An extraordinary trio of BMW Motorsport drivers will line up at the first joint race event between the DTM and the Japanese SUPER GT series in Fuji (JPN). One of the drivers is now confirmed: BMW works driver and BMW Brand Ambassador, Alessandro Zanardi (ITA).
Alessandro Zanardi (ITA) has his next assignment in a BMW race car at the beginning of October. The BMW works driver will contest the penultimate round of the 2019 Italian GT Championship season at Mugello (ITA) with BMW Team Italia from 4th to 6th October. Zanardi will share the cockpit of a modified BMW M6 GT3 with BMW Motorsport Junior Erik Johansson (SWE) and Stefano Comandini (ITA).
Since Saturday, the 185th Oktoberfest on the Theresienwiese has once again been thrilling millions of visitors from all over the world. This can mean only one thing: it is time for the BMW Wiesn Sport-Stammtisch. For the ninth time, BMW invited well-known athletes and guests from various sports, as well as its sport and brand ambassadors, to the largest and most famous fair in the world.
BMW works driver Alessandro Zanardi (ITA) returns to the cockpit of a race car: at the DTM races at Misano, Italy (25th/26th August), the 51-year-old will make a guest appearance in a BMW M4 DTM. The BMW M Motorsport engineers, who have worked with Zanardi in the past, are currently collaborating with him on the development of a system to modify the BMW M4 DTM to suit his needs.
It was his big goal for this triathlon season: Alessandro Zanardi (ITA) aimed to stay under the nine-hour mark in a long distance triathlon and the BMW brand ambassador accomplished his mission this Saturday. Zanardi completed the Barcelona triathlon in Spain with a time of 8:58.59 hours.
BMW Brand Ambassador Alessandro Zanardi (ITA) concluded the 2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, by winning his tenth world title. The third competition for him on the schedule at this event was the team relay on Sunday. Zanardi and his team-mates Paolo Cecchetto and Luca Mazzone, forming the Italian national team, dominated the race and successfully defended their world title.
The second competition for BMW Brand Ambassador Alessandro Zanardi (ITA) at the 2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, turned out to be a real thriller. The decider of the 60.7 kilometre road race came in an exciting sprint to the finish. In the end, Zanardi claimed second place and the silver medal – crossing the line wheel to wheel with the winner Tim de Vries (NED).
The world para-cycling elite are meeting in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, for the 2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships – and Alessandro Zanardi (ITA) lives up to his role as a favourite. On Thursday, the BMW Brand Ambassador won the time trial in the MH5 category (men’s hand-cycle), defending his world title in the discipline.
On his way to the World Championship event in Hawaii, BMW brand ambassador Alessandro Zanardi has bettered his personal best time in a long distance triathlon. This Sunday, the 50-year old Italian competed in the Austria-Kärnten triathlon in Klagenfurt and crossed the line after 9:08.38 hours.
BMW brand ambassador Alessandro Zanardi has successfully passed his first endurance test of the year. This Sunday, the Italian competed in the IRONMAN 70.3 Italy in Pescara (ITA). He completed the total distance of 113 kilometres in a time of 4 hours, 26 minutes and 58 seconds. In the overall classification, he claimed 26th place. Nearly 1.100 athletes took part in this triathlon at the Italian Adriatic coast.
With preparations for the 35th America’s Cup in full swing, ORACLE TEAM USA and skipper Jimmy Spithill received a visit from a big name from the world of motorsport: BMW works driver Alessandro Zanardi visited the team base in Bermuda. The Italian experienced the “flight over water” of the OTUSA “AC-50” high-tech yacht “17” as it completed a high-speed training session off the coast of Bermuda.
In 2014, Alessandro Zanardi (ITA) discovered his passion for triathlon, and now he is preparing to tackle more of the challenges in 2017. On 2nd July, the BMW brand ambassador and BMW works driver will compete in the long distance triathlon Austria-Kärnten in Klagenfurt, and in October, he plans his third entry in the legendary event in Hawaii (USA).
Preparations for Rio de Janeiro (BR) are in full swing for Alessandro Zanardi (IT). From 7th to 18th September, the BMW Brand Ambassador will contest the Paralympic Games* for the second time. Back in 2012, he won two gold medals in the para-cycling time trial and road race at the London games, a success he aims to repeat this year in Rio de Janeiro.
It was a successful weekend for BMW Brand Ambassador Alessandro Zanardi (IT) in Ostende. The Belgian city hosted the UCI Para-Cycling Road World Cup, which marked Zanardi’s first major para-cycling event of the season. The 49-year old leaves Belgium with two victories in the road race and the team relay and a second place in the time trial.
BMW Brand Ambassador Alessandro Zanardi (IT) has started his 2016 para-cycling season with a win and a new race record: this Sunday, the 49-year old celebrated his fifth victory at the prestigious Rome Marathon (IT). On this occasion, the BMW works driver also bettered the outright race record he set in 2012 by two and a half minutes.
The fifth season has descended upon Munich (DE). Since Saturday, the 182nd Oktoberfest has been attracting millions of people from all over the world to the Theresienwiese. In glorious late summer weather, BMW gathered its sporting ambassadors and well-known athletes from various disciplines at the traditional BMW Wiesn Sport-Stammtisch at the largest and most famous festival in the world.
The next highlight of the 2015 endurance season is just around the corner for BMW Motorsport: the iconic 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps (BE) gets underway in just 30 days from now. The official test day at the “Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps” on Wednesday heralded the final phase of preparations for the BMW teams. Eight BMW teams sent a total of nine BMW Z4 GT3s onto the legendary circuit.
BMW Motorsport has entered the final phase of its very special project: this Wednesday (24th June), BMW works drivers Alessandro Zanardi (IT), Timo Glock (DE) and Bruno Spengler (CA) will join the official test day for the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (BE) in their modified BMW Z4 GT3. Over the past months, a team of up to nine engineers have developed numerous innovative technical solutions for that special project.
BMW works drivers Alessandro Zanardi (IT), Timo Glock (DE) and Bruno Spengler (CA) spent an important weekend at Le Castellet (FR): in preparation for the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (BE), they contested their first race together in the modified BMW Z4 GT3. On Saturday they took part in the 6 Hours of Paul Ricard, which was the third round of the 2015 Blancpain Endurance Series.
The next major step is done in a very special project: BMW works drivers Alessandro Zanardi (IT), Bruno Spengler (CA) and Timo Glock (DE) took to the track for the first time with the modified BMW Z4 GT3 which they will race at the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (BE) at the end of July. This week, they completed a successful two-day roll-out at “Adria International Raceway” (IT).
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