Russia Burned 1.5 Tonnes Of BMW DTM's Food Because Of Its Ban On Western Produce

The BMW DTM team will have a more limited menu for the championship’s Moscow round, after a staggering 1.5 tonnes of food for this weekend’s event was seized and burned by Russian authorities on Thursday.

According to the Tass Russian news agency, the catering company for the BMW DTM team was told at the border in the Pskov region that importing specific western foods was not allowed without proper documents, which they did not have.

Food watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor is quoted by Tass as saying:

"The department decided to impound goods at the checkpoint due to gross violation of sanitary rules."

The food was taken and destroyed by officials. 800kg of food had already been taken and burned on the previous day from a truck transporting equipment to the DTM race.

You really couldn’t make this up.