntrantCarNoDriver123456789101112131415161718PosPoints
2012BMW Team SchnitzerBMW M3 DTM7 Bruno SpenglerHOC
Ret		LAU
1		BRH
2		SPL
Ret		NOR
3		NÜR
1		ZAN
6		OSC
1		VAL
6		HOC
1		1st149
2012BMW Team SchnitzerBMW M3 DTM8 Dirk WernerHOC
17		LAU
19		BRH
16		SPL
Ret		NOR
10		NÜR
12		ZAN
8		OSC
4		VAL
9		HOC
5		9th29
2013BMW Team SchnitzerBMW M3 DTM1 Bruno SpenglerHOC
5		BRH
2		SPL
1		LAU
7		NOR
6		MSC
19		NÜR
14		OSC
21†		ZAN
20		HOC
3		3rd82
2013BMW Team SchnitzerBMW M3 DTM2 Dirk WernerHOC
2		BRH
12		SPL
8		LAU
13		NOR
11		MSC
8		NÜR
15		OSC
13		ZAN
21†		HOC
8		13th30
2014BMW Team SchnitzerBMW M4 DTM9 Bruno SpenglerHOC
6		OSC
12		HUN
3		NOR
11		MSC
2		SPL
10		NÜR
12		LAU
15		ZAN
16		HOC
12		11th42
2014BMW Team SchnitzerBMW M4 DTM10 Martin TomczykHOC
7		OSC
9		HUN
13		NOR
Ret		MSC
13		SPL
4		NÜR
8		LAU
8		ZAN
3		HOC
7		6th49
2015BMW Team SchnitzerBMW M4 DTM13 António Félix da CostaHOC
1
13		HOC
2
20		LAU
1
19		LAU
2
14		NOR
1
12		NOR
2
12		ZAN
1
2		ZAN
2
1		SPL
1
13		SPL
2
10		MSC
1
11		MSC
2
22		OSC
1
3		OSC
2
4		NÜR
1
9		NÜR
2
15		HOC
1
11		HOC
2
7		11th*79*
2015BMW Team SchnitzerBMW M4 DTM77 Martin TomczykHOC
1
Ret		HOC
2
4		LAU
1
12		LAU
2
11		NOR
1
6		NOR
2
11		ZAN
1
Ret		ZAN
2
Ret		SPL
1
Ret		SPL
2
12		MSC
1
17		MSC
2
Ret		OSC
1
8		OSC
2
20		NÜR
1
WD		NÜR
2
9		HOC
1
15		HOC
2
10		19th27*
2016BMW Team SchnitzerBMW M4 DTM13 António Félix da CostaHOC
1
7		HOC
2
Ret		SPL
1
22		SPL
2
21		LAU
1
15		LAU
2
14		NOR
1
9		NOR
2
DSQ		ZAN
1
6		ZAN
2
17		MSC
1
20		MSC
2
19		NÜR
1
20		NÜR
2
19		HUN
1
16		HUN
2
3		HOC
1
4		HOC
2
Ret		17th43
2016BMW Team SchnitzerBMW M4 DTM100 Martin TomczykHOC
1
12		HOC
2
9		SPL
1
5		SPL
2
19		LAU
1
Ret		LAU
2
18		NOR
1
12		NOR
2
10		ZAN
1
19		ZAN
2
11		MSC
1
21		MSC
2
23		NÜR
1
16		NÜR
2
12		HUN
1
23		HUN
2
9		HOC
1
20		HOC
2
10		21st16

* Season still in progress.
† Driver did not finish, but completed 75% of the race distance.