How BMW won Le Mans, and why they never went back 

I laughed my ass off when that came up.

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"fly like an eagle" lol Fortunally, noone got hurt in those spectacular flights.

Mark Webber loves the clk gtr

@@kodato92 he loves the clk gtr to the moon and back

It is about one man, Newey. He made Williams, McLaren Mercedes and RBR great.

they were getting slapped around by ferrari and merc before rb.

I thought they met obscurity when the owners pushed Adrian Newie out of the team.

​@@matthewmillar3804Nah they fell into obscurity after BMW split ways.

Williams decided to stop developing a car that was competing for a championship to focus on the next years car as it had already hit its performance target. The new car wasn't competitive and Williams never truly recovered.

I was there and totally concur. Terrific race and even better noise from those cars; completely different sounds but each so compelling though I admit to preferring the LMR, especially as it drones on down a straight. I watched and did an audio recording from the stands right at the exit of turn 12 for what I remember was a practice session.

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Same, I'm gonna root my heart out for them!

Just curious, wasn't CanAm officially dissolved in the 70's? And if by that you mean open cockpit, does the AUDI dominance not count?

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Very likely.. Motorsport is all about money and knowing who to hire, BMW has alot more money than Audi. Even if Audi is in the VW group, they won't be handed the amount of money that BMW potentially can spend. BMW and Mercedes are both in the top 4 richest car brands in the world, very impressive considering that they are luxury brands.

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​@@spice3767 honest question, how was bmw difficult? Did you meet and interact with Paul Roache and Charlie Lam? I know Charlie was a good dude, Paul being the engine master I've always wondered if he was interesting in behavior?. Genuinely curious thanks.

@@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo Yha Charlie was good, didn’t meet Paul but obviously a very talented man, but think it was the overall difference in management between Williams and BMW didn’t gel, we had a very good 98 car and they wanted it changed as it didn’t fit the bmw look….we never got back to the performance of the first car and failed badly in 98, we was doing 100+ hour weeks for month, Williams told them in 99 give us the motor and leave rest to us, the motor was the I was told the weakest part of the package, I remember kristenson saying the Toyota wound pull a car length every gear change, but we could run another lap with the fuel. Bmw stuffed everyone before the 99 race, we was told we had no job on the shake down before the race, so everyone worked so very very very hard, had big issues with amount if hours and pressure, health etc and they pull out before the race, so that was nice of them. We thought it was a 1 car team, as the lead car was very strong, but the “second” car did the business and put in a great effort, was a good way to put 2 fingers upto bmw apparently they said they didn’t think we could win…🫣

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It inspired the LMP1's and LMP2'S so it left a bigger legacy for me.

You sound like a bitter Toyota fan. It’s an endurance race at the end of the day and often times as the saying goes “To finish first, first you must finish” It is fundamentally in this manner that so many ‘slower or underpowered’ Porsches won class victories at Le Mans vs the much higher powered Ferrari’s etc. Toyota has only ever won to this day at Le Mans during periods where no other major automakers have been present. Indeed, Porsche left after the end of the 919 Hybrid domination and only then was Toyota able to win the outright victory… though very hollow in mine and others opinions….

@@number1Schumacherfan Agreed that hollow victories are uninteresting. There have been far too many in the last 25 years. I'm a car fan and like engineering: go and have a closer look when you can at that Toyota.

@@Andrew-vx2ls I hope you don't over hype the win of the Mazda 787b because... Because it too was a lucky win with the losing car being the better racer..... Then you would be a hypocrite......

@@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo Have a look at the context each time. I attended these races. What has Mazda even got to do with this subject?

hahahaha my apologies - I will do it again

Explain? the early years were pretty consistent.... 2002 was pretty competitive, le mans win, touring car success, first two nurburing wins. European wrc champion, handicapped in the US trans am series. 3.0 CSL dominated touring car, successful in group 5 GT endurance, 6 series successful. E30 M3 dominated the world, E36 was successful, McLaren F1 was successful. The only time things got weird or wonky, would be the development of the M1 and the IMSA March M12 powered prototypes.

I don't think its fair to put it all down to luck. A 24hr endurance race is not the kind of thing that happens by accident - there was luck involved, but BMW created a solid foundation on which to capitalise on the luck they got imo

And the gt1 blowout

Well, they were leading before Mercs or Toyotas retired

@@andyscrumifi lol, i was just joking because mercedes were so dominant in that era

@@andyscrumifi the GT1 was definitely gaining tho

They did win a championship, won driver's championship in 1983 with the iconic M12 engine.....

@@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo Driver's championship is Not Relevant for Manufactuer. That's why there is a MANUFACTURER Championship. And, anyway... For such a renowned Manufacturer, it had to win Multiple championships, like Audi win more than a Decade at LeMans. One time is ONLY LUCK. 👎

To be fair BMW has mostly focused their motorsport efforts in touring car and as of now they are the most successful... E30 m3 most successful racecar besides the 935/935k3......... The 3.0 CSL, 2002, 6 series, E36, are all examples of their focus in touring car. Second BMW has always been a engine supplier.... From 80s Brabham, March prototypess, McLaren F1 they've never developed a chassis inhouse for Formula 1 and sports endurance.....

To finish 1st, first you must finish. Toyota at that time was one of many that could win 12 or 18 hours but not 24. To be fair many Factories have subcontracted to race teams or chassis builders. Sauber Mercedes, Dallara Ferrari 333SP, TWR Jaguar.