Ngemuva kokuthi i-Audi imemezele ukuthi izojoyina iqembu labakhiqizi abazoqhudelana kuFormula E World Championship, eqala ngesizini ka-2017/2018, abakwaBMW balandele ezinyathelweni zabo futhi bakwenza ngokusemthethweni ukungena kwabo emqhudelwaneni obunikezelwe ku-100% wezihlalo ezisebenza ngogesi.
I-BMW i Motorsport izongena kusizini yesi-5 ye-Formula E (2018/2019), ngokubambisana neqembu le-Andretti Autosport. Omunye wabashayeli abamele imibala ka-Andretti njengamanje, kule sizini yamanje, u-António Félix da Costa ongumPutukezi, eshintshana neTeam Aguri ngo-2016.
Izihlalo zika-Andretti ezihlala umuntu oyedwa zizonikwa amandla yinjini ethuthukiswe kusukela ekuqaleni ngabakwaBMW. Ngokusho komkhiqizo waseMunich, ukubamba iqhaza ku-Formula E kuzosebenza njengendawo yokusebenzela ukuthuthukiswa kwesikhathi esizayo kwamamodeli wokukhiqiza:
Klaus Fröhlich, Ilungu Lebhodi le-BMWUmngcele phakathi kokuthuthukiswa kwemodeli yokukhiqiza kanye ne-motorsport ufiphele kunanoma iyiphi enye iphrojekthi kwa-BMW i Motorsport. Siyaqiniseka ukuthi iqembu le-BMW lizozuza kakhulu ekuhlangenwe nakho okutholwe kulo mkhakha phakathi nalo msebenzi.
Ngaphezu kokungena kwamaqembu amasha, i-biennium ka-2018/2019 izoba nezici ezintsha zokulawula: ngenxa yokuthuthukiswa kwamabhethri asetshenziswa ku-Formula E, umshayeli ngamunye kuzodingeka aqedele umjaho ogcwele esebenzisa imoto eyodwa kuphela, esikhundleni sokuthi ezimbili zamanje.
