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Andrew Jordan will continue to race with the BMW Pirtek Racing squad for a third straight season during the 2019 British Touring Car Championship.

Colin Turkington will return to defend his British Touring Car Championship title with the BMW-backed West Surrey Racing squad.

Tom Sykes has given a glowing review of his maiden test on the new BMW S1000RR with the SMR BMW squad as he heads into 2019 ready for a fresh start in the World Superbike championship.

The new-look factory BMW Motorrad World Superbike squad, run by Shaun Muir Racing, has made its test debut at Almeria with the new S1000RR as it begins its preparations for the 2019 campaign with Tom Sykes and Markus Reiterberger.

Formula E’s new Gen2 era has forced teams to race on “a whole new level” in the championship, according to Techeetah boss Mark Preston. 

Inaugural Ad Diriyah E-Prix winner Antonio Felix da Costa admits he was surprised by the pace of BMW rival Techeetah during the 2018/19 Formula E season-opener.

Antonio Felix da Costa and the BMW Andretti Formula E squad have hailed taking victory at the 2018/19 season-opening Ad Diriyah E-Prix as an “incredible” achievement.

Tom Oliphant will switch to West Surrey Racing for the 2019 British Touring Car Championship. 

Keith Farmer will partner Christian Iddon at Tyco BMW for the 2019 Bennetts British Superbike championship.

Following both factory BMW and Honda squads being officially revealed at EICMA, the 2019 grid is bulking out. Kawasaki Racing Team Jonathan Rea Leon Haslam Aruba.it Ducati Chaz Davies Alvaro Bautista

Formula E rookie Alexander Sims says he is not expecting to be at the front of the 2018/19 field at the season five opener in Saudi Arabia next month.

BMW Motorrad has confirmed its official return to the World Superbike championship in 2019 with factory backing for Shaun Muir Racing who has signed Tom Sykes and Markus Reiterberger to form an all-new rider line-up.

Eugene Laverty has said he is “devastated” to learn of Shaun Muir Racing’s (SMR) decision to replace him with Tom Sykes, and believes it will be a struggle to find a competitive spot on next season’s World Superbike grid.

Shaun Muir Racing (SMR) has signed Tom Sykes for the 2019 World Superbike Championship as the squad switches from Aprilia to BMW machinery, Crash.net understands.

Antonio Felix da Costa continued BMW’s strong start to the 2018/19 Formula E pre-season test as the series’ new race format was trialled for the first time at Valencia.

Gary Paffett has secured the 2018 DTM drivers' title for Mercedes after finishing the final race of the season on the podium in third behind race winner Rene Rast and Marco Wittmann at the Hockenheimring.

1. Rene Rast GER Audi Sport Team Rosberg 37 laps 2. Marco Wittmann GER BMW Team RMG +3.786s 3. Gary Paffett GBR Mercedes-AMG Motorsport PETRONAS +15.838s

Two-time DTM champion Marco Wittmann will start the final race of the 2018 season from pole position after beating title contender Rene Rast in qualifying at the Hockenheimring.

1. Marco Wittmann GER BMW Team RMG 1 minute 32.683 seconds 2. Rene Rast GER Audi Sport Team Rosberg 1 minute 32.737 seconds

Mercedes driver Gary Paffett has admitted his 'disappointment' in gaining a fourth place result during the opening race, despite regaining the DTM championship lead at the Hockenheimring.

Reigning champion Rene Rast took a hard fought fifth win in a row to keep his DTM title hopes very much alive after leading an Audi 1-2 result in race one at the Hockenheimring.

1. Rene Rast GER Audi Sport Team Rosberg 34 laps 2. Robin Frijns NED Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline +0.354s 3. Timo Glock GER BMW Team RMR +1.856s

Mercedes driver Lucas Auer will start the penultimate race of the 2018 season from pole position ahead of Gary Paffett, who crucially out-qualified his main DTM title rivals at the Hockenheimring.

1. Lucas Auer AUT SILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes-AMG Motorsport 1 minute 32.635 seconds 2. Gary Paffett GBR Mercedes-AMG Motorsport PETRONAS 1 minute 32.737 seconds