Wednesday’s announcement by BMW confirmed the departure of Martin Tomczyk – who has retired from driving to take up a role in the DTM organisation – and Maximilian Gunther, who left the marque to join Nissan e.dams in Formula E.
The absence of both Timo Glock and Bruno Spengler from the Bavarian marque’s line-ups for the Rolex 24 at Daytona IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season opener led to speculation that the two veterans might likewise have been dropped.
However, both Glock and Spengler were among the 19 drivers officially under contract to BMW for its 2022 programmes.
Although BMW has not yet clarified which of its drivers will be racing where in 2022, planning in this regard is believed to be at an advanced stage, including who will represent the marque in the DTM for the second year of the championship’s GT3 era.
Two-time series champion Marco Wittmann, BMW’s top representative in the standings last year despite his relative GT3 inexperience, is set to…
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