Racing Bart Mampaey (formerly Juma Racing) was a racing team based in Mechelen, Belgium. It managed the BMW Team RBM operation in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. Previously the team had been racing in the European Touring Car Championship and World Touring Car Championship.

History

The team was formed as Juma Racing in 1974 by Julien Mampaey, the father of future team principal Bart Mampaey. Among their achievements were three wins with BMW in the Spa 24 Hours, in 1977, 1982 and 1983.

Bart Mampaey went on to create his own RBM team in 1994 which started competing in the BMW Compact Cup. They finished first and second in the Group N Spa 24 Hours in 1997, and ran the BMW Fina Bastos Team to overall victory in 1998, with Marc Duez, Eric van de Poele and Alain Cudini.

European Touring Car Championship Team RBM started racing in the European Touring Car Championship in 2002, fielding a BMW 320i for Swede Fredrik Ekblom under the name BMW Team Belgium, who scored three podiums and finished sixth in the standings. Andy Priaulx joined the team for 2003 and the team claimed three race wins under the new banner of BMW Team UK. Priaulx went on to win the drivers title the following year, when it ran a second 320i for Kurt Mollekens under the BMW Team Belgium-Luxembourg banner.

World Touring Car Championship The ETCC became the WTCC in 2005 and Priaulx became world champion, before successfully defending his crown again in 2006 and 2007. Occasionally the team has run a second car, once for Dutchman Duncan Huisman at Macau in 2005, for Dane Jan Magnussen at Macau in 2006 and for Swede Fredrik Ekblom at Anderstorp, Monza and Macau in 2007. In 2010, BMW scaled down to a two car effort, with Andy Priaulx and Augusto Farfus driving. At the end of 2010 BMW Motorsport stopped its WTCC commitment to focus on its DTM return.

RBM was responsible for the design, development and construction of 52 cars for the MINI Challenge, together with the production of numerous MINI Challenge kits for the Belgian, Luxembourg, German and other international MINI championships.

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

At the end of 2010 BMW announced that it would return in the DTM for the 2012 season. RBM was part of the building and developing of the new BMW M3 DTM before running a pair of them in 2012. The two drivers for the season were Augusto Farfus and Andy Priaulx, who both had previously been driving for RBM in the WTCC. At the penultimate round of the season in Valencia Farfus scored the first win for the team. He finished seventh in the final drivers’ standings, as second of the BMW drivers, collecting the unofficial title of ‘Rookie of the Year’. During the 2013 season Farfus was able to collect three wins and 5 podiums which allowed him to finish second in the drivers’ standings. That season RBM also managed to finish runner-up in the teams’ classification.

From 2017 on BMW decided to reduce the number of cars it entered to 6 distributed over two teams. Therefore, both BMW Team RBM and BMW Team RMG entered a third car under the BMW Team RMR banner. Between 2014 and 2020 RBM scored seven more wins as well as several more podiums in the DTM.

After 2020, the DTM switched to GT3 regulations, and BMW withdrew its factory program from the category. Consequently, RBM ceased operations. Since then, Mampaey has focused on external motorsport consultancy.

Results & achievements

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results (except for 2020) (key) Year Entrant Car No Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points 2012 BMW Team RBM BMW M3 DTM 15 Andy Priaulx HOC LAU BRH SPL NOR NÜR ZAN OSC VAL HOC 13th 24 16 Augusto Farfus HOC LAU BRH SPL NOR NÜR ZAN OSC VAL HOC 7th 69 2013 BMW Team RBM BMW M3 DTM 7 Augusto Farfus HOC BRH SPL LAU NOR MSC NÜR OSC ZAN HOC 2nd 116 8 Joey Hand HOC BRH SPL LAU NOR MSC NÜR OSC ZAN HOC 12th 32 2014 BMW Team RBM BMW M4 DTM 3 Augusto Farfus HOC OSC HUN NOR MSC SPL NÜR LAU ZAN HOC 13th 39 4 Joey Hand HOC OSC HUN NOR MSC SPL NÜR LAU ZAN HOC 20th 8 2015 BMW Team RBM BMW M4 DTM 18 Augusto Farfus HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 SPL1 SPL2 MSC1 MSC2 OSC1 OSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 12th 77 31 Tom Blomqvist HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 SPL1 SPL2 MSC1 MSC2 OSC1 OSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 14th 59 2016 BMW Team RBM BMW M4 DTM 31 Tom Blomqvist HOC1 HOC2 SPL1 SPL2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 MSC1 MSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN1 HOC1 HOC2 6th 113 36 Maxime Martin HOC1 HOC2 SPL1 SPL2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 MSC1 MSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN1 HOC1 HOC2 8th 90 2017 BMW Team RBM BMW M4 DTM 31 Tom Blomqvist HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 HUN1 HUN1 NOR1 NOR2 MSC1 MSC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPL1 SPL2 HOC1 HOC2 17th 25 36 Maxime Martin HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 HUN1 HUN1 NOR1 NOR2 MSC1 MSC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPL1 SPL2 HOC1 HOC2 8th 132 BMW Team RMR 7 Bruno Spengler HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 HUN1 HUN1 NOR1 NOR2 MSC1 MSC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPL1 SPL2 HOC1 HOC2 13th 75 2018 BMW Team RBM BMW M4 DTM 7 Bruno Spengler HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 HUN1 HUN1 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 BRH1 BRH2 MIS1 MIS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPL1 SPL2 HOC1 HOC2 12th 85 47 Joel Eriksson HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 HUN1 HUN1 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 BRH1 BRH2 MIS1 MIS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPL1 SPL2 HOC1 HOC2 14th 72 BMW Team RMR 25 Philipp Eng HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 HUN1 HUN1 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 BRH1 BRH2 MIS1 MIS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPL1 SPL2 HOC1 HOC2 9th 102 2019 BMW Team RBM BMW M4 Turbo DTM 31 Sheldon van der Linde HOC1 HOC2 ZOL1 ZOL1 MIS1 MIS2 NOR1 NOR2 ASS1 ASS2 BRH1 BRH2 LAU1 LAU2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 13th 42 47 Joel Eriksson HOC1 HOC2 ZOL1 ZOL1 MIS1 MIS2 NOR1 NOR2 ASS1 ASS2 BRH1 BRH2 LAU1 LAU2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 11th 61 BMW Team RMR 25 Philipp Eng HOC1 HOC2 ZOL1 ZOL1 MIS1 MIS2 NOR1 NOR2 ASS1 ASS2 BRH1 BRH2 LAU1 LAU2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 6th 144

* Season still in progress. † Driver did not finish, but completed 75% of the race distance.

References

External links

Profile of Team RBM by BMW Car Club (GB) South East Region Profile at fiawtcc.com Team RBM at andypriaulx.com Profile at BMW Motorsport