What is BMW in Formula One?
[[File:Kubica canada.jpeg|thumb|right|[[Robert Kubica]] crosses the finish line to win the {{F1|2008}} [[Canadian Grand Prix]]. This is the only [[Formula One]] race that BMW has won as a full work (factory backed) team.]] '''[[BMW]]''' has been in '''[[Formula One]]''' since the beginning of the World Drivers' Championship in {{F1|1950}}. BMW entered several races in the 1950s and 1960s. Often, they ran using the [[Formula Two]] rules. In the 1980s, they built the BMW M12/13 [[Inline-four engine|inline-four]] [[Turbocharger|turbocharged]] engine. This engine was built for the [[Brabham]] team. [[Nelson Piquet]] won the {{F1|1983}} championship driving a Brabham-BMW. BMW also supplied the M12/13 engine to the [[ATS (wheels)|ATS]], [[Arrows]], [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]] and [[Ligier]] teams. In {{F1|1988}}, Brabham left F1 for the {{F1|1988}} season, and BMW stopped its official backing of the engines. Arrows still used the engine with the [[Megatron (engine)|Megatron]] name. When Formula One banned turbocharged engines in {{F1|1989}}, the M12/13 could no longer be used. BMW returned to Formula One in {{F1|2000}}. They made a deal to supply engines to only the [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] team. The engine was a new [[V10 engine]]. The engine deal with Williams ended after the {{F1|2005}} season. BMW then bought the rival [[Sauber]] team. The [[BMW Sauber]] project lasted from {{F1|2006}} until {{F1|2009}}. Sauber, a former privateer team, became more competitive. In {{F1|2008}}, [[Robert Kubica]] won the team's only race, the [[Canadian Grand Prix]], with [[Nick Heidfeld]] finishing second. After the 2009 season, BMW withdrew from F1. They sold the team back to its founder, [[Peter Sauber]]. == Entries in the 1950s and 1960s == [[File:MitterG-BMW-F2-1969-08-01.jpg|thumb|right|[[Gerhard Mitter]] was killed as a result of crashing his [[BMW]] 269 [[Formula Two]] car during practice for the {{F1|1969}} [[German Grand Prix]].]] The early years of the [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|World Drivers' Cham