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**BaselBimbooooo** · 03-27-2012, 07:29 PM

Their ALMS V8 'M3' racer where they refused to build a homologation road special and pulled out after winning the championship but before the deadline for selling the required number of cars was IMO one of the worst attempts at corporate cheating that I can remember.

You mean the E46 M3 GTR?

BMW did nothing wrong from what I remember. They satisfied the homologation rules at the time which was to homologate within the year, which they eventually did.

Porsche moaned and played the "not within the spirit of the rules (of GT racing)" card because they didn't want to get into another arms race after coming back off GT racing of the mid-late 1990s - which, funnily enough, was instigated by Porsche who took the urine/exploited the rules.

For 2002 the rules were changed and BMW quit because they couldn't/wouldn't satisfy the homologatation rules in time then that's their business.

03-27-2012, 07:29 PM	#16
BaselBimbooooo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 646 Senior Member	Their ALMS V8 'M3' racer where they refused to build a homologation road special and pulled out after winning the championship but before the deadline for selling the required number of cars was IMO one of the worst attempts at corporate cheating that I can remember. You mean the E46 M3 GTR? BMW did nothing wrong from what I remember. They satisfied the homologation rules at the time which was to homologate within the year, which they eventually did. Porsche moaned and played the "not within the spirit of the rules (of GT racing)" card because they didn't want to get into another arms race after coming back off GT racing of the mid-late 1990s - which, funnily enough, was instigated by Porsche who took the urine/exploited the rules. For 2002 the rules were changed and BMW quit because they couldn't/wouldn't satisfy the homologatation rules in time then that's their business.
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