Open cockpit prototype racing car manufactured by BMW Motorsport and Williams F1
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BMW V12 LMR
Category
Le Mans Prototype
Constructor
BMW Motorsport WilliamsF1 (chassis design)
Designer(s)
John Russell (Chief of Design) Peter Stevens (Chief Stylist) Jason Somerville (Chief Aerodynamicist) Graham Humphrys (Design Consultant)
Predecessor
BMW V12 LM
Successor
BMW M Hybrid V8
Technical specifications
Chassis
Carbon and aluminium honeycomb monocoque
Engine
BMW S70/3 366 cu in (5,990 cc) V12 Naturally aspirated mid, longitudinally mounted
Transmission
X-Trac 6-speed sequential manual[1]
Power
580–590 hp (430–440 kW)[2]
Fuel
Petrobras
Tyres
Michelin radial
Competition history
Notable entrants
BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport
Notable drivers
JJ Lehto
Jörg Müller
Steve Soper
Joachim Winkelhock
Pierluigi Martini
Yannick Dalmas
Tom Kristensen
Bill Auberlen
Jean-Marc Gounon
Debut
1999 12 Hours of Sebring
Last season
2000
Races
Wins
Poles
F/Laps
18
7
4
3
Constructors' Championships
0
Drivers' Championships
0
BMW V12 LMR
BMW V12 LMR at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2009
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The BMW V12 LMR is a Le Mans Prototype built for sports car racing from 1999 to 2000. The car was built through an alliance between BMW Motorsport and Williams F1, and was the successor to the failed BMW V12 LM of 1998. It is famous for earning BMW its only overall victory to date at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.[3][4]
^"1999 BMW V12 LMR - Images, Specifications and Information".
^"BMW V12 LMR specs, lap times, performance data".
^"BMW LMR V12 - le Mans hero of 1999". 20 July 2014.
WilliamsF1 chassis engineering and construction and a BMW powerplant. The car was a predecessor to the BMWV12LMR, which debuted in 1999. In 1995 McLaren Cars...
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The first two to be released were Alexander Calder's BMW 3.0 CSL and Jenny Holzer's BMWV12LMR. Initially 3000 copies each were to be produced with an...
season-opening 24 Hours of Daytona. It marks BMW's first return to the top-flight of sports prototype racing since the BMWV12LMR in 1999. The car will also contest...
Applications 1998–1999 BMWV12 LM racing car 1999–2000 BMWV12LMR racing car 2000 BMW X5 LM concept car BMW Goldfish V16 "BMW E32 parts". www.usautoparts...
started with the BMW 3.0 CSL (1973), BMW 3.5 CSL (1976), BMW M1 (1980, 1981), McLaren F1 GTR (1996, 1997), BMWV12 LM (1998), BMWV12LMR. The latter car...
and two closed cockpit R8Cs. BMW continued with their open cockpit LMPs, updating to the new V12LMR. The works V12LMR's were run by Schnitzer Motorsport...
before hitting the side barriers, similar to what would later happen to a BMWV12LMR at the same race in 2000, and the Mercedes-Benz CLR at Le Mans in 1999...
Winkelhock, Runner-up: Steve Soper, BMW 318i) 1998 24 Hours Nürburgring (BMW 320d) 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans (BMWV12LMR) 2004-2005 24 Hours Nürburgring (1–2...
Team Hogan, Lehto stayed Stateside but returned to the BMW camp, which entered their V12LMR sportscar racer in the American Le Mans Series, ALMS. Even...
Andy Warhol and others have designed BMW Art Cars and their work has been reflected in racing cars like the BMWV12LMR. The art car subculture started with...
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by British automobile manufacturer McLaren Cars and powered by the BMW S70/2 V12 engine. The original concept was conceived by Gordon Murray, who successfully...
touring car races. His last success for BMW came at the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, which he won driving the BMWV12LMR prototype run by Schnitzer Motorsport...
(1999-2003), driving a BMWV12LMR in 1999 and 2000 for Schnitzer Motorsport. During the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta in 2000, his BMW did a spectacular back...
competitors who had initially outpaced them. Even though the also new BMWV12LMR suffered some problems, one of their entries was far superior in terms...
1999 Yannick Dalmas (FRA) LMPTooltip Le Mans Prototype Team BMW Motorsport (DEU) BMWV12LMR M 366 4982.974 3096.276 Pierluigi Martini (ITA) Joachim Winkelhock (DEU)...
BMW driver in WTCC touring car racing after having been a test driver for the BMW-Williams F1 project in 1999 as well as a racer of the BMWV12LMR Le...
such as Autozam AZ-1, Bentley Continental GT3, Bentley Speed 8, and BMWV12LMR. The third downloadable content, The Rise of Ravenwest was released on...
too slow to finish better than 3rd and 4th against one of the works BMWV12LMR and a Toyota GT-One. Audi and Joest went back to develop the highly successful...
From What I Want, the 15th work commissioned for the BMW Art Car Project. Painted on a BMWV12LMR, the titular refrain is written in metal foil and outlined...
Race Car Launches For 2005 2005 Aston-Martin DBR9, December 12, 2005 Audi V12 TDI is "Race Engine of the Year" IMSA cuts back diesel advantage, archived...
Global Information
BMW Motorsport
WilliamsF1 (chassis design)
