Tom Blomqvist, a 21-year-old Brit, has been selected for the eighth and final driver’s slot in BMW Motorsport’s 2015 DTM lineup.
Blomqvist, son of Swedish rally ace Stig Blomqvist, won the British Formula Renault championship in 2010 at the age of 16, and went on to run in several open-wheel series. He finished in the runner-up spot in the European Formula 3 series in 2014, winning six races and scoring 15 podium finishes over the course of the season. He won his position on the team after his performance in BMW’s tests in Spain in December.
BMW Motorsport Director Jen Marquardt said, “We are delighted to welcome another very promising youngster into our ranks in the form of Tom Blomqvist. Tom was extremely impressive at the test in Jerez, and comes to us with a wealth of experience from Formula 3. I am confident he has everything he needs to find his feet quickly in the DTM. With his likeable personality he is definitely a great asset to our line-up. We have done well with our choice of rookies so far. We will support Tom to the best of our ability to be successful from the word go in 2015.”
Blomqvist fills the slot vacated by Joey Hand, who has returned to the US, where he is campaigning a Riley-Ford prototype for Ganassi Racing in the TUSC series.
The other seven DTM drivers, named in early December, are all returnees from 2014. They include reigning DTM champion Marco Wittmann, Maxime Martin, Augusto Farfus, Bruno Spengler, Martin Tomczyk, Timo Glock, and António Félix da Costa.
Assignments of drivers to BMW’s four DTM teams have not yet been announced.—Brian S. Morgan
