09/08/2026
We’re BMW guys. We race them, build parts for them, break them, fix them, and spend way too much time talking about them. So every once in a while, it’s worth looking back at some of the crazier things BMW has built.
Like an 810 horsepower, 3.0-liter V10. The BMW P80 helped Williams finish third in the Constructors’ Championship in 2000—the first season of a partnership that would last through 2005.
When Formula 1 moved to 2.4-liter V8s for 2006, BMW developed the P86. Around 760 horsepower, spinning past 19,000 rpm. By then BMW had moved on from Williams and into the BMW Sauber era.
And then came Montreal, 2008. Robert Kubica took the win with Nick Heidfeld right behind him—a BMW 1–2 and BMW Sauber’s first and only Formula 1 victory. BMW left Formula 1 after 2009, bringing a pretty incredible era to an end.
Was the P86 the last great BMW race engine?
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