BMW M Workforce RLL Breaks the Spell – One-Two End BMW M Hybrid V8 @ IMSA Indianapolis

IMSA Indianapolis: BMW M Workforce RLL breaks the spell – One-two end for the BMW M Hybrid V8.

September 23, 2024

Indianapolis. What a day for BMW M Workforce RLL, what every week for the LMDh programme of BMW M Motorsport! Only a few days after the primary podium end for the BMW M Hybrid V8 within the FIA World Endurance Championship, the LMDh automotive has scored a formidable 1-2 within the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. On the 6-hour race at Indianapolis (USA), Philipp Eng (AUT) and Jesse Krohn (FIN) within the #24 BMW M Hybrid V8 triumphed over their teammates Connor De Phillippi (USA) and Nick Yelloly (GBR). It was the primary 1-2 end since becoming a member of the GTP class and the primary success of the present season .

At their house occasion – with the corporate headquarters only a few kilometres from the racetrack – BMW M Workforce RLL achieved a serious breakthrough after a difficult season thus far. The 2 automotive crews braved the troublesome situations, particularly at first of the “Battle on the Bricks” with rain after which a drying monitor, made no errors, and made the correct strategic selections. It was the #24 crew that was the primary within the high area to change to slicks, thereby making an necessary transfer in the direction of the lead. Within the remaining laps, the 2 BMW M Hybrid V8s stored their opponents at bay even in dense lapping site visitors and determined first place between themselves. Eng and Krohn celebrated not solely their first win but additionally their first podium end within the high class of the IMSA sequence. The one different win within the GTP class had been claimed by De Phillippi and Yelloly at Watkins Glen (USA) within the 2023 season.

Within the GTD class, Turner Motorsport was in a position to rejoice one other podium. Robby Foley, Patrick Gallagher, and Jake Walker (all USA) drove the #96 BMW M4 GT3 to second place. Within the GTD PRO class, Madison Snow, Bryan Sellers, and Neil Verhagen (all USA) within the #1 BMW M4 GT3 from Paul Miller Racing crossed the end line in eighth place.

Feedback after the race:

Andreas Roos (Head of BMW M Motorsport): “This has been an extremely profitable week for our LMDh programme with the primary podium within the FIA WEC and the primary one-two end within the IMSA sequence. Congratulations to BMW M Workforce RLL, which, regardless of the troublesome season thus far, has continued to push along with our BMW M Motorsport engineers, making this nice success potential. I’m very happy that we’ve now managed to transform the potential that our BMW M Hybrid V8 has proven continuously this season into corresponding high outcomes twice in a row. That is the deserved reward and an important motivation for everybody concerned in our LMDh undertaking. Congratulations additionally to Turner Motorsport for an additional podium within the GTD class, the place the crew is having an excellent season with the BMW M4 GT3.”

Bobby Rahal (Workforce Principal BMW M Workforce RLL): “This can be a nice day for us. I am pleased for everybody on our crew, however much more for our joint undertaking with BMW M Motorsport. We have had good and dangerous days this season, stored preventing, and by no means gave up. Now we’ve rewarded ourselves with this one-two end result – proper right here, on among the best racetracks on the planet. I’m extremely pleased.”

Philipp Eng (#24 BMW M Hybrid V8, 1st place): “I’m nearly speechless. I’m extraordinarily pleased for everybody at BMW M Motorsport and BMW M Workforce RLL. Everybody has greater than earned this success. For me personally, this win may be very emotional as a result of I’ve skilled laborious occasions right here in North America when the hoped-for outcomes simply did not come. Right now was our day. Now it is time to rejoice.”

Jesse Krohn (#24 BMW M Hybrid V8, 1st place): “That is my eleventh 12 months with BMW M Motorsport, and now I stand right here, at some of the legendary locations in motorsport, having received a race within the high class. That’s unimaginable. I’m very grateful for the journey I’ve been allowed to take all this time. I’ve now received in each race automotive that BMW M Motorsport has put me in.”

Nick Yelloly (#25 BMW M Hybrid V8, 2nd place): “What a unbelievable crew end result! I’m extremely pleased for the crew, which after a superb season in 2023 with a win and 5 podiums needed to undergo laborious occasions this 12 months. To have the ability to reward them with this one-two result’s nice. I’m additionally pleased for Philipp and Jesse, who actually deserved their first win.”

Connor De Phillippi (#25 BMW M Hybrid V8, 2nd place): “An outstanding weekend for the complete crew. All of us did an important job collectively, and everybody contributed their half to this success. The primary one-two for the BMW M Hybrid V8 is unbelievable, despite the fact that I’d have appreciated a distinct order, in fact. However so long as one in all our vehicles is on the very entrance, every part is nice!”