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BMW celebrates year in Switzerland

Around 500 guests from around the world celebrated the successes of the 2006 season at the BMW Motorsport Party held in Flims Laax, Switzerland. The Flims Laax Falera ski resort unfurls some 150 kilometres southeast of Zurich. Its highest point is the Vorab glacier at 3,018 metres above sea level. These soaring heights bring with them the guarantee of snow, and the timing of the party between the end of the racing season and Christmas made for a very relaxed atmosphere. 

Formula One drivers Nick Heidfeld, Robert Kubica and Sebastian Vettel, along with the recently crowned World Touring Car Champion Andy Priaulx and his fellow BMW contesters of the WTCC, Duncan Huisman, Jan Magnussen, Dirk Müller, Jörg Müller and Alessandro Zanardi, entertained the Swiss with sporting contests such as guessing different sorts of cheese and cocoa-stirring races. 

After this the squad of drivers presented the local specialities to the public. In the evening, tribute was paid to the various successes of the BMW drivers in the 2006 season, but not only those of the works drivers. It is a tradition at this closing event of the season to turn the spotlight on men and women who have competed in sporty BMW models on a private basis. The BMW Sports Trophy has been presented for four decades now and, as of this season, is worth a quarter of a million euros.

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