Mans for Team BMW Motorsport in a BMW V12 LMR, operated by Schnitzer Motorsport. Schnitzer was also active in Sports car racing and Endurance racing, e.g. the ALMS and Le Mans Series. On 26 January 2011 it was announced that Schnitzer Motorsport, under the name Team Schnitzer, would run Andy Priaulx's GT2 M3 in the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup In 2012, BMW Team Schnitzer, along with BMW Team RBM, and Reinhold Motorsport GmbH, each line up with two BMW M3 DTM cars in the DTM. In September 2018, Charly Lamm announced that he will step down from his role at Schnitzer at the end of the year. He died unexpectedly on 24 January 2019. In early 2021 the organisation began the process of being liquidated. Major wins Championships 1978 Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft (Harald Ertl, BMW 320i Turbo) 1983 European Touring Car Championship (Dieter Quester, BMW 635 CSi) 1986 European Touring Car Championship (Roberto Ravaglia, BMW 635 CSi) 1987 World Touring Car Championship (Roberto Ravaglia, BMW M3) 1988 European Touring Car Championship (Roberto Ravaglia, BMW M3) 1989 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (Roberto Ravaglia, BMW M3) 1989-1991 Italian Touring Car Championship (1989: Johnny Cecotto and 1990-1991: Roberto Ravaglia, BMW M3, BMW M3 Evolution) 1991 Nissan Mobil 500 Series (Emanuele Pirro, Joachim Winkelhock, BMW M3 Evolution) 1993 British Touring Car Championship (Champion: Joachim Winkelhock and Runner-up: Steve Soper, BMW 318i) 1994 Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship (Joachim Winkelhock, BMW 318i) 1995 Japanese Touring Car Championship (Steve Soper, BMW 318is) and 1995 Super Tourenwagen Cup (Joachim Winkelhock) 1998 Super Tourenwagen Cup (Johnny Cecotto), BMW 320i 2001 American Le Mans Series GT (Jörg Müller, BMW M3 GTR V8) 2012 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (Bruno Spengler) (BMW M3 DTM) Races 1976 1000km Nürburgring (Albrecht Krebs, Dieter Quester, BMW 3.5 CSL) 1985-1986 Spa 24 Hours (Roberto Ravaglia, Gerhard Berger, Marc Surer, Dieter Quester, Altfrid Heger, Thierry Tassin) (BMW 635 CSi) 1988 Spa 24 Hours (Roberto Ravaglia, Altfrid Heger, Dieter Quester) (BMW M3) 1988-1991 Wellington 500 (Roberto Ravaglia, Emanuele Pirro, Johnny Cecotto, Joachim Winkelhock, BMW M3, BMW M3 Evolution) 1990 Spa 24 Hours (Johnny Cecotto, Fabien Giroix, Markus Oestreich, BMW M3 Evolution) 1991 24 Hours Nürburgring (BMW M3 Evolution) 1992 Guia Race (1–2–3 finish, Winner: Emanuele Pirro, Runner-up: Joachim Winkelhock and Third: Roberto Ravaglia, BMW M3 Evolution) 1992 Pukekohe 500 (Emanuele Pirro, Joachim Winkelhock, BMW M3 Evolution) 1994 Guia Race (1–2 finish, Winner: Joachim Winkelhock, Runner-up: Steve Soper, BMW 318i)