Brothers Josef and Herbert Schnitzer founded the team, whose BMW story began in the mid-1960s. Led by the Schnitzer family and team manager Charly Lamm, it raced in touring cars, DTM, GT and Le Mans, developing BMW race cars alongside the factory. BMW describes more than half a century of shared competition. The works partnership ended after the 2020 season. This was a racing team, distinct from the road-car tuner AC Schnitzer.
Factory and customer race cars, chassis setup and preparation for touring-car and endurance racing.
BMW 3.0 CSL, 635 CSi, E30 M3 and racing M3 and M6 GT3 were among the team’s landmark cars.