BMW Motorsport welcomes Joel Eriksson to the BMW family as an additional junior driver.

Munich (DE), 24th June 2016. The BMW family has gained a new member
shortly before the DTM race weekend at the Norisring (DE). The
17-year-old Swede Joel Eriksson will be included in BMW Motorsport’s
Junior Programme. He thereby joins the squad of talented racing
drivers that up to now consisted of the two winners from the previous
years, Jesse Krohn (FI) and Louis Delétraz (CH), and the two newcomers
Ricky Collard (GB) and Nico Menzel (DE). Eriksson will be on-site in
his new role at the Norisring and will drive the race taxi.

“I’m delighted to welcome another great motorsport talent to our
ranks in Joel Eriksson,” said BMW Motorsport Director Jens Marquardt.
“We have been watching his development for some time now and he
impressed us with his performances during this season. I think that
he, like the other BMW Motorsport Juniors, can take the next important
step in his development as a racing driver with us.”

Eriksson said: “I am very grateful to BMW Motorsport for the
opportunity to continue my development as a racing driver with a major
manufacturer. I am looking forward to an exciting and, no doubt, very
educational time.”

Joel Eriksson is competing in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship
in 2016 and has already made it onto the podium three times in his
debut season. The next races will be held at the Norisring as part of
the supporting programme for the DTM. Eriksson finished second in the
ADAC Formula 4 last year. In his role as a BMW Motorsport Junior he
will take part in several events this year in order to learn as much
as possible about BMW Motorsport and to get valuable insights into the
ways the drivers, teams and engineers work on site.