Team History & Record

After several years out of the sport BMW returned in 2000 supplying engines to Williams. The first season was, as expected, a learning experience but the alliance grew more successful, finishing second in the Constructors Championships in 2002 and 2003. Over the next two seasons, however, the partnership soured and at the end of 2005 BMW decided to become a full team with the purchase of the Swiss based Sauber team.

The 2006 season saw the team putting together a solid engineering and aerodynamics staff while performing satisfactorily, though not spectacularly on the track. Veteran Jacques Villeneuve  was replaced before the end of the season by BMW's choice test driver, Pole Robert Kubica and he immediately made a positive impression securing the drive for '07.

2007 saw a major breakthrough and the team established itself as the "best of the rest" (behind the dominant McLaren and Ferrari teams) and thanks to the disqualification of McLaren, finished second in the Constructor's Championship despite not winning a race.

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