Team Studie BOB Suzuki revealed the rumor that BMW Motorsport is planning a very big Le Mans Project below water for next year or the year after that. Team Schnitzer did not participate in DTM this year for that development.
(He made that remark as a sympathy for the victims of the Osaka earthquake that occurred today. So this rumor is very credible.)
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