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21 May 2003, 02:14 (Ref:605496)
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Formula BMW
Anyone here knows about formula BMW ?
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21 May 2003, 03:40 (Ref:605522)
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well it is not the one I was testing in I am sure- this was an All Oval BMW powered series car to be a 'junior' league to the IRL, it was a 1200cc BMW motorcycle engine openwheel car fun fast and good for small ovals but it had another name attached to it, which was owned by the guy who tarted it and Yada yada yada it is defunct
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21 May 2003, 04:08 (Ref:605535)
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Uhm, WTF? I've never heard a damn thing about a Formula BMW connection with the IRL.
Formula BMW is just a small-bore "first winged" formula, like Formula Renault or FF2000. I couldn't find technical regs, but here's a photo: http://eur.news1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.c.../311850979.jpg |
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21 May 2003, 06:05 (Ref:605574)
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there´s fbmw in germany, good racing, full grids always at the same weekend with DTM and F3...and narly all front runners stepped up to higher series last year, best example Nico Rosberg
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21 May 2003, 07:10 (Ref:605594)
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21 May 2003, 07:52 (Ref:605612)
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i think there is also a formula bmw in asia
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21 May 2003, 14:41 (Ref:605949)
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The new formula BMW car is a beautiful machine from an engineering point of view and also for a driver. It produce about 140 hp (great engine noise), has a hewland FTR 200 sequential gearbox (same as F3), weighs app 450 kg, has a carbon fiber tub that meets all F3 safety regs, front and rear double wishbone suspension, 2d data recording and is beautifully built. It produces similar downforce to that of a formula Renault but has about 40hp less.
BMW went out of there way to produce the ultimate car to teach young drivers from karts and totally prepare them for F3 and all the fundamentals about setup that can be switched straight to F3. The car is also amazing safe and includes wheel tethers (F1 style), rear crash box (F1 style) and an extrication seat for emergencies. Currently the strongest series is run in Germany which has many great drivers and many great teams from Euro F3. There is also a series in Asia that is quite strong (20 cars) and runs throughout Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, china and the final at Macau. It is also heavily promoted by BMW motorsport and F1 team personal constantly train the drivers through the BMW school program that runs at each race meeting and tests (jorg muller is the official instructor). There is also a good scholarship system that assist drivers with funding, training and drivers get to associate with the F1 team at some events. And if they are good enough BMW supports them into F3. Helmy |
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21 May 2003, 14:46 (Ref:605953)
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Very cool. Kudos to the Bavarians.
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21 May 2003, 14:49 (Ref:605956)
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here's a picture (the car looks a little sqaushed because i had to make it smaller to fit)
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21 May 2003, 14:52 (Ref:605961)
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Talk was that they would be run in the UK in '04. would certainly be a step up from Zip. Can anybody confirm?
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21 May 2003, 14:52 (Ref:605962)
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you may also go to www.bmw-motorsport.com and lood for the formula BMW section
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21 May 2003, 20:38 (Ref:606270)
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Thank you all, that's it! someone mentioned it to me a few days ago but I lost the link to it. Apparantly you can ran those starting at 14 years old in Tchecquoslovaquie
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