Team RMG

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Flag of Germany.svg BMW Team RMG
Founded2010
Founder(s)Stefan Reinhold
Base Andernach, Rhineland-Palatinate
Former series Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
Teams'
Championships
2 (2014 and 2016)
Drivers'
Championships
2 (2014 and 2016)
Marco Wittmann at the 2014 Hungarian DTM race MarcoWittmannHungaroringDTM2014.jpg
Marco Wittmann at the 2014 Hungarian DTM race

Team RMG better known as BMW Team RMG, is a German racing team founded in late 2010 by Stefan Reinhold, in order to race in the DTM in 2012, also coinciding with BMW return to the championship after 20 Years of absence from the championship, despite being a team build from the scratch, they signed 26 employees and many others for the 2012 season, with many previously worked for various racing teams, in 2012 the debut year of the team, Martin Tomczyk the reigning DTM champion from 2011 signed with BMW and he was placed in RMG, while Joey Hand the first American driver to race in a factory squad in the DTM and member from the BMW American Le Mans Series team, was also placed in the team.

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The 2012 started strongly for the team with Tomczyk scoring podium finishes at the Red Bull Ring in Austria, at Norisring and in the Nürburgring, however he retired in the next three races and finished 14th in Hockenheimring, while Hand scored points in the Red Bull Ring and in the final race of the season in Hockenheimring ending the year with 6 points, while Tomczyk scored 69 points in the season, scoring three less from his championship year. (The DTM put in place a new points system in the 2012 season). For 2013 Tomczyk will continue with the team while Hand is now placed in BMW Team RBM, Former 3-time World Touring Car Championship champions driver Andy Priaulx has replaced Hand in Team RMG.

The team is based in Niederzissen, in former Zakspeed headquarters also near the Nürburgring.

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

(key)

YearEntrantCarNoDriver12345678910PosPoints
2012 BMW Team RMG BMW M3 DTM 1 Flag of Germany.svg Martin Tomczyk HOC
Ret
LAU
7
BRH
4
SPL
2
NOR
2
NÜR
3
ZAN
Ret
OSC
Ret
VAL
Ret
HOC
14
8th69
2 Flag of the United States.svg Joey Hand HOC
13
LAU
14
BRH
13
SPL
9
NOR
14
NÜR
18
ZAN
14
OSC
11
VAL
15†
HOC
8
20th6
2013 BMW Team RMG BMW M3 DTM 15 Flag of Germany.svg Martin Tomczyk HOC
13
BRH
14
SPL
Ret
LAU
19
NOR
Ret
MSC
17
NÜR
5
OSC
20†
ZAN
11
HOC
19
19th10
16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Priaulx HOC
17†
BRH
19
SPL
19
LAU
22
NOR
9
MSC
20
NÜR
16
OSC
19
ZAN
19
HOC
6
20th10
2014 BMW Team RMG BMW M4 DTM 23 Flag of Germany.svg Marco Wittmann HOC
1
OSC
19
HUN
1
NOR
6
MSC
4
SPL
1
NÜR
1
LAU
6
ZAN
2
HOC
5
1st156
23 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Maxime Martin HOC
20
OSC
14
HUN
6
NOR
17
MSC
1
SPL
15
NÜR
7
LAU
14
ZAN
6
HOC
Ret
7th47

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

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