Race Tech: BMW Z4 GT3 for Alessandro Zanardi, Timo Glock, Bruno Spengler, 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps – Technical modifications in detail:

Brilliant and innovative. This is what the people over at BMW Motorsport are. Some of you may be aware that BMW Motorsport's works driver (and two time CART Champion)  Alessandro (Alex) Zanardi is a double leg amputee A crash in 2001 resulted in the amputation of his legs. He returned to racing less than two years after the accident to wide acclaim. Mainly in the WTCC or world touring car racing. But endurance racing is a whole different ball game. He has to share the cockpit of the BMW Z4 GT3 with ex-F1 driver Timo Glock and Bruno Spengler for the official test of the car for the 24 hours Spa Francorchamps race.

Race Tech: Racing technology right from the 3D printer: BMW makes water pump wheel for DTM racecars

The usage of 3D printing for plastics and nowadays alloys has now progressed via leaps and bounds. Even in the field of motorsports manufacturers are toying around with 3D printing. BMW has embraced this method in their DTM and GT3 cars with a 3D printed aluminium ally water pump wheel.There are already 500 water pump wheels in DTM and Z4 GT3 in use and according to BMW, worked without a hitch in races.