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In the first sprint race of the season in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Long Beach (USA), BMW M Team RLL was unable to achieve the hoped-for first podium finish of the year after a strong qualifying.
Four BMW M Hybrid V8s, two continents. The BMW M Motorsport LMDh prototypes are facing an intense racing weekend. While BMW M Team WRT competes at Imola (ITA) with two Hypercars in the FIA World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC) for the second race of the season, BMW M Team RLL is aiming for the season’s first podium in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (IMSA series) at Long Beach (USA).
Strong performance, but lacking the necessary racing luck – that's how the 12 Hours of Sebring (USA) can be summarized for the BMW M Team RLL. In the second race of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (IMSA series) season, the #25 BMW M Hybrid V8 crossed the finish line in fourth place after a race that was exciting until the end.
The story one year ago was the first podium in the second race after the second place finish for the #25 BMW M Hybrid V8 at the 12 Hours of Sebring (USA). This coming weekend, BMW M Team RLL returns to the Sebring International Raceway for the second race of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season.
+++ BMW M Hybrid V8 and BMW M4 GT3 now available as 676-piece Speed Champions set +++ Miniature-scale replicas with authentic design details +++ Magic of Le Mans not only for kids +++
Woodcliff Lake, N.J. – Feb. 28, 2024…BMW racing driver and BMW of North America Brand Ambassador Bill Auberlen will race for ST Racing in the SRO GT World Challenge America Championship in 2024, campaigning a BMW M4 GT3 in the PRO class with Varun Choksey. 2024 marks the first year of a new multi-year contract that will see Auberlen help celebrate the 50th anniversary of BMW of North America in 2025 and race through the 2026 season, when he will observe ...
At the season opener of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (IMSA series), the Daytona 24 Hours (USA), the BMW M Team RLL missed the hoped-for podium finishes with the BMW M Hybrid V8.
Five BMW M4 GT4 racing cars from four BMW customer racing teams will line up in this season’s BMW M Endurance Challenge At Daytona to open the 2024 IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge season on January 26th. Now in its 12th consecutive year, BMW of North America has been the sponsor of the IMPC season-opening race since 2012.
Season two for the BMW M Hybrid V8 in the GTP class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (IMSA series) begins on 27th/28th January with the highlight at the start, the 24 Hours of Daytona (USA).
The driver line-up for BMW M Team RLL’s start to the second GTP season of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (IMSA series) in 2024 has been confirmed. Like last season, Connor De Phillippi (USA) and Nick Yelloly (GBR) are the regular pairing in the #25 BMW M Hybrid V8. Jesse Krohn (FIN) joins Philipp Eng (AUT) in the #24 BMW M Hybrid V8.
After ten years as a BMW M works driver, John Edwards (USA) is ending his professional racing career. BMW M Motorsport thanks him for the excellent collaboration and fondly remembers their shared successes. The highlight was the GTLM class victory at the 2020 24 Hours of Daytona (USA) with the BMW M8 GTE.
For the 61st time, BMW M Motorsport honoured the most successful private teams and drivers for their performances in BMW race cars around the world at the BMW M Sports Trophy Awards last Saturday. Turner Motorsport topped the team ranking this time, while Michael Schrey (GER) triumphed in the driver ranking.
The 2023 IMSA season concluded with an eventful 26th running of the Petit Le Mans endurance race at Road Atlanta (USA). In the ten-hour race, marked by numerous accidents and numerous deployments of the BMW XM Safety Car, the two BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 prototypes finished in seventh and eighth positions in the new GTP class. Turner Motorsport secured a podium finish in the GTD class with the BMW M4 GT3.
Woodcliff Lake, N.J. – Oct. 10, 2023 . . . BMW M Team RLL will close out the inaugural IMSA season for its BMW M Hybrid V8 racing cars at this weekend’s MOTUL Petit Le Mans, at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, looking to cap the year with a second GTP class victory and, potentially, a driver’s title.
Woodcliff Lake, N.J. – Sept. 17, 2023 . . . BMW M Team RLL and the No. 25 BMW M Hybrid V8 racing car, of Connor De- Phillippi and Nick Yelloly, finished third in today’s TireRack.com Battle On The Bricks race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. The pair completed 113 laps of the 2.439-mile, 14-turn circuit in the two-hour-and-forty-minute race, finishing 32.964-seconds behind the winning No. 6 Porsche 963. The result is the fifth podium for the ...
Woodcliff Lake, N.J. – Sept. 16, 2023 . . . Tomorrow’s TireRack.com Battle On The Bricks race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will see the BMW M Team RLL M Hybrid V8 racing cars start from the sixth and seventh GTP class positions. Philipp Eng qualified the No. 24 BMW M Hybrid V8 in the sixth starting position with a 1:14.170-minute lap around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s 2.439-mile, 14-turn road course. Eng will co-drive with Augusto Farfus. Only ...
Woodcliff Lake, N.J. – Sept. 12, 2023 . . . BMW M Team RLL and its BMW M Hybrid V8 racing cars will look to make history and return to the GTP class podium at this weekend’s TireRace.com Battle On The Bricks race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. The two-hour-and-forty-minute race, the first IMSA event at the Speedway since 2014, is the penultimate round of the 2023 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
Woodcliff Lake, N.J. – Aug. 6, 2023 . . . BMW M Team RLL had a very disappointing day at Road America. Both of the team’s BMW M Hybrid V8 cars failed to see the checkered flag at the finish of the two-hour-and-forty-minute IMSA SportsCar Weekend race, earning ninth and tenth place GTP class finishes.
Woodcliff Lake, N.J. – Aug. 5, 2023 . . . The two BMW M Hybrid V8 cars will take the green flag for tomorrow’s two-hour-and-forty-minute IMSA race at Road America from the fifth and eighth starting positions. Connor De Phillippi, driving the No. 25 BMW M Hybrid V8, set the fifth quickest time in today’s 20-minute qualifying session -1:48.219-minutes around the 4.048-mile, 14-turn circuit. De Phillippi and co-driver Nick Yelloly currently stand second in ...
Woodcliff Lake, N.J. – Aug. 1, 2023 . . . In the four weeks following the round six race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, where BMW M Team RLL scored the team’s 100th podium, both of the BMW M Hybrid V8 racing cars have been very busy testing for this weekend’s event at Road America. The venerable circuit, in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin was the scene of the team’s very first win for BMW in 2009 and the engineers have been focused on taking advantage of the ...
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