Facts and figures since BMW's return to the DTM in 2012

October 19, 2015 by BMW

Hockenheim (DE), 18th October 2015. BMW's fourth season in the DTM since returning to the series in 2012 ended with the Manufacturers' title in Hockenheim (DE).

This is the latest chapter in the Bavarian manufacturer's success story in the most fiercely-contested touring car series in the world. In the 247 races BMW has contested in the DTM since 1984, it has achieved 69 victories and 50 pole positions.

An overview of the key facts and figures from the 2015 season and the four years since the DTM comeback.

2015 season.

BMW Motorsport won five races in 2015, with each of the four BMW DTM teams victorious on at least one occasion.

For BMW Team RMG, Marco Wittmann (DE) triumphed in Zandvoort (NL) and Maxime Martin (BE) won the team's home race at the Nürburgring (DE). BMW Team MTEK tasted success in Oschersleben (DE), courtesy of Timo Glock (DE). Rookie Tom Blomqvist (GB) was victorious in Oschersleben for BMW Team RBM. António Félix da Costa (PT) climbed onto the top step of the podium for BMW Team Schnitzer in Zandvoort (NL).

Victories for António Félix da Costa and Tom Blomqvist this season mean that all eight BMW DTM drivers have now won at least one DTM race in their careers.

BMW drivers made 19 appearances on the podium in 2015.

When Blomqvist won in Oschersleben, he was just 21 years 9 months and 14 days old. This made him the second youngest driver ever to win a DTM race. Only the new DTM champion Pascal Wehrlein (DE, Mercedes) was younger when he claimed his first victory.

BMW won the Manufacturers' Championship, although it trailed the leader by 217 points (48:265 points) after two of the nine race weekends.

BMW picked up 167 of a possible 196 points in Oschersleben – more than any other manufacturer scored on one single race weekend.

Since the DTM comeback in 2012.

BMW has won the Manufacturers' title for the third time in four years, meaning it has now picked up at least one title every year since returning to the series. In 2012, BMW achieved a remarkable hat-trick, winning the Drivers', Team and Manufacturers' titles. It followed this with the Manufacturers' title in 2013 and victory in the Drivers' and Team competitions in 2014.

BMW has now won seven of a possible 12 titles in the four years since making its comeback.

Over the course of the past four years, BMW has claimed 20 wins, 20 pole positions and 54 podiums, putting it ahead of the opposition in all three categories.

Tom Blomqvist is the fourth BMW DTM driver in a row to be unofficially crowned 'Rookie of the Year'. He follows in the footsteps of Augusto Farfus (BR, 2012), Marco Wittmann (DE, 2013) and Maxime Martin (BE, 2014).

With ten wins to its name, the BMW M4 DTM has now drawn level with its predecessor the BMW M3 DTM in terms of the number of DTM victories.

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